diff --git a/packages/desktop/Cargo.toml b/packages/desktop/Cargo.toml
index dcb994120..f0ea9e189 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/desktop/Cargo.toml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ devtools = ["wry/devtools"]
 tray = ["wry/tray"]
 dox = ["wry/dox"]
 hot-reload = ["dioxus-hot-reload"]
+gnu = []
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 default-features = false
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/lib.rs b/packages/desktop/src/lib.rs
index 13d52b032..9a5ba6c64 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/lib.rs
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ mod webview;
 mod mobile_shortcut;
 
 // WARN about wry support on windows gnu targets. GNU windows targets don't work well in wry currently
-#[cfg(all(windows, target_env = "gnu"))]
+#[cfg(all(windows, target_env = "gnu", not(feature = "gnu")))]
 mod wry_gnu_warning {
     #[allow(dead_code)]
-    #[must_use = "GNU windows targets can have issues with Wry. Using the MSVC toolchain is recommended"]
+    #[must_use = "GNU windows targets have some limitations within Wry. Using the MSVC windows toolchain is recommended. If you would like to use continue using GNU, you can read https://github.com/wravery/webview2-rs#cross-compilation and disable this warning by adding the gnu feature to dioxus-desktop in your Cargo.toml"]
     struct WryGnuWarning;
     const _: () = {
         let dont_use_gnu = WryGnuWarning;