diff --git a/crates/mdbook-driver/Cargo.toml b/crates/mdbook-driver/Cargo.toml
index 70b030a4..fd971d48 100644
--- a/crates/mdbook-driver/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/mdbook-driver/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,3 +27,6 @@ tracing.workspace = true
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
+
+[features]
+search = ["mdbook-html/search"]
diff --git a/crates/mdbook-driver/src/lib.rs b/crates/mdbook-driver/src/lib.rs
index f89ef811..46aeb257 100644
--- a/crates/mdbook-driver/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/mdbook-driver/src/lib.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@
 //!   for shared types. Types from this crate are rexported from the other
 //!   crates as appropriate.
 //!
+//! ## Cargo features
+//!
+//! The following cargo features are available:
+//!
+//! - `search`: Enables the search index in the HTML renderer.
+//!
 //! ## Examples
 //!
 //! If creating a new book from scratch, you'll want to get a [`init::BookBuilder`] via