diff --git a/sdk/Cargo.toml b/sdk/Cargo.toml
index 468745d0dc..c5922ce623 100644
--- a/sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ solana-crate-features = { path = "../crate-features", version = "1.5.0", optiona
 solana-logger = { path = "../logger", version = "1.5.0", optional = true }
 solana-frozen-abi = { path = "../frozen-abi", version = "1.5.0" }
 solana-frozen-abi-macro = { path = "../frozen-abi/macro", version = "1.5.0" }
+solana-program-sdk = { path = "program", version = "1.5.0" }
 solana-sdk-macro = { path = "macro", version = "1.5.0" }
 rustversion = "1.0.3"
 libsecp256k1 = { version = "0.3.5", optional = true }
diff --git a/sdk/program/Cargo.toml b/sdk/program/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d6d478112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/program/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[package]
+name = "solana-program-sdk"
+version = "1.5.0"
+description = "Solana Program SDK"
+authors = ["Solana Maintainers <maintainers@solana.foundation>"]
+repository = "https://github.com/solana-labs/solana"
+homepage = "https://solana.com/"
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+edition = "2018"
+
+[dependencies]
+serde = "1.0.112"
+serde_derive = "1.0.103"
+
+[package.metadata.docs.rs]
+targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
diff --git a/sdk/program/src/lib.rs b/sdk/program/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f0f839fe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/program/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate serde_derive;