diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c35d997586..ec36e81210 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5304,6 +5304,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "reth-trie"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "revm"
 version = "3.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3805c7e1c1..5f510c14c4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ members = [
     "crates/tracing",
     "crates/tasks",
     "crates/transaction-pool",
+    "crates/trie",
 ]
 exclude = ["crate-template"]
 default-members = ["bin/reth"]
diff --git a/crates/trie/Cargo.toml b/crates/trie/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4284c7a0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/trie/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "reth-trie"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+repository = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth"
+readme = "README.md"
+description = """
+Merkle trie implementation
+"""
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/trie/src/lib.rs b/crates/trie/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2411c6dc79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/trie/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#![warn(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))
+))]
+
+//! The implementation of Merkle Patricia Trie, a cryptographically
+//! authenticated radix trie that is used to store key-value bindings.
+//! <https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/data-structures-and-encoding/patricia-merkle-trie/>