diff --git a/src/cfdp/tlv/mod.rs b/src/cfdp/tlv/mod.rs
index dc63cd8..96cb2b8 100644
--- a/src/cfdp/tlv/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cfdp/tlv/mod.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ pub trait GenericTlv {
 pub trait WritableTlv {
     fn write_to_bytes(&self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize, ByteConversionError>;
     fn len_written(&self) -> usize;
+    #[cfg(feautre = "alloc")]
     fn to_vec(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
         let mut buf = vec![0; self.len_written()];
         self.write_to_bytes(&mut buf).unwrap();