diff --git a/rerun_py/Cargo.toml b/rerun_py/Cargo.toml
index f5f1dd1d1798..5abdadb343cc 100644
--- a/rerun_py/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rerun_py/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ name = "rerun_bindings" # name of the .so library that the Python module will im
 [features]
 default = ["extension-module"]
 
+## Extra features that aren't ready to be included in release builds yet.
+extra = ["pypi", "remote"]
+
 ## The features we turn on when building the `rerun-sdk` PyPi package
 ## for <https://pypi.org/project/rerun-sdk/>.
 pypi = ["extension-module", "nasm", "web_viewer"]
diff --git a/scripts/ci/build_and_upload_wheels.py b/scripts/ci/build_and_upload_wheels.py
index 94c0ca149225..a45448c2da54 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/build_and_upload_wheels.py
+++ b/scripts/ci/build_and_upload_wheels.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ def detect_target() -> str:
 class BuildMode(Enum):
     PYPI = "pypi"
     PR = "pr"
+    EXTRA = "extra"
 
     def __str__(self) -> str:
         return self.value
@@ -68,6 +69,8 @@ def build_and_upload(bucket: Bucket | None, mode: BuildMode, gcs_dir: str, targe
         maturin_feature_flags = "--no-default-features --features pypi"
     elif mode is BuildMode.PR:
         maturin_feature_flags = "--no-default-features --features extension-module"
+    elif mode is BuildMode.EXTRA:
+        maturin_feature_flags = "--no-default-features --features extra"
 
     dist = f"dist/{target}"