diff --git a/karate-gatling/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/gatling/javaapi/KarateDsl.java b/karate-gatling/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/gatling/javaapi/KarateDsl.java
index 6202415f7..658473046 100644
--- a/karate-gatling/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/gatling/javaapi/KarateDsl.java
+++ b/karate-gatling/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/gatling/javaapi/KarateDsl.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public static KarateProtocolBuilder karateProtocol(KarateUriPattern... patterns)
   }
   
     public static ActionBuilder karateFeature(String name, String... tags) {
-       return () -> PreDef.karateFeature(name, Converters.toScalaSeq(tags));
+       return new KarateFeatureBuilder(name, tags);
     }
 
 
diff --git a/karate-gatling/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/gatling/javaapi/KarateFeatureBuilder.java b/karate-gatling/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/gatling/javaapi/KarateFeatureBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25087ccbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/karate-gatling/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/gatling/javaapi/KarateFeatureBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package com.intuit.karate.gatling.javaapi;
+
+import com.intuit.karate.gatling.KarateFeatureActionBuilder;
+import com.intuit.karate.gatling.PreDef;
+import io.gatling.javaapi.core.ActionBuilder;
+import io.gatling.javaapi.core.internal.Converters;
+
+public class KarateFeatureBuilder implements ActionBuilder {
+
+    
+    public KarateFeatureActionBuilder builder;
+
+    public KarateFeatureBuilder(String name, String... tags) {
+        builder = PreDef.karateFeature(name, Converters.toScalaSeq(tags));
+    }
+
+    public KarateFeatureBuilder silent() {
+        builder = builder.silent();
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public io.gatling.core.action.builder.ActionBuilder asScala() {
+        return builder;
+    }
+}