diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/.gitlab-ci.yml b/rust-bindings/rust/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 398ed153..4c6f54a4 100644
--- a/rust-bindings/rust/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/rust-bindings/rust/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ check:
 ostree:
   <<: *build-step
   variables:
-    # TODO: need to switch back to --all-features
+    # 2019.2 still hasn't been backported
     FEATURES: --features v2018_9
 
 ostree_default-features:
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ ostree_default-features:
   variables:
     FEATURES: ""
 
+ostree_futures:
+  <<: *build-step
+  image: rustlang/rust:nightly
+  variables:
+    FEATURES: --features v2018_9,futures
+
 # docs
 docs:
   stage: build