diff --git a/schemars/Cargo.toml b/schemars/Cargo.toml
index 8d2f091..01580ad 100644
--- a/schemars/Cargo.toml
+++ b/schemars/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,9 +19,16 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, optional = true }
 [dev-dependencies]
 pretty_assertions = "0.6.1"
 
+[features]
+derive_json_schema = []
+
 [[test]]
 name = "chrono"
 required-features = ["chrono"]
 
+[[test]]
+name = "schema_for_schema"
+required-features = ["derive_json_schema"]
+
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 all-features = true
diff --git a/schemars/src/schema.rs b/schemars/src/schema.rs
index 0d0ba7a..a3b1153 100644
--- a/schemars/src/schema.rs
+++ b/schemars/src/schema.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 use crate as schemars;
-use crate::{JsonSchema, Map, Set};
+#[cfg(feature = "derive_json_schema")]
+use crate::JsonSchema;
+use crate::{Map, Set};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::Value;
 
 /// A JSON Schema.
 #[allow(clippy::large_enum_variant)]
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, JsonSchema)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "derive_json_schema", derive(JsonSchema))]
 #[serde(untagged)]
 pub enum Schema {
     /// A trivial boolean JSON Schema.
@@ -51,7 +54,8 @@ impl From<bool> for Schema {
 }
 
 /// A JSON Schema object.
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Default, JsonSchema)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Default)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "derive_json_schema", derive(JsonSchema))]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase", default)]
 pub struct SchemaObject {
     /// Properties which annotate the [`SchemaObject`] which typically have no effect when an object is being validated against the schema.
@@ -177,7 +181,8 @@ impl From<Schema> for SchemaObject {
 }
 
 /// Properties which annotate a [`SchemaObject`] which typically have no effect when an object is being validated against the schema.
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Default, JsonSchema)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Default)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "derive_json_schema", derive(JsonSchema))]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase", default)]
 pub struct Metadata {
     /// The `$schema` keyword.
@@ -237,7 +242,8 @@ fn is_false(b: &bool) -> bool {
 }
 
 /// Properties of a [`SchemaObject`] which define validation assertions in terms of other schemas.
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Default, JsonSchema)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Default)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "derive_json_schema", derive(JsonSchema))]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase", default)]
 pub struct SubschemaValidation {
     /// The `allOf` keyword.
@@ -278,7 +284,8 @@ pub struct SubschemaValidation {
 }
 
 /// Properties of a [`SchemaObject`] which define validation assertions for numbers.
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Default, JsonSchema)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Default)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "derive_json_schema", derive(JsonSchema))]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase", default)]
 pub struct NumberValidation {
     /// The `multipleOf` keyword.
@@ -309,7 +316,8 @@ pub struct NumberValidation {
 }
 
 /// Properties of a [`SchemaObject`] which define validation assertions for strings.
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Default, JsonSchema)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Default)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "derive_json_schema", derive(JsonSchema))]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase", default)]
 pub struct StringValidation {
     /// The `maxLength` keyword.
@@ -330,7 +338,8 @@ pub struct StringValidation {
 }
 
 /// Properties of a [`SchemaObject`] which define validation assertions for arrays.
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Default, JsonSchema)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Default)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "derive_json_schema", derive(JsonSchema))]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase", default)]
 pub struct ArrayValidation {
     /// The `items` keyword.
@@ -366,7 +375,8 @@ pub struct ArrayValidation {
 }
 
 /// Properties of a [`SchemaObject`] which define validation assertions for objects.
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Default, JsonSchema)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Default)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "derive_json_schema", derive(JsonSchema))]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase", default)]
 pub struct ObjectValidation {
     /// The `maxProperties` keyword.
@@ -409,9 +419,8 @@ pub struct ObjectValidation {
 /// The possible types of values in JSON Schema documents.
 ///
 /// See [JSON Schema 4.2.1. Instance Data Model](https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-handrews-json-schema-02#section-4.2.1).
-#[derive(
-    Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash, JsonSchema,
-)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "derive_json_schema", derive(JsonSchema))]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub enum InstanceType {
     Null,
@@ -426,7 +435,8 @@ pub enum InstanceType {
 /// A type which can be serialized as a single item, or multiple items.
 ///
 /// In some contexts, a `Single` may be semantically distinct from a `Vec` containing only item.
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, JsonSchema)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "derive_json_schema", derive(JsonSchema))]
 #[serde(untagged)]
 pub enum SingleOrVec<T> {
     Single(Box<T>),