diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/conf/libostree.toml b/rust-bindings/rust/conf/libostree.toml
index 178318f5..8a147270 100644
--- a/rust-bindings/rust/conf/libostree.toml
+++ b/rust-bindings/rust/conf/libostree.toml
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ manual = [
     "GLib.Variant",
     "Gio.Cancellable",
     "Gio.File",
-
-    #"OSTree.RepoCheckoutAtOptions",
 ]
 
 [[object]]
diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/libostree/src/lib.rs b/rust-bindings/rust/libostree/src/lib.rs
index ebc67281..2e7accdc 100644
--- a/rust-bindings/rust/libostree/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust-bindings/rust/libostree/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ extern crate gobject_sys as gobject_ffi;
 extern crate glib;
 extern crate gio;
 
-pub use glib::Error;
+use glib::Error;
 
+// re-exports
 mod auto;
 pub use auto::*;
+
+// public modules
+pub mod prelude;
+pub use prelude::*;
diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/libostree/src/prelude.rs b/rust-bindings/rust/libostree/src/prelude.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a289db03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust-bindings/rust/libostree/src/prelude.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub use traits::*;