diff --git a/aya-log/Cargo.toml b/aya-log/Cargo.toml
index 97424297..1eb4cec4 100644
--- a/aya-log/Cargo.toml
+++ b/aya-log/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ documentation = "https://docs.rs/aya-log"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
-aya = { path = "../aya", version = "0.11.0", features=["async_tokio"] }
+aya = { path = "../aya", version = "0.11.0" }
 aya-log-common = { path = "../aya-log-common", version = "0.1.12-dev.0", features=["userspace"] }
 thiserror = "1"
 log = "0.4"
 bytes = "1.1"
-tokio = { version = "1.2.0" }
+tokio = { version = "1.2.0", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 env_logger = "0.9"
@@ -24,3 +24,6 @@ testing_logger = "0.1.1"
 
 [lib]
 path = "src/lib.rs"
+
+[features]
+async_tokio = ["tokio", "aya/async_tokio"]
diff --git a/aya-log/src/lib.rs b/aya-log/src/lib.rs
index b56c16e6..a4f57273 100644
--- a/aya-log/src/lib.rs
+++ b/aya-log/src/lib.rs
@@ -63,14 +63,69 @@ use log::{error, Level, Log, Record};
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 use aya::{
-    maps::{
-        perf::{AsyncPerfEventArray, PerfBufferError},
-        MapError,
-    },
+    maps::{perf::PerfBufferError, MapError},
     util::online_cpus,
     Bpf, Pod,
 };
 
+fn buffers() -> Vec<BytesMut> {
+    (0..10)
+        .map(|_| BytesMut::with_capacity(LOG_BUF_CAPACITY))
+        .collect()
+}
+
+macro_rules! read_events {
+    ($logger:expr, $buffers:expr, $events:expr) => {
+        #[allow(clippy::needless_range_loop)]
+        for i in 0..$events.read {
+            let buf = &mut $buffers[i];
+            log_buf(buf, &*$logger).unwrap();
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "async_tokio")]
+fn logger_thread<T: Log + 'static>(bpf: &mut Bpf, logger: Arc<T>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    use aya::maps::perf::AsyncPerfEventArray;
+    let mut logs: AsyncPerfEventArray<_> = bpf.map_mut("AYA_LOGS")?.try_into()?;
+
+    for cpu_id in online_cpus().map_err(Error::InvalidOnlineCpu)? {
+        let mut buf = logs.open(cpu_id, None)?;
+
+        let log = logger.clone();
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let mut buffers = buffers();
+            loop {
+                let events = buf.read_events(&mut buffers).await.unwrap();
+                read_events!(log, buffers, events);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "async_tokio"))]
+fn logger_thread<T: Log + 'static>(bpf: &mut Bpf, logger: Arc<T>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    use aya::maps::perf::PerfEventArray;
+    let mut logs: PerfEventArray<_> = bpf.map_mut("AYA_LOGS")?.try_into()?;
+
+    for cpu_id in online_cpus().map_err(Error::InvalidOnlineCpu)? {
+        let mut buf = logs.open(cpu_id, None)?;
+
+        let log = logger.clone();
+        std::thread::spawn(move || {
+            let mut buffers = buffers();
+            loop {
+                let events = buf.read_events(&mut buffers).unwrap();
+                read_events!(log, buffers, events);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// Log messages generated by `aya_log_ebpf` using the [log] crate.
 ///
 /// For more details see the [module level documentation](crate).
@@ -90,28 +145,7 @@ impl BpfLogger {
         logger: T,
     ) -> Result<BpfLogger, Error> {
         let logger = Arc::new(logger);
-        let mut logs: AsyncPerfEventArray<_> = bpf.map_mut("AYA_LOGS")?.try_into()?;
-
-        for cpu_id in online_cpus().map_err(Error::InvalidOnlineCpu)? {
-            let mut buf = logs.open(cpu_id, None)?;
-
-            let log = logger.clone();
-            tokio::spawn(async move {
-                let mut buffers = (0..10)
-                    .map(|_| BytesMut::with_capacity(LOG_BUF_CAPACITY))
-                    .collect::<Vec<_>>();
-
-                loop {
-                    let events = buf.read_events(&mut buffers).await.unwrap();
-
-                    #[allow(clippy::needless_range_loop)]
-                    for i in 0..events.read {
-                        let buf = &mut buffers[i];
-                        log_buf(buf, &*log).unwrap();
-                    }
-                }
-            });
-        }
+        logger_thread(bpf, logger)?;
 
         Ok(BpfLogger {})
     }