diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 500992ff8c1..86a253d7118 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3196,6 +3196,18 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e5c9f15eec8235d7cb775ee6f81891db79b98fd54ba1ad8fae565b88ef1ae4e2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-std-workspace-alloc"
+version = "1.0.1"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-std-workspace-core"
+version = "1.0.1"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-std-workspace-std"
+version = "1.0.1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc_abi"
 version = "0.0.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d4b84250fc4..e1d667bf015 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ resolver = "2"
 members = [
   "compiler/rustc",
   "src/etc/test-float-parse",
+  "src/rustc-std-workspace/rustc-std-workspace-core",
+  "src/rustc-std-workspace/rustc-std-workspace-alloc",
+  "src/rustc-std-workspace/rustc-std-workspace-std",
   "src/rustdoc-json-types",
   "src/tools/build_helper",
   "src/tools/cargotest",
diff --git a/library/rustc-std-workspace-core/README.md b/library/rustc-std-workspace-core/README.md
index 40e0b62afab..55a36e74106 100644
--- a/library/rustc-std-workspace-core/README.md
+++ b/library/rustc-std-workspace-core/README.md
@@ -27,3 +27,6 @@ it'll look like
 
 when Cargo invokes the compiler, satisfying the implicit `extern crate core`
 directive injected by the compiler.
+
+The sources for the crates.io version can be found in
+[`src/rustc-std-workspace`](../../src/rustc-std-workspace).
diff --git a/src/rustc-std-workspace/README.md b/src/rustc-std-workspace/README.md
index 996fe0d3ba1..a8e925f243d 100644
--- a/src/rustc-std-workspace/README.md
+++ b/src/rustc-std-workspace/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-See `library/rustc-std-workspace-core/README.md` for context.
+See [`library/rustc-std-workspace-core/README.md`](../../library/rustc-std-workspace-core/README.md) for context.
 
 These are the crates.io versions of these crates, as opposed to the versions
 in `library` which are the ones used inside the rustc workspace.
diff --git a/src/rustc-std-workspace/rustc-std-workspace-alloc/Cargo.toml b/src/rustc-std-workspace/rustc-std-workspace-alloc/Cargo.toml
index 777d57d2011..1a8ebdcfeae 100644
--- a/src/rustc-std-workspace/rustc-std-workspace-alloc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/rustc-std-workspace/rustc-std-workspace-alloc/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustc-std-workspace-alloc"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.0.1"
 authors = ["Alex Crichton <alex@alexcrichton.com>"]
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
 license = 'MIT/Apache-2.0'
-description = 'workspace hack'
+description = """
+crate for integration of crates.io crates into rust-lang/rust standard library workspace
+"""
 
-[dependencies]
+repository = "https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/tree/master/src/rustc-std-workspace"
diff --git a/src/rustc-std-workspace/rustc-std-workspace-alloc/src/lib.rs b/src/rustc-std-workspace/rustc-std-workspace-alloc/src/lib.rs
index e69de29bb2d..938b8bb29b6 100644
--- a/src/rustc-std-workspace/rustc-std-workspace-alloc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/rustc-std-workspace/rustc-std-workspace-alloc/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#![no_std]
+extern crate alloc as the_alloc;
+pub use the_alloc::*;
diff --git a/src/rustc-std-workspace/rustc-std-workspace-core/Cargo.toml b/src/rustc-std-workspace/rustc-std-workspace-core/Cargo.toml
index 9f99308bf68..116cf3fb6bc 100644
--- a/src/rustc-std-workspace/rustc-std-workspace-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/rustc-std-workspace/rustc-std-workspace-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustc-std-workspace-core"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.0.1"
 authors = ["Alex Crichton <alex@alexcrichton.com>"]
+edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 description = """
-Explicitly empty crate for rust-lang/rust integration
+crate for integration of crates.io crates into rust-lang/rust standard library workspace
 """
 
-[dependencies]
+repository = "https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/tree/master/src/rustc-std-workspace"
diff --git a/src/rustc-std-workspace/rustc-std-workspace-core/src/lib.rs b/src/rustc-std-workspace/rustc-std-workspace-core/src/lib.rs
index e69de29bb2d..38b1615a024 100644
--- a/src/rustc-std-workspace/rustc-std-workspace-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/rustc-std-workspace/rustc-std-workspace-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#![no_std]
+extern crate core as the_core;
+pub use the_core::*;
diff --git a/src/rustc-std-workspace/rustc-std-workspace-std/Cargo.toml b/src/rustc-std-workspace/rustc-std-workspace-std/Cargo.toml
index d5bf3133e2c..fcd1ca3deaf 100644
--- a/src/rustc-std-workspace/rustc-std-workspace-std/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/rustc-std-workspace/rustc-std-workspace-std/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 name = "rustc-std-workspace-std"
 version = "1.0.1"
 authors = ["Alex Crichton <alex@alexcrichton.com>"]
+edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
-description = "Workaround for rustbuild"
-
-[lib]
-name = "std"
+description = """
+crate for integration of crates.io crates into rust-lang/rust standard library workspace
+"""
 
+repository = "https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/tree/master/src/rustc-std-workspace"