diff --git a/cumulus/collator/Cargo.toml b/cumulus/collator/Cargo.toml
index a753c16ea7..748fc7cdc6 100644
--- a/cumulus/collator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cumulus/collator/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ polkadot-primitives = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot", branch =
 log = "0.4.8"
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.0.6", features = [ "derive" ] }
 futures = "0.1.29"
-futures03 = { package = "futures-preview", version = "0.3.0-alpha.19"}
+futures03 = { package = "futures-preview", version = "0.3.0-alpha.19", features = ["compat"] }
 parking_lot = "0.9"
diff --git a/cumulus/consensus/Cargo.toml b/cumulus/consensus/Cargo.toml
index 7042a35bd8..f7c2edaa5c 100644
--- a/cumulus/consensus/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cumulus/consensus/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ polkadot-primitives = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot", branch =
 polkadot-runtime = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot", branch = "bkchr-cumulus-branch" }
 
 # other deps
-futures = { package = "futures-preview", version = "0.3.0-alpha.19"}
+futures = { package = "futures-preview", version = "0.3.0-alpha.19", features = ["compat"] }
 tokio = "0.1.22"
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.0.5", features = [ "derive" ] }
 log = "0.4"