diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 98437a4d53..dff0bff627 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3084,6 +3084,14 @@ version = "2.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "213b7324336b53d2414b2db8537e56544d981803139155afa84f76eeebb7a546"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "zcash"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "document-features",
+ "zcash_primitives",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zcash_address"
 version = "0.3.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9e5918c204..d6e6b09d53 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ members = [
     "components/zcash_encoding",
     "components/zcash_protocol",
     "components/zip321",
+    "zcash",
     "zcash_client_backend",
     "zcash_client_sqlite",
     "zcash_extensions",
diff --git a/zcash/CHANGELOG.md b/zcash/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64b7621463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zcash/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Changelog
+All notable changes to this library will be documented in this file.
+
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
+and this library adheres to Rust's notion of
+[Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+
+## [Unreleased]
+
+## [0.1.0] - 2024-07-15
+Initial release that re-exports other crates. Expect that the API surface of
+this crate will change significantly in future releases.
+MSRV is 1.70.0.
diff --git a/zcash/Cargo.toml b/zcash/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1249495fe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zcash/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+[package]
+name = "zcash"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = [
+    "Jack Grigg <jack@electriccoin.co>",
+]
+edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+description = "Zcash Rust APIs"
+readme = "README.md"
+homepage = "https://github.com/zcash/librustzcash"
+repository.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+categories.workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+# Dependencies exposed in a public API:
+# (Breaking upgrades to these require a breaking upgrade to this crate.)
+zcash_primitives.workspace = true
+
+# Dependencies used internally:
+# (Breaking upgrades to these are usually backwards-compatible, but check MSRVs.)
+# - Documentation
+document-features.workspace = true
+
+[features]
+default = ["multicore"]
+
+## Enables multithreading support for creating proofs.
+multicore = ["zcash_primitives/multicore"]
+
+## Enables use of the transparent payment protocol for inputs.
+transparent-inputs = ["zcash_primitives/transparent-inputs"]
diff --git a/zcash/README.md b/zcash/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d741b3c800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zcash/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# zcash
+
+This library exposes APIs for working with the Zcash ecosystem.
+
+It currently just re-exports the APIs of other crates. Expect that the API
+surface of this crate will change significantly in future releases.
+
+## License
+
+Licensed under either of
+
+ * Apache License, Version 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE](../LICENSE-APACHE) or
+   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
+ * MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](../LICENSE-MIT) or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+
+at your option.
+
+### Contribution
+
+Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally
+submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0
+license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or
+conditions.
diff --git a/zcash/src/lib.rs b/zcash/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a10121533d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zcash/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+//! *Zcash Rust APIs.*
+//!
+//! ## Feature flags
+#![doc = document_features::document_features!()]
+//!
+
+#![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg))]
+#![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_auto_cfg))]
+// Catch documentation errors caused by code changes.
+#![deny(rustdoc::broken_intra_doc_links)]
+#![deny(missing_docs)]
+#![deny(unsafe_code)]
+
+pub use zcash_primitives as primitives;