diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8b1375868..1718f07ff 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 [workspace]
 resolver = "2"
 members = [
-    "fish-rust",
     "fish-rust/widestring-suffix",
 ]
-default-members = ["fish-rust"]
 
 [workspace.package]
 rust-version = "1.67"
@@ -29,3 +27,57 @@ cc = { git = "https://github.com/mqudsi/cc-rs", branch = "fish" }
 
 [profile.release]
 overflow-checks = true
+
+[package]
+name = "fish-rust"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+build = "fish-rust/build.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+widestring-suffix = { path = "fish-rust/widestring-suffix/" }
+pcre2 = { git = "https://github.com/fish-shell/rust-pcre2", branch = "master", default-features = false, features = ["utf32"] }
+fast-float = { git = "https://github.com/fish-shell/fast-float-rust", branch="fish" }
+hexponent = { git = "https://github.com/fish-shell/hexponent", branch="fish" }
+printf-compat = { git = "https://github.com/fish-shell/printf-compat.git", branch="fish" }
+
+autocxx = "0.23.1"
+bitflags = "1.3.2"
+cxx = "1.0"
+errno = "0.2.8"
+inventory = { version = "0.3.3", optional = true}
+lazy_static = "1.4.0"
+libc = "0.2.137"
+lru = "0.10.0"
+moveit = "0.5.1"
+nix = { version = "0.25.0", default-features = false, features = [] }
+num-traits = "0.2.15"
+# to make integer->enum conversion easier
+num-derive = "0.3.3"
+once_cell = "1.17.0"
+rand = { version = "0.8.5", features = ["small_rng"] }
+unixstring = "0.2.7"
+widestring = "1.0.2"
+rand_pcg = "0.3.1"
+
+[build-dependencies]
+autocxx-build = "0.23.1"
+cc = { git = "https://github.com/mqudsi/cc-rs", branch = "fish" }
+cxx-build = { git = "https://github.com/fish-shell/cxx", branch = "fish" }
+cxx-gen = { git = "https://github.com/fish-shell/cxx", branch = "fish" }
+rsconf = { git = "https://github.com/mqudsi/rsconf", branch = "master" }
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["staticlib"]
+path = "fish-rust/src/lib.rs"
+
+[features]
+# The fish-ffi-tests feature causes tests to be built which need to use the FFI.
+# These tests are run by fish_tests().
+default = ["fish-ffi-tests"]
+fish-ffi-tests = ["inventory"]
+
+# The following features are auto-detected by the build-script and should not be enabled manually.
+asan = []
+bsd = []
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmake/Rust.cmake b/cmake/Rust.cmake
index 99ceb6b6c..ae9e7362b 100644
--- a/cmake/Rust.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Rust.cmake
@@ -69,8 +69,9 @@ corrosion_set_env_vars(${fish_rust_target}
     "CMAKE_WITH_GETTEXT=${CMAKE_WITH_GETTEXT}"
 )
 
+# this needs an extra fish-rust due to the poor source placement
 target_include_directories(${fish_rust_target} INTERFACE
-    "${rust_target_dir}/cxxbridge/${fish_rust_target}/src/"
+    "${rust_target_dir}/cxxbridge/${fish_rust_target}/fish-rust/src/"
     "${fish_autocxx_gen_dir}/include/"
 )
 
diff --git a/fish-rust/Cargo.toml b/fish-rust/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 966adc57c..000000000
--- a/fish-rust/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "fish-rust"
-version = "0.1.0"
-edition.workspace = true
-rust-version.workspace = true
-
-[dependencies]
-widestring-suffix = { path = "./widestring-suffix/" }
-pcre2 = { git = "https://github.com/fish-shell/rust-pcre2", branch = "master", default-features = false, features = ["utf32"] }
-fast-float = { git = "https://github.com/fish-shell/fast-float-rust", branch="fish" }
-hexponent = { git = "https://github.com/fish-shell/hexponent", branch="fish" }
-printf-compat = { git = "https://github.com/fish-shell/printf-compat.git", branch="fish" }
-
-autocxx = "0.23.1"
-bitflags = "1.3.2"
-cxx = "1.0"
-errno = "0.2.8"
-inventory = { version = "0.3.3", optional = true}
-lazy_static = "1.4.0"
-libc = "0.2.137"
-lru = "0.10.0"
-moveit = "0.5.1"
-nix = { version = "0.25.0", default-features = false, features = [] }
-num-traits = "0.2.15"
-# to make integer->enum conversion easier
-num-derive = "0.3.3"
-once_cell = "1.17.0"
-rand = { version = "0.8.5", features = ["small_rng"] }
-unixstring = "0.2.7"
-widestring = "1.0.2"
-rand_pcg = "0.3.1"
-
-[build-dependencies]
-autocxx-build = "0.23.1"
-cc = { git = "https://github.com/mqudsi/cc-rs", branch = "fish" }
-cxx-build = { git = "https://github.com/fish-shell/cxx", branch = "fish" }
-cxx-gen = { git = "https://github.com/fish-shell/cxx", branch = "fish" }
-rsconf = { git = "https://github.com/mqudsi/rsconf", branch = "master" }
-
-[lib]
-crate-type = ["staticlib"]
-
-[features]
-# The fish-ffi-tests feature causes tests to be built which need to use the FFI.
-# These tests are run by fish_tests().
-default = ["fish-ffi-tests"]
-fish-ffi-tests = ["inventory"]
-
-# The following features are auto-detected by the build-script and should not be enabled manually.
-asan = []
-bsd = []
-
-#cxx = { path = "../../cxx" }
-#cxx-gen = { path="../../cxx/gen/lib" }
-#autocxx = { path = "../../autocxx" }
-#autocxx-build = { path = "../../autocxx/gen/build" }
-#autocxx-bindgen = { path = "../../autocxx-bindgen" }
diff --git a/fish-rust/build.rs b/fish-rust/build.rs
index 06335c826..0e2b77fc4 100644
--- a/fish-rust/build.rs
+++ b/fish-rust/build.rs
@@ -2,19 +2,21 @@ use rsconf::{LinkType, Target};
 use std::error::Error;
 
