diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53eaa2196
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/target
+**/*.rs.bk
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d19efa05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[[package]]
+name = "cloud-hypervisor"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..519fa7887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[package]
+name = "cloud-hypervisor"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["The Cloud Hypervisor Authors"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7a11a969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    println!("Hello, world!");
+}