diff --git a/cmd/crates/soroban-rpc/Cargo.toml b/cmd/crates/soroban-rpc/Cargo.toml
index a6f7b769..b7000fec 100644
--- a/cmd/crates/soroban-rpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cmd/crates/soroban-rpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@ version.workspace = true
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version.workspace = true
 autobins = false
+
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["rlib"]
diff --git a/cmd/crates/soroban-rpc/src/lib.rs b/cmd/crates/soroban-rpc/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d23bbb69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/crates/soroban-rpc/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// Intentionally left empty to publish empty crate !!
\ No newline at end of file