diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2f7a3cbe2..089f5b121 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -254,6 +254,9 @@ jobs:
           cargo clippy --target ${{ matrix.target }} ${{ matrix.extra-flags }} --tests --features glsl,spirv
           cargo doc --target ${{ matrix.target }} ${{ matrix.extra-flags }} --no-deps --features glsl,spirv
 
+          # check with no features
+          cargo clippy --target ${{ matrix.target }} ${{ matrix.extra-flags }} --no-default-features
+
           # all features
           cargo clippy --target ${{ matrix.target }} ${{ matrix.extra-flags }} --tests --all-features
           cargo doc --target ${{ matrix.target }} ${{ matrix.extra-flags }} --no-deps --all-features
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8f2599bd8..e75f5c3a0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ By @brodycj in [#6925](https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/pull/6925).
 ### Bug Fixes
 
 * Avoid overflow in query set bounds check validation. By @ErichDonGubler in [#????].
+* Fix `wgpu` not building with `--no-default-features` on when targeting `wasm32-unknown-unknown`. By @wumpf in [#6946](https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/pull/6946).
 
 ## v24.0.0 (2025-01-15)
 
diff --git a/wgpu/src/dispatch.rs b/wgpu/src/dispatch.rs
index a58decf65..f243e51ad 100644
--- a/wgpu/src/dispatch.rs
+++ b/wgpu/src/dispatch.rs
@@ -636,6 +636,8 @@ macro_rules! dispatch_types_inner {
                     Self::Core(value) => value.as_ref(),
                     #[cfg(webgpu)]
                     Self::WebGPU(value) => value.as_ref(),
+                    #[cfg(not(any(wgpu_core, webgpu)))]
+                    _ => panic!("No context available. You need to enable one of wgpu's backend feature build flags."),
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -765,6 +767,8 @@ macro_rules! dispatch_types_inner {
                     Self::Core(value) => value,
                     #[cfg(webgpu)]
                     Self::WebGPU(value) => value,
+                    #[cfg(not(any(wgpu_core, webgpu)))]
+                    _ => panic!("No context available. You need to enable one of wgpu's backend feature build flags."),
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -777,6 +781,8 @@ macro_rules! dispatch_types_inner {
                     Self::Core(value) => value,
                     #[cfg(webgpu)]
                     Self::WebGPU(value) => value,
+                    #[cfg(not(any(wgpu_core, webgpu)))]
+                    _ => panic!("No context available. You need to enable one of wgpu's backend feature build flags."),
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/wgpu/src/lib.rs b/wgpu/src/lib.rs
index b83ae8c85..f94be6bdf 100644
--- a/wgpu/src/lib.rs
+++ b/wgpu/src/lib.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn
 )]
 #![allow(clippy::arc_with_non_send_sync)]
+#![cfg_attr(not(any(wgpu_core, webgpu)), allow(unused))]
 
 //
 //