diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 1de10e15..d1e03fdd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        rust: ["1.36.0", stable, beta, nightly]
+        rust: ["1.48.0", stable, beta, nightly]
         features: ["", "rayon"]
         command: [test, benchmark]
 
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: test
         run: >
           cargo test --tests --benches --no-default-features --features "$FEATURES"
-        if: ${{ matrix.command == 'test' && matrix.rust != '1.36.0' }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.command == 'test' && matrix.rust != '1.48.0' }}
         env:
           FEATURES: ${{ matrix.features }}
       - name: benchmark
         run: cargo bench --bench decoding_benchmark --no-default-features --features "$FEATURES" -- --warm-up-time 1 --measurement-time 1 --sample-size 25
-        if: ${{ matrix.command == 'benchmark' && matrix.rust != '1.36.0' }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.command == 'benchmark' && matrix.rust != '1.48.0' }}
         env:
           FEATURES: ${{ matrix.features }}
diff --git a/rust-toolchain b/rust-toolchain
index f55005a1..9db5ea12 100644
--- a/rust-toolchain
+++ b/rust-toolchain
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.36
+1.48.0
diff --git a/src/decoder.rs b/src/decoder.rs
index 91d28885..e03fdd7e 100644
--- a/src/decoder.rs
+++ b/src/decoder.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+use alloc::borrow::ToOwned;
+use alloc::{format, vec};
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
+use alloc::sync::Arc;
+use core::cmp;
+use core::mem;
+use core::ops::Range;
 use crate::read_u8;
 use error::{Error, Result, UnsupportedFeature};
 use huffman::{fill_default_mjpeg_tables, HuffmanDecoder, HuffmanTable};
@@ -6,11 +13,7 @@ use parser::{AdobeColorTransform, AppData, CodingProcess, Component, Dimensions,
              parse_app, parse_com, parse_dht, parse_dqt, parse_dri, parse_sof, parse_sos, IccChunk,
              ScanInfo};
 use upsampler::Upsampler;
-use std::cmp;
 use std::io::Read;
-use std::mem;
-use std::ops::Range;
-use std::sync::Arc;
 use worker::{RowData, PlatformWorker, Worker};
 
 pub const MAX_COMPONENTS: usize = 4;
@@ -1122,6 +1125,6 @@ fn ycbcr_to_rgb(y: u8, cb: u8, cr: u8) -> (u8, u8, u8) {
 }
 
 fn clamp_to_u8(value: i32) -> i32 {
-    let value = std::cmp::max(value, 0);
-    std::cmp::min(value, 255)
+    let value = cmp::max(value, 0);
+    cmp::min(value, 255)
 }
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 685efe00..aafa62cc 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+use alloc::boxed::Box;
+use alloc::string::String;
+use alloc::fmt;
+use core::result;
 use std::error::Error as StdError;
-use std::fmt;
 use std::io::Error as IoError;
 
-pub type Result<T> = ::std::result::Result<T, Error>;
+pub type Result<T> = result::Result<T, Error>;
 
 /// An enumeration over JPEG features (currently) unsupported by this library.
 ///
diff --git a/src/huffman.rs b/src/huffman.rs
index fff176fb..5e3227d7 100644
--- a/src/huffman.rs
+++ b/src/huffman.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+use alloc::borrow::ToOwned;
+use alloc::vec;
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
+use core::iter;
 use crate::read_u8;
 use error::{Error, Result};
 use marker::Marker;
@@ -253,7 +257,7 @@ fn derive_huffman_codes(bits: &[u8; 16]) -> Result<(Vec<u16>, Vec<u8>)> {
     let huffsize = bits.iter()
                        .enumerate()
                        .fold(Vec::new(), |mut acc, (i, &value)| {
-                           acc.extend(std::iter::repeat((i + 1) as u8).take(value as usize));
+                           acc.extend(iter::repeat((i + 1) as u8).take(value as usize));
                            acc
                        });
 
diff --git a/src/idct.rs b/src/idct.rs
index aac478eb..f6fd7249 100644
--- a/src/idct.rs
+++ b/src/idct.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // One example is tests/crashtest/images/imagetestsuite/b0b8914cc5f7a6eff409f16d8cc236c5.jpg
 // That's why wrapping operators are needed.
 use crate::parser::Dimensions;
-use std::{convert::TryFrom, num::Wrapping};
+use core::{convert::TryFrom, num::Wrapping};
 
 pub(crate) fn choose_idct_size(full_size: Dimensions, requested_size: Dimensions) -> usize {
     fn scaled(len: u16, scale: usize) -> u16 { ((len as u32 * scale as u32 - 1) / 8 + 1) as u16 }
@@ -417,8 +417,8 @@ fn test_dequantize_and_idct_block_8x8_all_zero() {
 fn test_dequantize_and_idct_block_8x8_saturated() {
     let mut output = [0u8; 8 * 8];
     dequantize_and_idct_block_8x8(
-        &[std::i16::MAX; 8*8],
-        &[std::u16::MAX; 8*8],
+        &[i16::MAX; 8*8],
+        &[u16::MAX; 8*8],
         8,
         &mut output);
     let expected = [
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index ae74edea..c106885f 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 #![deny(missing_docs)]
 #![forbid(unsafe_code)]
 
