diff --git a/cmd/tikv-server/Cargo.toml b/cmd/tikv-server/Cargo.toml
index 1e306d9be34..be02fe4915b 100644
--- a/cmd/tikv-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cmd/tikv-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ mimalloc = ["server/mimalloc"]
 portable = ["server/portable"]
 sse = ["server/sse"]
 mem-profiling = ["server/mem-profiling"]
+memory-engine = ["server/memory-engine"]
 failpoints = ["server/failpoints"]
 cloud-aws = ["server/cloud-aws"]
 cloud-gcp = ["server/cloud-gcp"]
diff --git a/components/server/Cargo.toml b/components/server/Cargo.toml
index 8ca413f040e..cf2d653bf52 100644
--- a/components/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/components/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ mimalloc = ["tikv/mimalloc"]
 snmalloc = ["tikv/snmalloc"]
 portable = ["tikv/portable"]
 sse = ["tikv/sse"]
+memory-engine = []
 mem-profiling = ["tikv/mem-profiling"]
 failpoints = ["tikv/failpoints"]
 cloud-aws = ["encryption_export/cloud-aws"]
diff --git a/components/server/src/server.rs b/components/server/src/server.rs
index 24e8b55c03a..bc0769b751a 100644
--- a/components/server/src/server.rs
+++ b/components/server/src/server.rs
@@ -221,28 +221,32 @@ pub fn run_tikv(
 
     dispatch_api_version!(config.storage.api_version(), {
         if !config.raft_engine.enable {
-            if config.region_cache_memory_limit == ReadableSize(0) {
-                run_impl::<RocksEngine, RocksEngine, API>(
+            if cfg!(feature = "memory-engine")
+                && config.region_cache_memory_limit != ReadableSize(0)
+            {
+                run_impl::<HybridEngine<RocksEngine, RegionCacheMemoryEngine>, RocksEngine, API>(
                     config,
                     service_event_tx,
                     service_event_rx,
                 )
             } else {
-                run_impl::<HybridEngine<RocksEngine, RegionCacheMemoryEngine>, RocksEngine, API>(
+                run_impl::<RocksEngine, RocksEngine, API>(
                     config,
                     service_event_tx,
                     service_event_rx,
                 )
             }
         } else {
-            if config.region_cache_memory_limit == ReadableSize(0) {
-                run_impl::<RocksEngine, RaftLogEngine, API>(
+            if cfg!(feature = "memory-engine")
+                && config.region_cache_memory_limit != ReadableSize(0)
+            {
+                run_impl::<HybridEngine<RocksEngine, RegionCacheMemoryEngine>, RaftLogEngine, API>(
                     config,
                     service_event_tx,
                     service_event_rx,
                 )
             } else {
-                run_impl::<HybridEngine<RocksEngine, RegionCacheMemoryEngine>, RaftLogEngine, API>(
+                run_impl::<RocksEngine, RaftLogEngine, API>(
                     config,
                     service_event_tx,
                     service_event_rx,