diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3cdc471dc3d..9757ff0d5a3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@ members = [
     "jit",
     "vm",
     "vm/sre_engine",
-    "pylib",
     "stdlib",
     "derive-impl",
     "wtf8",
     "wasm/lib",
+    "crates/*",
 ]
 
 [workspace.package]
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ rustpython-derive-impl = { path = "derive-impl", version = "0.4.0" }
 rustpython-jit = { path = "jit", version = "0.4.0" }
 rustpython-literal = { path = "compiler/literal", version = "0.4.0" }
 rustpython-vm = { path = "vm", default-features = false, version = "0.4.0" }
-rustpython-pylib = { path = "pylib", version = "0.4.0" }
+rustpython-pylib = { path = "crates/pylib", version = "0.4.0" }
 rustpython-stdlib = { path = "stdlib", default-features = false, version = "0.4.0" }
 rustpython-sre_engine = { path = "vm/sre_engine", version = "0.4.0" }
 rustpython-wtf8 = { path = "wtf8", version = "0.4.0" }
diff --git a/pylib/Cargo.toml b/crates/pylib/Cargo.toml
similarity index 100%
rename from pylib/Cargo.toml
rename to crates/pylib/Cargo.toml
diff --git a/crates/pylib/Lib b/crates/pylib/Lib
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..5665252daf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/pylib/Lib
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../Lib/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pylib/build.rs b/crates/pylib/build.rs
similarity index 80%
rename from pylib/build.rs
rename to crates/pylib/build.rs
index f85c4b5cfb8..8885870e40f 100644
--- a/pylib/build.rs
+++ b/crates/pylib/build.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
+const CRATE_ROOT: &str = "../..";
+
 fn main() {
-    process_python_libs("../vm/Lib/python_builtins/*");
+    process_python_libs(format!("{CRATE_ROOT}/vm/Lib/python_builtins/*").as_str());
+    process_python_libs(format!("{CRATE_ROOT}/vm/Lib/core_modules/*").as_str());
 
-    process_python_libs("../vm/Lib/core_modules/*");
     #[cfg(feature = "freeze-stdlib")]
     if cfg!(windows) {
-        process_python_libs("../Lib/**/*");
+        process_python_libs(format!("{CRATE_ROOT}/Lib/**/*").as_str());
     } else {
         process_python_libs("./Lib/**/*");
     }
diff --git a/pylib/src/lib.rs b/crates/pylib/src/lib.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from pylib/src/lib.rs
rename to crates/pylib/src/lib.rs
diff --git a/example_projects/frozen_stdlib/Cargo.toml b/example_projects/frozen_stdlib/Cargo.toml
index 78a88988d8a..6824865cbf7 100644
--- a/example_projects/frozen_stdlib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/example_projects/frozen_stdlib/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 rustpython = { path = "../../", default-features = false, features = ["freeze-stdlib"] }
 rustpython-vm = { path = "../../vm", default-features = false, features = ["freeze-stdlib"] }
-rustpython-pylib = { path = "../../pylib", default-features = false, features = ["freeze-stdlib"] }
+rustpython-pylib = { path = "../../crates/pylib", default-features = false, features = ["freeze-stdlib"] }
 
 [workspace]
 
diff --git a/pylib/Lib b/pylib/Lib
deleted file mode 120000
index 47f928ff4d5..00000000000
--- a/pylib/Lib
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../Lib
\ No newline at end of file