diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index af6bd3b..e378a2d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,36 +1,5 @@
-[package]
-name = "vhost"
-version = "0.5.0"
-keywords = ["vhost", "vhost-user", "virtio", "vdpa"]
-description = "a pure rust library for vdpa, vhost and vhost-user"
-authors = ["Liu Jiang <gerry@linux.alibaba.com>"]
-repository = "https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost"
-documentation = "https://docs.rs/vhost"
-readme = "README.md"
-license = "Apache-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause"
-edition = "2018"
+[workspace]
 
-[package.metadata.docs.rs]
-all-features = true
-
-[features]
-default = []
-vhost-vsock = []
-vhost-kern = []
-vhost-vdpa = ["vhost-kern"]
-vhost-net = ["vhost-kern"]
-vhost-user = []
-vhost-user-master = ["vhost-user"]
-vhost-user-slave = ["vhost-user"]
-
-[dependencies]
-bitflags = "1.0"
-libc = "0.2.39"
-
-vmm-sys-util = "0.10.0"
-vm-memory = "0.9.0"
-
-[dev-dependencies]
-tempfile = "3.2.0"
-vm-memory = { version = "0.9.0", features=["backend-mmap"] }
-serial_test = "0.5"
+members = [
+    "crates/vhost",
+]
diff --git a/coverage_config_aarch64.json b/coverage_config_aarch64.json
index 67543fc..089bc19 100644
--- a/coverage_config_aarch64.json
+++ b/coverage_config_aarch64.json
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
-{"coverage_score": 39.8, "exclude_path": "", "crate_features": "vhost-vsock,vhost-kern,vhost-user-master,vhost-user-slave"}
\ No newline at end of file
+{
+  "coverage_score": 39.8,
+  "exclude_path": "",
+  "crate_features": "vhost/vhost-vsock,vhost/vhost-kern,vhost/vhost-user-master,vhost/vhost-user-slave"
+}
diff --git a/coverage_config_x86_64.json b/coverage_config_x86_64.json
index 8e3c887..f6bd3c3 100644
--- a/coverage_config_x86_64.json
+++ b/coverage_config_x86_64.json
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
-{"coverage_score": 80.5, "exclude_path": "src/vhost_kern/", "crate_features": "vhost-user-master,vhost-user-slave"}
+{
+  "coverage_score": 80.5,
+  "exclude_path": "vhost/src/vhost_kern/",
+  "crate_features": "vhost/vhost-user-master,vhost/vhost-user-slave"
+}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/vhost/CHANGELOG.md
similarity index 100%
rename from CHANGELOG.md
rename to crates/vhost/CHANGELOG.md
diff --git a/crates/vhost/Cargo.toml b/crates/vhost/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af6bd3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/vhost/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+[package]
+name = "vhost"
+version = "0.5.0"
+keywords = ["vhost", "vhost-user", "virtio", "vdpa"]
+description = "a pure rust library for vdpa, vhost and vhost-user"
+authors = ["Liu Jiang <gerry@linux.alibaba.com>"]
+repository = "https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost"
+documentation = "https://docs.rs/vhost"
+readme = "README.md"
+license = "Apache-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause"
+edition = "2018"
+
+[package.metadata.docs.rs]
+all-features = true
+
+[features]
+default = []
+vhost-vsock = []
+vhost-kern = []
+vhost-vdpa = ["vhost-kern"]
+vhost-net = ["vhost-kern"]
+vhost-user = []
+vhost-user-master = ["vhost-user"]
+vhost-user-slave = ["vhost-user"]
+
+[dependencies]
+bitflags = "1.0"
+libc = "0.2.39"
+
+vmm-sys-util = "0.10.0"
+vm-memory = "0.9.0"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+tempfile = "3.2.0"
+vm-memory = { version = "0.9.0", features=["backend-mmap"] }
+serial_test = "0.5"
diff --git a/README.md b/crates/vhost/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from README.md
rename to crates/vhost/README.md
diff --git a/docs/vhost_architecture.drawio b/crates/vhost/docs/vhost_architecture.drawio
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/vhost_architecture.drawio
rename to crates/vhost/docs/vhost_architecture.drawio
