diff --git a/.cargo/config b/.cargo/config
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..35049cbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cargo/config
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[alias]
+xtask = "run --package xtask --"
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5ea097a0..704f2b09 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -155,3 +155,7 @@ name = "widestring"
 version = "1.0.0-beta.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e6f1efe828a707edf85994a4501734ac1c1b9d244cfcf4de235f11c4125ace8f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "xtask"
+version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f8806d04..49494be6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ authors = ["Robbert van der Helm <mail@robbertvanderhelm.nl>"]
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
 
 [workspace]
-members = ["nih_plug_derive", "plugins/gain"]
+members = ["nih_plug_derive", "plugins/gain", "xtask"]
 
 [dependencies]
 nih_plug_derive = { path = "nih_plug_derive" }
diff --git a/xtask/Cargo.toml b/xtask/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9dff721
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xtask/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[package]
+name = "xtask"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/xtask/src/main.rs b/xtask/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7a11a96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xtask/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    println!("Hello, world!");
+}