diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a515c9dc939c..049a71768dcf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4560,7 +4560,7 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "uv-build"
+name = "uv-build-frontend"
 version = "0.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
@@ -4779,7 +4779,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pypi-types",
  "rustc-hash",
  "tracing",
- "uv-build",
+ "uv-build-frontend",
  "uv-cache",
  "uv-client",
  "uv-configuration",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 41ea24236fe5..7d47f24cf123 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ platform-tags = { path = "crates/platform-tags" }
 pypi-types = { path = "crates/pypi-types" }
 requirements-txt = { path = "crates/requirements-txt" }
 uv-auth = { path = "crates/uv-auth" }
-uv-build = { path = "crates/uv-build" }
+uv-build-frontend = { path = "crates/uv-build-frontend" }
 uv-cache = { path = "crates/uv-cache" }
 uv-cache-info = { path = "crates/uv-cache-info" }
 uv-cli = { path = "crates/uv-cli" }
diff --git a/crates/README.md b/crates/README.md
index e4c937c809f0..f2b80912188b 100644
--- a/crates/README.md
+++ b/crates/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Functionality for parsing and inferring Python platform tags as per
 
 Command-line interface for the uv package manager.
 
-## [uv-build](./uv-build)
+## [uv-build-frontend](./uv-build-frontend)
 
 A [PEP 517](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0517/)-compatible build frontend for uv.
 
diff --git a/crates/uv-build/.gitignore b/crates/uv-build-frontend/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/uv-build/.gitignore
rename to crates/uv-build-frontend/.gitignore
diff --git a/crates/uv-build/Cargo.toml b/crates/uv-build-frontend/Cargo.toml
similarity index 97%
rename from crates/uv-build/Cargo.toml
rename to crates/uv-build-frontend/Cargo.toml
index 698ab4a8a4bd..23d44d88dbd1 100644
--- a/crates/uv-build/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/uv-build-frontend/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-name = "uv-build"
+name = "uv-build-frontend"
 version = "0.0.1"
 description = "Build wheels from source distributions"
 edition = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/uv-build/src/error.rs b/crates/uv-build-frontend/src/error.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/uv-build/src/error.rs
rename to crates/uv-build-frontend/src/error.rs
diff --git a/crates/uv-build/src/lib.rs b/crates/uv-build-frontend/src/lib.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/uv-build/src/lib.rs
rename to crates/uv-build-frontend/src/lib.rs
diff --git a/crates/uv-dispatch/Cargo.toml b/crates/uv-dispatch/Cargo.toml
index e8994bdc1663..424e07d83a14 100644
--- a/crates/uv-dispatch/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/uv-dispatch/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ workspace = true
 distribution-types = { workspace = true }
 install-wheel-rs = { workspace = true }
 pypi-types = { workspace = true }
-uv-build = { workspace = true }
+uv-build-frontend = { workspace = true }
 uv-cache = { workspace = true }
 uv-client = { workspace = true }
 uv-configuration = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/uv-dispatch/src/lib.rs b/crates/uv-dispatch/src/lib.rs
index 7eadb584cca8..f6885deceeab 100644
--- a/crates/uv-dispatch/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-dispatch/src/lib.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use distribution_types::{
     SourceDist, VersionOrUrlRef,
 };
 use pypi_types::Requirement;
-use uv_build::{SourceBuild, SourceBuildContext};
+use uv_build_frontend::{SourceBuild, SourceBuildContext};
 use uv_cache::Cache;
 use uv_client::RegistryClient;
 use uv_configuration::{
diff --git a/crates/uv-types/src/traits.rs b/crates/uv-types/src/traits.rs
index a7dbcc337c97..1caa4c121c11 100644
--- a/crates/uv-types/src/traits.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-types/src/traits.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ use uv_python::PythonEnvironment;
 /// ```
 ///
 /// Put in a different way, the types here allow `uv-resolver` to depend on `uv-build` and
-/// `uv-build` to depend on `uv-resolver` without having actual crate dependencies between
+/// `uv-build-frontend` to depend on `uv-resolver` without having actual crate dependencies between
 /// them.
 pub trait BuildContext {
     type SourceDistBuilder: SourceBuildTrait;