diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 11b908fac0..b5553efab9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ members = [
 	"test-utils",
 	"tests",
 	"tests/wasm-tests",
+	"tests/proc-macro-core",
 	"types",
 ]
 resolver = "2"
diff --git a/core/src/lib.rs b/core/src/lib.rs
index 0f7ddba510..4c5ed868fa 100644
--- a/core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/core/src/lib.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ pub mod __reexports {
 	pub use async_trait::async_trait;
 	pub use serde;
 	pub use serde_json;
+
+	// Needed for the params parsing in the proc macro API.
+	cfg_client_or_server! {
+		pub use tokio;
+	}
 }
 
 pub use beef::Cow;
diff --git a/core/src/macros.rs b/core/src/macros.rs
index e983079f32..b048a7b646 100644
--- a/core/src/macros.rs
+++ b/core/src/macros.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ macro_rules! cfg_server {
 	};
 }
 
+macro_rules! cfg_client_or_server {
+	($($item:item)*) => {
+		$(
+			#[cfg(any(feature = "client", feature = "server"))]
+			$item
+		)*
+	}
+}
+
 macro_rules! cfg_http_helpers {
  ($($item:item)*) => {
 		cfg_feature!("http-helpers", $($item)*);
diff --git a/proc-macros/src/render_server.rs b/proc-macros/src/render_server.rs
index 2be84da7c8..9fcd085028 100644
--- a/proc-macros/src/render_server.rs
+++ b/proc-macros/src/render_server.rs
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ impl RpcDescription {
 		let tracing = self.jrps_server_item(quote! { tracing });
 		let sub_err = self.jrps_server_item(quote! { SubscriptionCloseResponse });
 		let response_payload = self.jrps_server_item(quote! { ResponsePayload });
-		let tokio = self.jrps_server_item(quote! { tokio });
+		let tokio = self.jrps_server_item(quote! { core::__reexports::tokio });
 
 		// Code to decode sequence of parameters from a JSON array.
 		let decode_array = {
diff --git a/tests/proc-macro-core/Cargo.toml b/tests/proc-macro-core/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7178301bbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/proc-macro-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "jsonrpsee-proc-macro-core"
+description = "Test crate for the proc-macro API to make sure that it compiles with the core features"
+version.workspace = true
+authors.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+publish = false
+
+[dependencies]
+jsonrpsee = { path = "../../jsonrpsee", features = ["server-core", "client-core", "macros"] }
+serde = "1.0"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/proc-macro-core/src/lib.rs b/tests/proc-macro-core/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b98efa8eda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/proc-macro-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+//! Test module for the proc-macro API to make sure that it compiles with the core features.
+
+use jsonrpsee::core::{async_trait, SubscriptionResult};
+use jsonrpsee::proc_macros::rpc;
+use jsonrpsee::types::ErrorObjectOwned;
+use jsonrpsee::{ConnectionDetails, PendingSubscriptionSink, SubscriptionMessage};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub enum PubSubKind {
+	A,
+	B,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct PubSubParams {
+	params: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct PubSubItem {
+	result: String,
+}
+
+#[rpc(client, server)]
+pub trait Api {
+	#[method(name = "sync_call")]
+	fn sync_call(&self, a: String) -> Result<String, ErrorObjectOwned>;
+
+	#[method(name = "async_call")]
+	async fn async_call(&self, a: String) -> Result<String, ErrorObjectOwned>;
+
+	#[subscription(name = "subscribe", item = PubSubItem)]
+	async fn sub(&self, kind: PubSubKind, p: PubSubParams) -> SubscriptionResult;
+
+	#[subscription(name = "subscribeSync", item = String)]
+	fn sync_sub(&self, a: String) -> SubscriptionResult;
+
+	#[method(name = "blocking", blocking)]
+	fn blocking_method(&self, a: String) -> Result<u16, ErrorObjectOwned>;
+
+	#[method(name = "raw", raw_method)]
+	async fn raw(&self, a: String) -> Result<u16, ErrorObjectOwned>;
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl ApiServer for () {
+	fn sync_call(&self, _: String) -> Result<String, ErrorObjectOwned> {
+		Ok("sync_call".to_string())
+	}
+
+	async fn async_call(&self, _: String) -> Result<String, ErrorObjectOwned> {
+		Ok("async_call".to_string())
+	}
+
+	async fn sub(&self, pending: PendingSubscriptionSink, _: PubSubKind, _: PubSubParams) -> SubscriptionResult {
+		let sink = pending.accept().await?;
+		sink.send(SubscriptionMessage::from("msg")).await?;
+		Ok(())
+	}
+
+	fn sync_sub(&self, _: PendingSubscriptionSink, _: String) -> SubscriptionResult {
+		Ok(())
+	}
+
+	fn blocking_method(&self, _: String) -> Result<u16, ErrorObjectOwned> {
+		Ok(42)
+	}
+
+	async fn raw(&self, _: ConnectionDetails, _: String) -> Result<u16, ErrorObjectOwned> {
+		Ok(42)
+	}
+}