diff --git a/crates/inspector_ui/Cargo.toml b/crates/inspector_ui/Cargo.toml
index ec1f01195c..892f93d9b5 100644
--- a/crates/inspector_ui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/inspector_ui/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ workspace = true
 [lib]
 path = "src/inspector_ui.rs"
 
+[features]
+inspector = []
+
 [dependencies]
 anyhow.workspace = true
 command_palette_hooks.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/inspector_ui/src/inspector_ui.rs b/crates/inspector_ui/src/inspector_ui.rs
index 1342007005..d608ea76ca 100644
--- a/crates/inspector_ui/src/inspector_ui.rs
+++ b/crates/inspector_ui/src/inspector_ui.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
-#[cfg(debug_assertions)]
+#[cfg(any(debug_assertions, feature = "inspector"))]
 mod div_inspector;
-#[cfg(debug_assertions)]
+#[cfg(any(debug_assertions, feature = "inspector"))]
 mod inspector;
 
-#[cfg(debug_assertions)]
+#[cfg(any(debug_assertions, feature = "inspector"))]
 pub use inspector::init;
 
-#[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
+#[cfg(not(any(debug_assertions, feature = "inspector")))]
 pub fn init(_app_state: std::sync::Arc<workspace::AppState>, cx: &mut gpui::App) {
     use std::any::TypeId;
     use workspace::notifications::NotifyResultExt as _;
 
     cx.on_action(|_: &zed_actions::dev::ToggleInspector, cx| {
         Err::<(), anyhow::Error>(anyhow::anyhow!(
-            "dev::ToggleInspector is only available in debug builds"
+            "dev::ToggleInspector is only available in debug builds and Nightly"
         ))
         .notify_app_err(cx);
     });
diff --git a/crates/ui/Cargo.toml b/crates/ui/Cargo.toml
index 7ff2cfa371..6b2ed189aa 100644
--- a/crates/ui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ui/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ ignored = ["log"]
 
 [features]
 default = []
+derive_inspector_reflection = []
diff --git a/crates/ui/src/traits/styled_ext.rs b/crates/ui/src/traits/styled_ext.rs
index 849e56a024..c509595362 100644
--- a/crates/ui/src/traits/styled_ext.rs
+++ b/crates/ui/src/traits/styled_ext.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ fn elevated_borderless<E: Styled>(this: E, cx: &mut App, index: ElevationIndex)
 /// Extends [`gpui::Styled`] with Zed-specific styling methods.
 // gate on rust-analyzer so rust-analyzer never needs to expand this macro, it takes up to 10 seconds to expand due to inefficiencies in rust-analyzers proc-macro srv
 #[cfg_attr(
-    all(debug_assertions, not(rust_analyzer)),
+    all(
+        any(debug_assertions, feature = "derive_inspector_reflection"),
+        not(rust_analyzer)
+    ),
     gpui_macros::derive_inspector_reflection
 )]
 pub trait StyledExt: Styled + Sized {
diff --git a/crates/zed/Cargo.toml b/crates/zed/Cargo.toml
index 8409911f6d..f8675c3761 100644
--- a/crates/zed/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/zed/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ default-run = "zed"
 workspace = true
 
 [features]
+inspector = [
+    "gpui/inspector",
+    "inspector_ui/inspector",
+    "ui/derive_inspector_reflection",
+]
 tracy = ["ztracing/tracy"]
 # LEAK_BACKTRACE=1 cargo run --features zed/track-project-leak --profile release-fast
 track-project-leak = ["gpui/leak-detection"]
@@ -116,11 +121,16 @@ fs.workspace = true
 futures.workspace = true
 git.workspace = true
 git_hosting_providers.workspace = true
-git_ui = { workspace = true, features = [ "call" ] }
+git_ui = { workspace = true, features = ["call"] }
 git_ui_core.workspace = true
 go_to_line.workspace = true
-gpui = { workspace = true, features = [ "profiler" ] }
-gpui_platform = { workspace = true, features = [ "screen-capture", "font-kit", "wayland", "x11" ] }
+gpui = { workspace = true, features = ["profiler"] }
+gpui_platform = { workspace = true, features = [
+    "screen-capture",
+    "font-kit",
+    "wayland",
+    "x11",
+] }
 gpui_tokio.workspace = true
 image = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 spin = "0.10.0"
@@ -231,20 +241,13 @@ ztracing.workspace = true
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.dependencies]
 etw_tracing.workspace = true
 windows.workspace = true
-gpui = { workspace = true, features = [
-    "profiler",
-    "windows-manifest",
-] }
+gpui = { workspace = true, features = ["profiler", "windows-manifest"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 windows_resources = { path = "../windows_resources" }
 
 [target.'cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "freebsd"))'.dependencies]
-gpui = { workspace = true, features = [
-    "profiler",
-    "wayland",
-    "x11",
-] }
+gpui = { workspace = true, features = ["profiler", "wayland", "x11"] }
 ashpd.workspace = true
 image.workspace = true
 
@@ -278,7 +281,6 @@ search = { workspace = true, features = ["test-support"] }
 repl = { workspace = true, features = ["test-support"] }
 
 
-
 [package.metadata.bundle-dev]
 icon = ["resources/app-icon-dev@2x.png", "resources/app-icon-dev.png"]
 identifier = "dev.zed.Zed-Dev"