diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5a02896e..93a9ad19 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ itertools = "0.11"
 
 [features]
 audio-dump = []
+vpio-forcelist = []
 gecko-in-tree = ["cubeb-backend/gecko-in-tree"]
 
 # Workaround for https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/6745 to allow this
diff --git a/src/backend/mod.rs b/src/backend/mod.rs
index e320d020..b5bdd8e7 100644
--- a/src/backend/mod.rs
+++ b/src/backend/mod.rs
@@ -3266,6 +3266,7 @@ impl<'ctx> CoreStreamData<'ctx> {
     }
 
     #[allow(non_upper_case_globals)]
+    #[cfg(feature = "vpio-forcelist")]
     fn should_force_vpio_for_input_device(id: AudioDeviceID) -> bool {
         assert!(id != kAudioObjectUnknown);
         debug_assert_running_serially();
@@ -3283,6 +3284,11 @@ impl<'ctx> CoreStreamData<'ctx> {
         }
     }
 
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "vpio-forcelist"))]
+    fn should_force_vpio_for_input_device(_id: AudioDeviceID) -> bool {
+        false
+    }
+
     fn should_block_vpio_for_device_pair(
         &self,
         in_device: &device_info,