diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f3836feb7..0a87d0c8e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@ mmio = ["vmm/mmio_support"]
 integration_tests = []
 
 [workspace]
+members = [
+    "vhost_user_backend",
+]
diff --git a/vhost_user_backend/Cargo.toml b/vhost_user_backend/Cargo.toml
index 4e49171c9..a96b58548 100644
--- a/vhost_user_backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost_user_backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,4 +20,3 @@ vmm-sys-util = { git = "https://github.com/rust-vmm/vmm-sys-util" }
 path = "../vhost_rs"
 features = ["vhost-user-slave"]
 
-[workspace]