diff --git a/examples/http_client.cpp b/examples/http_client.cpp
index d2359fe..29eec75 100644
--- a/examples/http_client.cpp
+++ b/examples/http_client.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+#define NETLIB_USE_HTTP
+
 #include "../src/netlib.hpp"
-#include "../src/http/client.hpp"
-#include "../src/http/http.hpp"
 #include <csignal>
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <iostream>
diff --git a/src/netlib.hpp b/src/netlib.hpp
index 24b48ee..91cc8fd 100644
--- a/src/netlib.hpp
+++ b/src/netlib.hpp
@@ -2,4 +2,8 @@
 
 #include "client.hpp"
 #include "server.hpp"
-#include "thread_pool.hpp"
\ No newline at end of file
+#include "thread_pool.hpp"
+
+#ifdef NETLIB_USE_HTTP
+#include "http/client.hpp"
+#endif