diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dbcd5060..efa3db2b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2405,6 +2405,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "iced_futures",
  "iced_highlighter",
  "iced_renderer",
+ "iced_runtime",
  "iced_wgpu",
  "iced_widget",
  "iced_winit",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f7318b98..b13c26f4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -67,11 +67,14 @@ auto-detect-theme = ["iced_core/auto-detect-theme"]
 strict-assertions = ["iced_renderer/strict-assertions"]
 # Redraws on every runtime event, and not only when a widget requests it
 unconditional-rendering = ["iced_winit/unconditional-rendering"]
+# Enables support for the `sipper` library
+sipper = ["iced_runtime/sipper"]
 
 [dependencies]
 iced_core.workspace = true
 iced_futures.workspace = true
 iced_renderer.workspace = true
+iced_runtime.workspace = true
 iced_widget.workspace = true
 iced_winit.features = ["program"]
 iced_winit.workspace = true
diff --git a/examples/download_progress/Cargo.toml b/examples/download_progress/Cargo.toml
index 9c52b2bd..56c538fe 100644
--- a/examples/download_progress/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/download_progress/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 iced.workspace = true
-iced.features = ["tokio"]
+iced.features = ["tokio", "sipper"]
 
 [dependencies.reqwest]
 version = "0.12"
diff --git a/examples/gallery/Cargo.toml b/examples/gallery/Cargo.toml
index 5161f368..3dd5d378 100644
--- a/examples/gallery/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/gallery/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 iced.workspace = true
-iced.features = ["tokio", "image", "web-colors", "debug"]
+iced.features = ["tokio", "sipper", "image", "web-colors", "debug"]
 
 reqwest.version = "0.12"
 reqwest.features = ["json"]
diff --git a/examples/websocket/Cargo.toml b/examples/websocket/Cargo.toml
index 88ebdae1..c47e3c93 100644
--- a/examples/websocket/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/websocket/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 iced.workspace = true
-iced.features = ["debug", "tokio"]
+iced.features = ["debug", "tokio", "sipper"]
 
 warp = "0.3"
 
diff --git a/runtime/Cargo.toml b/runtime/Cargo.toml
index 35704e0f..5fc67b97 100644
--- a/runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,5 +23,7 @@ iced_core.workspace = true
 iced_futures.workspace = true
 
 raw-window-handle.workspace = true
-sipper.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
+
+sipper.workspace = true
+sipper.optional = true
diff --git a/runtime/src/task.rs b/runtime/src/task.rs
index fd5970ac..624fc3a7 100644
--- a/runtime/src/task.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/task.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ use crate::futures::futures::future::{self, FutureExt};
 use crate::futures::futures::stream::{self, Stream, StreamExt};
 use crate::futures::{BoxStream, MaybeSend, boxed_stream};
 
+use std::convert::Infallible;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "sipper")]
 #[doc(no_inline)]
 pub use sipper::{Never, Sender, Sipper, Straw, sipper, stream};
 
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ impl<T> Task<T> {
 
     /// Creates a [`Task`] that runs the given [`Sipper`] to completion, mapping
     /// progress with the first closure and the output with the second one.
+    #[cfg(feature = "sipper")]
     pub fn sip<S>(
         sipper: S,
         on_progress: impl FnMut(S::Progress) -> T + MaybeSend + 'static,
@@ -391,7 +394,7 @@ where
 }
 
 /// Creates a new [`Task`] that executes the given [`Action`] and produces no output.
-pub fn effect<T>(action: impl Into<Action<Never>>) -> Task<T> {
+pub fn effect<T>(action: impl Into<Action<Infallible>>) -> Task<T> {
     let action = action.into();
 
     Task(Some(boxed_stream(stream::once(async move {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 2d4b6b69..ebb80282 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -531,9 +531,10 @@ pub use alignment::Vertical::{Bottom, Top};
 
 pub mod task {
     //! Create runtime tasks.
-    pub use crate::runtime::task::{
-        Handle, Never, Sipper, Straw, Task, sipper, stream,
-    };
+    pub use crate::runtime::task::{Handle, Task};
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "sipper")]
+    pub use crate::runtime::task::{Never, Sipper, Straw, sipper, stream};
 }
 
 pub mod clipboard {