diff --git a/docs/vhost_architecture.png b/crates/vhost/docs/vhost_architecture.png
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/vhost_architecture.png
rename to crates/vhost/docs/vhost_architecture.png
diff --git a/src/backend.rs b/crates/vhost/src/backend.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/backend.rs
rename to crates/vhost/src/backend.rs
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/crates/vhost/src/lib.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/lib.rs
rename to crates/vhost/src/lib.rs
diff --git a/src/net.rs b/crates/vhost/src/net.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/net.rs
rename to crates/vhost/src/net.rs
diff --git a/src/vdpa.rs b/crates/vhost/src/vdpa.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/vdpa.rs
rename to crates/vhost/src/vdpa.rs
diff --git a/src/vhost_kern/mod.rs b/crates/vhost/src/vhost_kern/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/vhost_kern/mod.rs
rename to crates/vhost/src/vhost_kern/mod.rs
diff --git a/src/vhost_kern/net.rs b/crates/vhost/src/vhost_kern/net.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/vhost_kern/net.rs
rename to crates/vhost/src/vhost_kern/net.rs
diff --git a/src/vhost_kern/vdpa.rs b/crates/vhost/src/vhost_kern/vdpa.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/vhost_kern/vdpa.rs
rename to crates/vhost/src/vhost_kern/vdpa.rs
diff --git a/src/vhost_kern/vhost_binding.rs b/crates/vhost/src/vhost_kern/vhost_binding.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/vhost_kern/vhost_binding.rs
rename to crates/vhost/src/vhost_kern/vhost_binding.rs
diff --git a/src/vhost_kern/vsock.rs b/crates/vhost/src/vhost_kern/vsock.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/vhost_kern/vsock.rs
rename to crates/vhost/src/vhost_kern/vsock.rs
diff --git a/src/vhost_user/connection.rs b/crates/vhost/src/vhost_user/connection.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/vhost_user/connection.rs
rename to crates/vhost/src/vhost_user/connection.rs
diff --git a/src/vhost_user/dummy_slave.rs b/crates/vhost/src/vhost_user/dummy_slave.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/vhost_user/dummy_slave.rs
rename to crates/vhost/src/vhost_user/dummy_slave.rs
diff --git a/src/vhost_user/master.rs b/crates/vhost/src/vhost_user/master.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/vhost_user/master.rs
rename to crates/vhost/src/vhost_user/master.rs
diff --git a/src/vhost_user/master_req_handler.rs b/crates/vhost/src/vhost_user/master_req_handler.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/vhost_user/master_req_handler.rs
rename to crates/vhost/src/vhost_user/master_req_handler.rs
diff --git a/src/vhost_user/message.rs b/crates/vhost/src/vhost_user/message.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/vhost_user/message.rs
rename to crates/vhost/src/vhost_user/message.rs
diff --git a/src/vhost_user/mod.rs b/crates/vhost/src/vhost_user/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/vhost_user/mod.rs
rename to crates/vhost/src/vhost_user/mod.rs
diff --git a/src/vhost_user/slave.rs b/crates/vhost/src/vhost_user/slave.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/vhost_user/slave.rs
rename to crates/vhost/src/vhost_user/slave.rs
diff --git a/src/vhost_user/slave_fs_cache.rs b/crates/vhost/src/vhost_user/slave_fs_cache.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/vhost_user/slave_fs_cache.rs
rename to crates/vhost/src/vhost_user/slave_fs_cache.rs
diff --git a/src/vhost_user/slave_req_handler.rs b/crates/vhost/src/vhost_user/slave_req_handler.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/vhost_user/slave_req_handler.rs
rename to crates/vhost/src/vhost_user/slave_req_handler.rs
diff --git a/src/vsock.rs b/crates/vhost/src/vsock.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/vsock.rs
rename to crates/vhost/src/vsock.rs