diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8f2421f849..7e60889886 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2546,6 +2546,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "zed-scap",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gpui_elements"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "gpui",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gpui_linux"
 version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7fcc3a9b8f..e7392b3532 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ members = [
     "./crates/gpui_windows/",
     "./crates/gpui_platform/",
     "./crates/gpui_shared_string/",
+    "./crates/gpui_elements/",
 ]
 default-members = [
     "./crates/gpui/",
diff --git a/crates/gpui_elements/Cargo.toml b/crates/gpui_elements/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..245634d8f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/gpui_elements/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[package]
+name = "gpui_elements"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition.workspace = true
+publish.workspace = true
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+gpui.workspace = true
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+gpui = { path = "../gpui", features = ["test-support"] }
diff --git a/crates/gpui_elements/src/lib.rs b/crates/gpui_elements/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b13789179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/gpui_elements/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+