 fn main() {
-    cc::Build::new().file("src/compat.c").compile("libcompat.a");
+    cc::Build::new()
+        .file("fish-rust/src/compat.c")
+        .compile("libcompat.a");
 
     let rust_dir = std::env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").expect("Env var CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR missing");
     let target_dir =
-        std::env::var("FISH_RUST_TARGET_DIR").unwrap_or(format!("{}/../{}", rust_dir, "target/"));
-    let fish_src_dir = format!("{}/{}", rust_dir, "../src/");
+        std::env::var("FISH_RUST_TARGET_DIR").unwrap_or(format!("{}/{}", rust_dir, "target/"));
+    let cpp_fish_src_dir = format!("{}/{}", rust_dir, "src/");
 
     // Where cxx emits its header.
     let cxx_include_dir = format!("{}/{}", target_dir, "cxxbridge/rust/");
 
-    // If FISH_BUILD_DIR is given by CMake, then use it; otherwise assume it's at ../build.
+    // If FISH_BUILD_DIR is given by CMake, then use it; otherwise assume it's at build.
     let fish_build_dir =
-        std::env::var("FISH_BUILD_DIR").unwrap_or(format!("{}/{}", rust_dir, "../build/"));
+        std::env::var("FISH_BUILD_DIR").unwrap_or(format!("{}/{}", rust_dir, "build/"));
 
     // Where autocxx should put its stuff.
     let autocxx_gen_dir = std::env::var("FISH_AUTOCXX_GEN_DIR")
@@ -38,47 +40,47 @@ fn main() {
     // This allows "Rust to be used from C++"
     // This must come before autocxx so that cxx can emit its cxx.h header.
     let source_files = vec![
-        "src/abbrs.rs",
-        "src/ast.rs",
-        "src/builtins/shared.rs",
-        "src/builtins/function.rs",
-        "src/common.rs",
-        "src/env/env_ffi.rs",
-        "src/env_dispatch.rs",
-        "src/event.rs",
-        "src/fd_monitor.rs",
-        "src/fd_readable_set.rs",
-        "src/fds.rs",
-        "src/ffi_init.rs",
-        "src/ffi_tests.rs",
-        "src/fish_indent.rs",
-        "src/function.rs",
-        "src/future_feature_flags.rs",
-        "src/highlight.rs",
-        "src/job_group.rs",
-        "src/kill.rs",
-        "src/null_terminated_array.rs",
-        "src/output.rs",
-        "src/parse_constants.rs",
-        "src/parse_tree.rs",
-        "src/parse_util.rs",
-        "src/print_help.rs",
-        "src/redirection.rs",
-        "src/signal.rs",
-        "src/smoke.rs",
-        "src/spawn.rs",
-        "src/termsize.rs",
-        "src/threads.rs",
-        "src/timer.rs",
-        "src/tokenizer.rs",
-        "src/topic_monitor.rs",
-        "src/trace.rs",
-        "src/util.rs",
-        "src/wait_handle.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/abbrs.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/ast.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/builtins/shared.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/builtins/function.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/common.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/env/env_ffi.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/env_dispatch.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/event.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/fd_monitor.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/fd_readable_set.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/fds.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/ffi_init.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/ffi_tests.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/fish_indent.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/function.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/future_feature_flags.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/highlight.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/job_group.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/kill.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/null_terminated_array.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/output.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/parse_constants.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/parse_tree.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/parse_util.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/print_help.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/redirection.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/signal.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/smoke.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/spawn.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/termsize.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/threads.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/timer.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/tokenizer.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/topic_monitor.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/trace.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/util.rs",
+        "fish-rust/src/wait_handle.rs",
     ];
     cxx_build::bridges(&source_files)
         .flag_if_supported("-std=c++11")
-        .include(&fish_src_dir)
+        .include(&cpp_fish_src_dir)
         .include(&fish_build_dir) // For config.h
         .include(&cxx_include_dir) // For cxx.h
         .flag("-Wno-comment")
@@ -86,8 +88,8 @@ fn main() {
 
     // Emit autocxx junk.
     // This allows "C++ to be used from Rust."
-    let include_paths = [&fish_src_dir, &fish_build_dir, &cxx_include_dir];
-    let mut builder = autocxx_build::Builder::new("src/ffi.rs", include_paths);
+    let include_paths = [&cpp_fish_src_dir, &fish_build_dir, &cxx_include_dir];
+    let mut builder = autocxx_build::Builder::new("fish-rust/src/ffi.rs", include_paths);
     // Use autocxx's custom output directory unless we're being called by `rust-analyzer` and co.,
     // in which case stick to the default target directory so code intelligence continues to work.
     if std::env::var("RUSTC_WRAPPER").map_or(true, |wrapper| {