diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f4589faa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[build]
+target-dir = "rust/target"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4cd2ace9f6..31985a8d53 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ members = [
     "plugins/pdb-ng",
     "plugins/warp"
 ]
+default-members = ["rust", "rust/binaryninjacore-sys"]
 
 [profile.release]
 lto = true