diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e47b8796477..04c2353416e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -668,6 +668,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "text_edit",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ide_diagnostics"
+version = "0.0.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ide_ssr"
 version = "0.0.0"
diff --git a/crates/ide_diagnostics/Cargo.toml b/crates/ide_diagnostics/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11cd8d5701e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ide_diagnostics/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "ide_diagnostics"
+version = "0.0.0"
+description = "TBD"
+license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+authors = ["rust-analyzer developers"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+[lib]
+doctest = false
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/ide_diagnostics/src/lib.rs b/crates/ide_diagnostics/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d