diff --git a/src/tools/trace-forwarder/Cargo.toml b/src/tools/trace-forwarder/Cargo.toml
index 1a4e4f22fd..ab9e41653a 100644
--- a/src/tools/trace-forwarder/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/tools/trace-forwarder/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ license = "Apache-2.0"
 futures = "0.3.15"
 clap = { version = "4.5.40", features = ["cargo"] }
 vsock = "0.2.3"
-nix = "0.30.1"
+nix = { version = "0.30.1", features = ["fs", "user"] }
 libc = "0.2.94"
 serde = { version = "1.0.126", features = ["derive"] }
 bincode = "1.3.3"