diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 041dc222b..bb84d24ba 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ include       = [
 # For documentation of features see the `mio::features` module.
 [features]
 # By default Mio only provides a shell implementation.
-default = []
+default = ["log"]
 
 # Enables the `Poll` and `Registry` types.
 os-poll = []
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ pipe = ["os-ext"] # Replaced with "os-ext" feature.
 os-util = ["os-ext"]# Replaced with "os-ext" feature.
 
 [dependencies]
-log = "0.4.8"
+log = { version = "0.4.8", optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 libc = "0.2.86"
diff --git a/src/macros.rs b/src/macros.rs
index f97f90911..3d42bd20a 100644
--- a/src/macros.rs
+++ b/src/macros.rs
@@ -68,3 +68,27 @@ macro_rules! cfg_any_os_ext {
         )*
     }
 }
+
+macro_rules! trace {
+    ($($t:tt)*) => {
+        #[cfg(feature = "log")]
+        log::trace!($($t)*)
+    }
+}
+
+macro_rules! error {
+    ($($t:tt)*) => {
+        #[cfg(feature = "log")]
+        {
+            log::error!($($t)*)
+        }
+
+        // Silence warnings
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "log"))]
+        {
+            if false {
+                format!($($t)*);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/poll.rs b/src/poll.rs
index a6f4ab0b5..09124779b 100644
--- a/src/poll.rs
+++ b/src/poll.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use crate::{event, sys, Events, Interest, Token};
-use log::trace;
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use std::os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, RawFd};
 use std::time::Duration;
diff --git a/src/sys/unix/selector/epoll.rs b/src/sys/unix/selector/epoll.rs
index 38667d66c..e3af341a4 100644
--- a/src/sys/unix/selector/epoll.rs
+++ b/src/sys/unix/selector/epoll.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use crate::{Interest, Token};
 
 use libc::{EPOLLET, EPOLLIN, EPOLLOUT, EPOLLRDHUP};
-use log::error;
 use std::os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, RawFd};
 #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
diff --git a/src/sys/unix/selector/kqueue.rs b/src/sys/unix/selector/kqueue.rs
index b7a01a51c..4937d57ac 100644
--- a/src/sys/unix/selector/kqueue.rs
+++ b/src/sys/unix/selector/kqueue.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use crate::{Interest, Token};
-use log::error;
 use std::mem::MaybeUninit;
 use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 use std::os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, RawFd};