diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9ab15008a..ed1fb4e13 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -690,8 +690,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
- "vfio",
  "vfio-bindings",
+ "vfio-ioctls",
  "vm-allocator",
  "vm-device",
  "vm-memory",
@@ -1345,7 +1345,15 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f1bddf1187be692e79c5ffeab891132dfb0f236ed36a43c7ed39f1165ee20191"
 
 [[package]]
-name = "vfio"
+name = "vfio-bindings"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/rust-vmm/vfio-bindings#f08cbcbf4041c981441d9c036c49ebad5098ed1c"
+dependencies = [
+ "vmm-sys-util",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "vfio-ioctls"
 version = "0.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "arc-swap",
@@ -1360,14 +1368,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "vmm-sys-util",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "vfio-bindings"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/rust-vmm/vfio-bindings#f08cbcbf4041c981441d9c036c49ebad5098ed1c"
-dependencies = [
- "vmm-sys-util",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "vhost"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "signal-hook",
  "tempfile",
  "url",
- "vfio",
+ "vfio-ioctls",
  "vm-allocator",
  "vm-device",
  "vm-memory",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9ced8b3b6..b4d1e1cd6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ members = [
     "vhost_user_backend",
     "vhost_user_fs",
     "vhost_user_net",
-    "vfio",
+    "vfio-ioctls",
     "net_util",
     "acpi_tables",
     "arch_gen",
diff --git a/pci/Cargo.toml b/pci/Cargo.toml
index 0b7d39ab8..1ff641f07 100644
--- a/pci/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pci/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ byteorder = "1.3.4"
 devices = { path = "../devices" }
 kvm-bindings = { git = "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/kvm-bindings", branch = "ch" }
 kvm-ioctls = { git = "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/kvm-ioctls", branch = "ch" }
-vfio = { path = "../vfio" }
+vfio-ioctls = { path = "../vfio-ioctls" }
 vmm-sys-util = ">=0.3.1"
 libc = "0.2.71"
 log = "0.4.8"
diff --git a/pci/src/vfio.rs b/pci/src/vfio.rs
index f7303901a..96e633728 100644
--- a/pci/src/vfio.rs
+++ b/pci/src/vfio.rs
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
 use std::ptr::null_mut;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::{fmt, io, result};
-use vfio::{VfioDevice, VfioError};
 use vfio_bindings::bindings::vfio::*;
+use vfio_ioctls::{VfioDevice, VfioError};
 use vm_allocator::SystemAllocator;
 use vm_device::interrupt::{
     InterruptIndex, InterruptManager, InterruptSourceGroup, MsiIrqGroupConfig,
diff --git a/vfio/Cargo.toml b/vfio-ioctls/Cargo.toml
similarity index 96%
rename from vfio/Cargo.toml
rename to vfio-ioctls/Cargo.toml
index 7eea2a7a0..aa503abd2 100644
--- a/vfio/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vfio-ioctls/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-name = "vfio"
+name = "vfio-ioctls"
 version = "0.0.1"
 authors = ["The Cloud Hypervisor Authors"]
 
diff --git a/vfio/src/lib.rs b/vfio-ioctls/src/lib.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from vfio/src/lib.rs
rename to vfio-ioctls/src/lib.rs
diff --git a/vfio/src/vfio_device.rs b/vfio-ioctls/src/vfio_device.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from vfio/src/vfio_device.rs
rename to vfio-ioctls/src/vfio_device.rs
diff --git a/vfio/src/vfio_ioctls.rs b/vfio-ioctls/src/vfio_ioctls.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from vfio/src/vfio_ioctls.rs
rename to vfio-ioctls/src/vfio_ioctls.rs
diff --git a/vmm/Cargo.toml b/vmm/Cargo.toml
index a0ee7f9f1..26e25f1af 100644
--- a/vmm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vmm/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 [features]
 default = []
 acpi = ["acpi_tables","devices/acpi", "arch/acpi"]
-pci_support = ["pci", "vfio", "vm-virtio/pci_support"]
+pci_support = ["pci", "vfio-ioctls", "vm-virtio/pci_support"]
 mmio_support = ["vm-virtio/mmio_support"]
 cmos = ["devices/cmos"]
 fwdebug = ["devices/fwdebug"]
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ serde = {version = ">=1.0.27", features = ["rc"] }
 serde_derive = ">=1.0.27"
 serde_json = ">=1.0.9"
 url = "2.1.1"
-vfio = { path = "../vfio", optional = true }
+vfio-ioctls = { path = "../vfio-ioctls", optional = true }
 vm-allocator = { path = "../vm-allocator" }
 vm-device = { path = "../vm-device" }
 vm-memory = { version = "0.2.1", features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic"] }
diff --git a/vmm/src/device_manager.rs b/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
index 3894221fe..b32fb8888 100644
--- a/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ use std::result;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use tempfile::NamedTempFile;
 #[cfg(feature = "pci_support")]
-use vfio::{VfioDevice, VfioDmaMapping};
+use vfio_ioctls::{VfioDevice, VfioDmaMapping};
 use vm_allocator::SystemAllocator;
 use vm_device::interrupt::{
     InterruptIndex, InterruptManager, LegacyIrqGroupConfig, MsiIrqGroupConfig,
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ pub enum DeviceManagerError {
 
     /// Cannot create a VFIO device
     #[cfg(feature = "pci_support")]
-    VfioCreate(vfio::VfioError),
+    VfioCreate(vfio_ioctls::VfioError),
 
     /// Cannot create a VFIO PCI device
     #[cfg(feature = "pci_support")]
diff --git a/vmm/src/vm.rs b/vmm/src/vm.rs
index 2058ebda3..8259ec5f3 100755
--- a/vmm/src/vm.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/vm.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ extern crate linux_loader;
 extern crate net_util;
 extern crate signal_hook;
 #[cfg(feature = "pci_support")]
-extern crate vfio;
 extern crate vm_allocator;
 extern crate vm_memory;
 extern crate vm_virtio;