diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index d314f55cb146c..4b91b66d22952 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+[alias]
+xtask = "run --package xtask --"
+
 [target.'cfg(all())']
 rustflags = [
   "-Dclippy::print_stdout",
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d6bc76e21a344..80f0c10a3aeee 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -9749,6 +9749,10 @@ version = "0.13.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4d25c75bf9ea12c4040a97f829154768bbbce366287e2dc044af160cd79a13fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "xtask"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "yaml-rust"
 version = "0.4.5"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a0a20947f45c9..335da7fa907d5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ depends = ""
 [workspace]
 members = [
   ".",
+  "xtask",
   "lib/codecs",
   "lib/datadog/filter",
   "lib/datadog/grok",
diff --git a/xtask/Cargo.toml b/xtask/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d9dff7217ee2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xtask/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[package]
+name = "xtask"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/xtask/src/main.rs b/xtask/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e7a11a969c037
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xtask/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    println!("Hello, world!");
+}