diff --git a/flyteidl/.gitignore b/flyteidl/.gitignore
index 00b37709eb..f7a920620f 100644
--- a/flyteidl/.gitignore
+++ b/flyteidl/.gitignore
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ __pycache__/
 
 venv/
 build/
+target/
diff --git a/flyteidl/Cargo.toml b/flyteidl/Cargo.toml
index ee15f0bffb..afb383bc27 100644
--- a/flyteidl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/flyteidl/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 name = "flyteidl"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
+license-file = "LICENSE"
+homepage = "https://flyte.org"
+repository = "https://github.com/flyteorg/flyte"
+description = "Core Interface Definition for Flyte"
+readme = "README.md"
+keywords = ["ai", "ml", "orchestration"]
+categories = ["science", "science::bioinformatics"]
+include = [
+    "**/*.rs",
+    "Cargo.toml",
+]
 
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