diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 37f2c45..2c818bd 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "rocksdb_sys/snappy"]
-	path = rocksdb_sys/snappy
+	path = librocksdb-sys/snappy
 	url = https://github.com/google/snappy.git
 [submodule "rocksdb_sys/rocksdb"]
-	path = rocksdb_sys/rocksdb
+	path = librocksdb-sys/rocksdb
 	url = https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb.git
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f905f36..9dfc6d5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "rocksdb"
 description = "Rust wrapper for Facebook's RocksDB embeddable database"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.0-rc.1"
 authors = ["Tyler Neely <t@jujit.su>", "David Greenberg <dsg123456789@gmail.com>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 keywords = ["database", "embedded", "LSM-tree", "persistence"]
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ path = "test/test.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 libc = "0.2"
-rocksdb_sys = { path = "rocksdb-sys", version = "0.4.0" }
+librocksdb-sys = { path = "librocksdb-sys", version = "0.4.0" }
diff --git a/rocksdb_sys/.gitignore b/librocksdb-sys/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from rocksdb_sys/.gitignore
rename to librocksdb-sys/.gitignore
diff --git a/rocksdb_sys/Cargo.toml b/librocksdb-sys/Cargo.toml
similarity index 100%
rename from rocksdb_sys/Cargo.toml
rename to librocksdb-sys/Cargo.toml
diff --git a/rocksdb_sys/Makefile b/librocksdb-sys/Makefile
similarity index 100%
rename from rocksdb_sys/Makefile
rename to librocksdb-sys/Makefile
diff --git a/rocksdb_sys/README.md b/librocksdb-sys/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from rocksdb_sys/README.md
rename to librocksdb-sys/README.md
diff --git a/rocksdb_sys/build.rs b/librocksdb-sys/build.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from rocksdb_sys/build.rs
rename to librocksdb-sys/build.rs
diff --git a/rocksdb_sys/build_version.cc b/librocksdb-sys/build_version.cc
similarity index 100%
rename from rocksdb_sys/build_version.cc
rename to librocksdb-sys/build_version.cc
diff --git a/rocksdb_sys/build_version.h b/librocksdb-sys/build_version.h
similarity index 100%
rename from rocksdb_sys/build_version.h
rename to librocksdb-sys/build_version.h
diff --git a/rocksdb_sys/rocksdb b/librocksdb-sys/rocksdb
similarity index 100%
rename from rocksdb_sys/rocksdb
rename to librocksdb-sys/rocksdb
diff --git a/rocksdb_sys/rocksdb_lib_sources.txt b/librocksdb-sys/rocksdb_lib_sources.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from rocksdb_sys/rocksdb_lib_sources.txt
rename to librocksdb-sys/rocksdb_lib_sources.txt
diff --git a/rocksdb_sys/snappy b/librocksdb-sys/snappy
similarity index 100%
rename from rocksdb_sys/snappy
rename to librocksdb-sys/snappy
diff --git a/rocksdb_sys/snappy-stubs-public.h b/librocksdb-sys/snappy-stubs-public.h
similarity index 100%
rename from rocksdb_sys/snappy-stubs-public.h
rename to librocksdb-sys/snappy-stubs-public.h
diff --git a/rocksdb_sys/src/lib.rs b/librocksdb-sys/src/lib.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from rocksdb_sys/src/lib.rs
rename to librocksdb-sys/src/lib.rs
diff --git a/rocksdb_sys/src/test.rs b/librocksdb-sys/src/test.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from rocksdb_sys/src/test.rs
rename to librocksdb-sys/src/test.rs
diff --git a/rocksdb_sys/tests/ffi.rs b/librocksdb-sys/tests/ffi.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from rocksdb_sys/tests/ffi.rs
rename to librocksdb-sys/tests/ffi.rs
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 9d80f43..30f6f18 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 //!
 
 extern crate libc;
-extern crate rocksdb_sys as ffi;
+extern crate librocksdb_sys as ffi;
 
 #[macro_use]
 mod ffi_util;