diff --git a/script/uberjar b/script/uberjar
index f7c77e1d..13fd82b1 100755
--- a/script/uberjar
+++ b/script/uberjar
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ then
     export BABASHKA_FEATURE_CORE_ASYNC=false
     export BABASHKA_FEATURE_CSV=false
     export BABAHSKA_FEATURE_TRANSIT=false
-    export BABAHSKA_FEATURE_JAVA_TIME=false
+    export BABASHKA_FEATURE_JAVA_TIME=false
+    export BABASHKA_FEATURE_JAVA_NIO=false
 fi
 
 BABASHKA_LEIN_PROFILES="+uberjar"
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj b/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
index 6a624d68..87308528 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
@@ -135,21 +135,22 @@
           ;; java.net.URL, see below
           java.net.URLEncoder
           java.net.URLDecoder
-          java.nio.file.OpenOption
-          java.nio.file.CopyOption
-          java.nio.file.FileAlreadyExistsException
-          java.nio.file.FileSystem
-          java.nio.file.FileSystems
-          java.nio.file.Files
-          java.nio.file.LinkOption
-          java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException
-          java.nio.file.Path
-          java.nio.file.Paths
-          java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption
-          java.nio.file.attribute.FileAttribute
-          java.nio.file.attribute.FileTime
-          java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermission
-          java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermissions
+          ~@(when features/java-nio?
+              '[java.nio.file.OpenOption
+                java.nio.file.CopyOption
+                java.nio.file.FileAlreadyExistsException
+                java.nio.file.FileSystem
+                java.nio.file.FileSystems
+                java.nio.file.Files
+                java.nio.file.LinkOption
+                java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException
+                java.nio.file.Path
+                java.nio.file.Paths
+                java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption
+                java.nio.file.attribute.FileAttribute
+                java.nio.file.attribute.FileTime
+                java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermission
+                java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermissions])
           java.security.MessageDigest
           ~@(when features/java-time?
               '[java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/features.clj b/src/babashka/impl/features.clj
index 88b15581..167defe3 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/features.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/features.clj
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 (def csv?        (not= "false" (System/getenv "BABASHKA_FEATURE_CSV")))
 (def transit?    (not= "false" (System/getenv "BABASHKA_FEATURE_TRANSIT")))
 (def java-time?  (not= "false" (System/getenv "BABASHKA_FEATURE_JAVA_TIME")))
+(def java-nio?   (not= "false" (System/getenv "BABASHKA_FEATURE_JAVA_NIO")))
 
 ;; excluded by default
 (def jdbc? (= "true" (System/getenv "BABASHKA_FEATURE_JDBC")))