+extern crate core;
+extern crate alloc;
+
 #[cfg(feature="rayon")]
 extern crate rayon;
 
@@ -36,6 +39,8 @@ pub use decoder::{Decoder, ImageInfo, PixelFormat};
 pub use error::{Error, UnsupportedFeature};
 pub use parser::CodingProcess;
 
+use std::io;
+
 mod decoder;
 mod error;
 mod huffman;
@@ -45,13 +50,13 @@ mod parser;
 mod upsampler;
 mod worker;
 
-fn read_u8<R: std::io::Read>(reader: &mut R) -> std::io::Result<u8> {
+fn read_u8<R: io::Read>(reader: &mut R) -> io::Result<u8> {
     let mut buf = [0];
     reader.read_exact(&mut buf)?;
     Ok(buf[0])
 }
 
-fn read_u16_from_be<R: std::io::Read>(reader: &mut R) -> std::io::Result<u16> {
+fn read_u16_from_be<R: io::Read>(reader: &mut R) -> io::Result<u16> {
     let mut buf = [0, 0];
     reader.read_exact(&mut buf)?;
     Ok(u16::from_be_bytes(buf))
diff --git a/src/parser.rs b/src/parser.rs
index 5332a95b..3f923ff8 100644
--- a/src/parser.rs
+++ b/src/parser.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
+use alloc::borrow::ToOwned;
+use alloc::{format, vec};
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
+use core::ops::{self, Range};
 use crate::{read_u16_from_be, read_u8};
 use error::{Error, Result, UnsupportedFeature};
 use huffman::{HuffmanTable, HuffmanTableClass};
 use marker::Marker;
 use marker::Marker::*;
 use std::io::{self, Read};
-use std::ops::Range;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Dimensions {
@@ -379,7 +382,7 @@ pub fn parse_sos<R: Read>(reader: &mut R, frame: &FrameInfo) -> Result<ScanInfo>
 
     let blocks_per_mcu = component_indices.iter().map(|&i| {
         frame.components[i].horizontal_sampling_factor as u32 * frame.components[i].vertical_sampling_factor as u32
-    }).fold(0, ::std::ops::Add::add);
+    }).fold(0, ops::Add::add);
 
     if component_count > 1 && blocks_per_mcu > 10 {
         return Err(Error::Format("scan with more than one component and more than 10 blocks per MCU".to_owned()));
@@ -537,7 +540,7 @@ pub fn parse_dht<R: Read>(reader: &mut R, is_baseline: Option<bool>) -> Result<(
         let mut counts = [0u8; 16];
         reader.read_exact(&mut counts)?;
 
-        let size = counts.iter().map(|&val| val as usize).fold(0, ::std::ops::Add::add);
+        let size = counts.iter().map(|&val| val as usize).fold(0, ops::Add::add);
 
         if size == 0 {
             return Err(Error::Format("encountered table with zero length in DHT".to_owned()));
diff --git a/src/upsampler.rs b/src/upsampler.rs
index 1f05e0be..a6ac4abb 100644
--- a/src/upsampler.rs
+++ b/src/upsampler.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+use alloc::boxed::Box;
+use alloc::vec;
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use error::{Error, Result, UnsupportedFeature};
 use parser::Component;
 
diff --git a/src/worker/immediate.rs b/src/worker/immediate.rs
index 7e512d2e..2bbcb993 100644
--- a/src/worker/immediate.rs
+++ b/src/worker/immediate.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+use alloc::vec;
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
+use core::mem;
 use decoder::MAX_COMPONENTS;
 use error::Result;
 use idct::dequantize_and_idct_block;
-use std::mem;
-use std::sync::Arc;
+use alloc::sync::Arc;
 use parser::Component;
 use super::{RowData, Worker};
 
diff --git a/src/worker/mod.rs b/src/worker/mod.rs
index 44245eec..1f81c7dd 100644
--- a/src/worker/mod.rs
+++ b/src/worker/mod.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 mod immediate;
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
 mod multithreaded;
 
-#[cfg(not(any(target_arch = "asmjs", target_arch = "wasm32")))]
+#[cfg(all(feature = "std", not(any(target_arch = "asmjs", target_arch = "wasm32"))))]
 pub use self::multithreaded::MultiThreadedWorker as PlatformWorker;
-#[cfg(any(target_arch = "asmjs", target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+#[cfg(any(not(feature = "std"), target_arch = "asmjs", target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 pub use self::immediate::ImmediateWorker as PlatformWorker;
 
+use alloc::sync::Arc;
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use error::Result;
 use parser::Component;
-use std::sync::Arc;
 
 pub struct RowData {
     pub index: usize,