diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 06a2a4889..ee140b7b4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -645,6 +645,10 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 name = "reth-crate-template"
 version = "0.1.0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "reth-p2p"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "reth-primitives"
 version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 43a9c6351..b22c2a824 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ edition = "2021"
 [workspace]
 members = [
     "crate-template",
-    "crates/*"
+    "crates/primitives",
+    "crates/net/p2p"
 ]
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/net/p2p/Cargo.toml b/crates/net/p2p/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac3fef407
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/net/p2p/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[package]
+name = "reth-p2p"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+repository = "https://github.com/foundry-rs/reth"
+readme = "README.md"
+description = "Utilities for interacting with ethereum's peer to peer network."
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/net/p2p/src/lib.rs b/crates/net/p2p/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bec2e0709
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/net/p2p/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#![warn(missing_debug_implementations, missing_docs, unreachable_pub)]
+#![deny(unused_must_use, rust_2018_idioms)]
+#![doc(test(
+    no_crate_inject,
+    attr(deny(warnings, rust_2018_idioms), allow(dead_code, unused_variables))
+))]
+
+//! Utilities for interacting with ethereum's peer to peer network.