diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9399c8538603..43c3d10892b7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3323,6 +3323,13 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmtime-c-api"
 version = "15.0.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "wasmtime-c-api-impl",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasmtime-c-api-impl"
+version = "15.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "cap-std",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b2b3f3b3cb7e..9b612a34f2a0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ members = [
   "cranelift/isle/islec",
   "cranelift/serde",
   "crates/bench-api",
-  "crates/c-api",
+  "crates/c-api/artifact",
   "crates/environ/fuzz",
   "crates/test-programs",
   "crates/wasi-preview1-component-adapter",
diff --git a/crates/c-api/CMakeLists.txt b/crates/c-api/CMakeLists.txt
index 782a9aa78b06..b5fb5e085f08 100644
--- a/crates/c-api/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/crates/c-api/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
 	CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
 	INSTALL_COMMAND "${WASMTIME_INSTALL_COMMAND}"
         BUILD_COMMAND ${WASMTIME_PREBUILD_COMMAND} ${WASMTIME_CARGO_BINARY} build ${WASMTIME_BUILD_TYPE_FLAG} ${WASMTIME_USER_CARGO_BUILD_OPTIONS} ${WASMTIME_BUILD_TARGET}
-	BINARY_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+	BINARY_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/artifact
         BUILD_ALWAYS ${WASMTIME_ALWAYS_BUILD}
 	BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${WASMTIME_BUILD_PRODUCT})
 add_library(wasmtime INTERFACE)
@@ -137,5 +137,5 @@ install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/wasm-c-api/include/wasm.h
 	DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR})
 install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/wasmtime
 	DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR})
-install(FILES ${WASMTIME_BUILD_PRODUCT} 
+install(FILES ${WASMTIME_BUILD_PRODUCT}
 	DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
diff --git a/crates/c-api/Cargo.toml b/crates/c-api/Cargo.toml
index 1548b0634dca..82d46337bba9 100644
--- a/crates/c-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/c-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-name = "wasmtime-c-api"
+name = "wasmtime-c-api-impl"
 version.workspace = true
 authors.workspace = true
 description = "C API to expose the Wasmtime runtime"
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ edition.workspace = true
 publish = false
 
 [lib]
-name = "wasmtime"
-crate-type = ["staticlib", "cdylib", "rlib"]
+name = "wamstime_c_api"
 doc = false
 test = false
 doctest = false
@@ -38,16 +37,6 @@ wasi-common = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 futures = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [features]
-default = [
-  'profiling',
-  'wat',
-  'wasi',
-  'cache',
-  'parallel-compilation',
-  'async',
-  'coredump',
-  'addr2line',
-]
 async = ['wasmtime/async', 'futures']
 profiling = ["wasmtime/profiling"]
 cache = ["wasmtime/cache"]
diff --git a/crates/c-api/artifact/Cargo.toml b/crates/c-api/artifact/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0738a9df1dc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/c-api/artifact/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+[package]
+name = "wasmtime-c-api"
+version.workspace = true
+authors.workspace = true
+description = "C API to expose the Wasmtime runtime"
+license = "Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception"
+repository = "https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime"
+readme = "README.md"
+edition.workspace = true
+publish = false
+
+[lib]
+name = "wasmtime"
+crate-type = ["staticlib", "cdylib"]
+doc = false
+test = false
+doctest = false
+
+[dependencies]
+wasmtime-c-api = { path = '..', package = 'wasmtime-c-api-impl' }
+
+[features]
+default = [
+  'profiling',
+  'wat',
+  'wasi',
+  'cache',
+  'parallel-compilation',
+  'async',
+  'coredump',
+  'addr2line',
+]
+async = ['wasmtime-c-api/async']
+profiling = ["wasmtime-c-api/profiling"]
+cache = ["wasmtime-c-api/cache"]
+parallel-compilation = ['wasmtime-c-api/parallel-compilation']
+wasi = ['wasmtime-c-api/wasi']
+logging = ['wasmtime-c-api/logging']
+disable-logging = ["wasmtime-c-api/disable-logging"]
+coredump = ["wasmtime-c-api/coredump"]
+addr2line = ["wasmtime-c-api/addr2line"]
+wat = ["wasmtime-c-api/wat"]
diff --git a/crates/c-api/artifact/src/lib.rs b/crates/c-api/artifact/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..43929bb8605f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/c-api/artifact/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub use wasmtime_c_api::*;