diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/.gitlab-ci.yml b/rust-bindings/rust/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9222ef76..ccadfe42 100644
--- a/rust-bindings/rust/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/rust-bindings/rust/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -16,19 +16,19 @@ stages:
 libostree-sys:
   stage: build
   script:
-  - cargo test --verbose --manifest-path libostree-sys/Cargo.toml
+  - cargo test --verbose --manifest-path sys/Cargo.toml
 
 libostree-sys_nightly:
   stage: build
   image: rustlang/rust:nightly
   script:
-  - cargo test --verbose --manifest-path libostree-sys/Cargo.toml
+  - cargo test --verbose --manifest-path sys/Cargo.toml
   allow_failure: true
 
 publish_libostree-sys:
   stage: publish
   script:
-  - cargo publish --verbose --manifest-path libostree-sys/Cargo.toml --token $CRATES_IO_TOKEN
+  - cargo publish --verbose --manifest-path sys/Cargo.toml --token $CRATES_IO_TOKEN
   when: manual
 
 # libostree
diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust-bindings/rust/Cargo.toml
index ee277297..94c2d187 100644
--- a/rust-bindings/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust-bindings/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 exclude = [
     "conf/**",
     "gir-files/**",
-    "libostree-sys/**",
+    "sys/**",
     ".gitlab-ci.yml",
 ]
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ gio = "0.5"
 glib-sys = "0.7"
 gobject-sys = "0.7"
 gio-sys = "0.7"
-libostree-sys = { version = "0.1", path = "libostree-sys" }
+libostree-sys = { version = "0.1", path = "sys" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = "3"
diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/conf/libostree-sys.toml b/rust-bindings/rust/conf/libostree-sys.toml
index 23d352ca..900b0451 100644
--- a/rust-bindings/rust/conf/libostree-sys.toml
+++ b/rust-bindings/rust/conf/libostree-sys.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 work_mode = "sys"
 library = "OSTree"
 version = "1.0"
-target_path = "../libostree-sys"
+target_path = "../sys"
 external_libraries = [
    "GLib",
    "GObject",
diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/Cargo.toml b/rust-bindings/rust/sys/Cargo.toml
similarity index 100%
rename from rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/Cargo.toml
rename to rust-bindings/rust/sys/Cargo.toml
diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/build.rs b/rust-bindings/rust/sys/build.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/build.rs
rename to rust-bindings/rust/sys/build.rs
diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/src/lib.rs b/rust-bindings/rust/sys/src/lib.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/src/lib.rs
rename to rust-bindings/rust/sys/src/lib.rs
diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/src/manual.rs b/rust-bindings/rust/sys/src/manual.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/src/manual.rs
rename to rust-bindings/rust/sys/src/manual.rs
diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/tests/abi.rs b/rust-bindings/rust/sys/tests/abi.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/tests/abi.rs
rename to rust-bindings/rust/sys/tests/abi.rs
diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/tests/constant.c b/rust-bindings/rust/sys/tests/constant.c
similarity index 100%
rename from rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/tests/constant.c
rename to rust-bindings/rust/sys/tests/constant.c
diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/tests/layout.c b/rust-bindings/rust/sys/tests/layout.c
similarity index 100%
rename from rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/tests/layout.c
rename to rust-bindings/rust/sys/tests/layout.c
diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/tests/manual.h b/rust-bindings/rust/sys/tests/manual.h
similarity index 100%
rename from rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/tests/manual.h
rename to rust-bindings/rust/sys/tests/manual.h