diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ef0b3eff..ec624c3f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -51,8 +51,21 @@ jobs:
           push: true
           tags: ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.labels }}
+  publish_rocksdb_crate:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+      - run: rustup update
+      - run: cargo login $CRATES_IO_TOKEN
+        env:
+          CRATES_IO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CRATES_IO_TOKEN }}
+      - run: cargo publish
+        working-directory: ./rocksdb-sys
   publish_lib_crate:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: publish_rocksdb_crate
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
diff --git a/rocksdb-sys/Cargo.toml b/rocksdb-sys/Cargo.toml
index 44b9e7e8..f860eeef 100644
--- a/rocksdb-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rocksdb-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version = "0.3.0-dev"
 authors = ["Tpt <thomas@pellissier-tanon.fr>"]
 license = "GPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/oxigraph/oxigraph/tree/v0.3/rocksdb-sys"
+readme = "README.md"
 description = """
 Rust bindings for RocksDB for Oxigraph usage.
 """
diff --git a/rocksdb-sys/README.md b/rocksdb-sys/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4587db6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rocksdb-sys/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Oxigraph RocksDB bindings
+=========================
+
+[RocksDB](http://rocksdb.org/) bindings for [Oxigraph](https://oxigraph.org).
+
+Based on [librocksdb-sys](https://crates.io/crates/librocksdb-sys) under Apache v2 license.