diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6fdf83f78ad..a10c8e99f6a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ members = [
     "noirc_errors",
     "noirc_driver",
     "acir",
+    "std_lib",
 ]
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diff --git a/noirc_frontend/Cargo.toml b/noirc_frontend/Cargo.toml
index 15a7a3267e7..6cabf4ff68e 100644
--- a/noirc_frontend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/noirc_frontend/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ edition = "2018"
 noir_field = {path = "../noir_field"}
 acir = {path = "../acir"}
 noirc_errors = {path = "../noirc_errors"}
-thiserror = "1.0.21"
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+thiserror = "1.0.21"
+std_lib = {path = "../std_lib"}
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diff --git a/noirc_frontend/src/analyser/mod.rs b/noirc_frontend/src/analyser/mod.rs
index 110588e8735..95fec9f6852 100644
--- a/noirc_frontend/src/analyser/mod.rs
+++ b/noirc_frontend/src/analyser/mod.rs
@@ -100,16 +100,13 @@ fn load_local_functions_into_symbol_table(ast: &Program, table: &mut SymbolTable
 }
 
 fn load_low_level_libraries_into_symbol_table(table: &mut SymbolTable) {
-
+    use std_lib::LIB_NOIR;
     // Import std here
-    // XXX: Should be a better way to fetch the absolute path here. 
-    // May have to wait until proper module dependency graph is added
-    let std_lib = std::fs::read_to_string("../../../std/lib.noir").unwrap();
-
+    //
     // Parse and add low level functions into a symbol table
-    // We could define the AST for this in the host language
+    // XXX: We could alternatively define the AST for this in the host language
     
-    let mut parser = crate::Parser::with_input(&std_lib);
+    let mut parser = crate::Parser::with_input(&LIB_NOIR);
     let (program) = parser.parse_program().unwrap();
     let (checked_program, std_table) = check_program(program, true).unwrap();
     // We do nothing with the checked program for two reasons: Every module should have a copy of std_lib
diff --git a/std_lib/Cargo.toml b/std_lib/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..07b5b126d10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/std_lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "std_lib"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Kevaundray Wedderburn <kevtheappdev@gmail.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/std/lib.noir b/std_lib/src/lib.noir
similarity index 100%
rename from std/lib.noir
rename to std_lib/src/lib.noir
diff --git a/std_lib/src/lib.rs b/std_lib/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..06a4b3d4715
--- /dev/null
+++ b/std_lib/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub const LIB_NOIR : &'static str = include_str!("lib.noir");
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