diff --git a/zjit/Cargo.lock b/zjit/Cargo.lock
index f721dd3bda..cdf798516c 100644
--- a/zjit/Cargo.lock
+++ b/zjit/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zjit"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.0.0"
diff --git a/zjit/Cargo.toml b/zjit/Cargo.toml
index f40db95272..23f872a470 100644
--- a/zjit/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zjit/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 [package]
 name = "zjit"
-version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2021"
+version = "0.0.0"
+edition = "2021"        # Rust 2021 edition to compile with
+rust-version = "1.58.0" # Minimally supported rust version
+publish = false         # Don't publish to crates.io
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["staticlib"]
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/zjit/src/lib.rs b/zjit/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a135192397
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zjit/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+extern "C" fn zjit_init() {
+    println!("zjit_init");
+}