diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 45734a7dce..248326d871 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [workspace]
 members = ["fsevent", "gpui", "gpui_macros", "server", "zed", "zrpc"]
+default-members = ["zed"]
 
 [patch.crates-io]
 async-task = { git = "https://github.com/zed-industries/async-task", rev = "341b57d6de98cdfd7b418567b8de2022ca993a6e" }