diff --git a/.github/workflows/unittests-rust.yml b/.github/workflows/unittests-rust.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9cce3048d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/unittests-rust.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: Rust unit tests
+
+on: push
+
+jobs:
+  test-rust:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - name: Install task runner
+        run: pip install poethepoet
+      - name: Run Rust unit tests
+        run: |
+          poe rtest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unittests.yml b/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
index b118179fc..a21b8531e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: tests
+name: Python unit tests
 
 on: push
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8344d4cb1..aef72ca2f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 </p>
 <p align="center">
   <a href="https://github.com/N3PDF/eko/actions/workflows/unittests.yml"><img alt="Tests" src="https://github.com/N3PDF/eko/actions/workflows/unittests.yml/badge.svg" /></a>
+  <a href="https://github.com/N3PDF/eko/actions/workflows/unittests-rust.yml"><img alt="Rust tests" src="https://github.com/N3PDF/eko/actions/workflows/unittests-rust.yml/badge.svg" /></a>
   <a href="https://eko.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest"><img alt="Docs" src="https://readthedocs.org/projects/eko/badge/?version=latest"></a>
   <a href="https://codecov.io/gh/NNPDF/eko"><img src="https://codecov.io/gh/NNPDF/eko/branch/master/graph/badge.svg" /></a>
   <a href="https://www.codefactor.io/repository/github/nnpdf/eko"><img src="https://www.codefactor.io/repository/github/nnpdf/eko/badge" alt="CodeFactor" /></a>
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7404d8711..173e7fc8f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@ asv-publish = "asv publish --config benchmarks/asv.conf.json"
 asv-show = "asv show --config benchmarks/asv.conf.json"
 asv-clean = { "shell" = "rm -rf benchmarks/env benchmarks/html benchmarks/results" }
 asv = ["asv-run", "asv-publish", "asv-preview"]
+compile = "pip install -e crates/eko/"
+rdocs.cmd = "cargo doc --workspace --manifest-path crates/Cargo.toml --no-deps"
+rdocs.env = { RUSTDOCFLAGS = "--html-in-header katex-header.html" }
+rdocs-view = "xdg-open crates/target/doc/ekors/index.html"
+rdocs-clean = "rm -rf crates/target/doc/"
+rtest = "cargo test --workspace --manifest-path crates/Cargo.toml"
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 testpaths = ['tests/', 'benchmarks/']
diff --git a/pyproject.toml.patch b/pyproject.toml.patch
index 8e9119a23..f415c7119 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml.patch
+++ b/pyproject.toml.patch
@@ -25,16 +25,3 @@ index 7404d871..a1e3ae66 100644
 
  [tool.poetry]
  name = "eko"
-@@ -124,6 +138,12 @@ asv-publish = "asv publish --config benchmarks/asv.conf.json"
- asv-show = "asv show --config benchmarks/asv.conf.json"
- asv-clean = { "shell" = "rm -rf benchmarks/env benchmarks/html benchmarks/results" }
- asv = ["asv-run", "asv-publish", "asv-preview"]
-+compile = "pip install -e crates/eko/"
-+rdocs.cmd = "cargo doc --workspace --manifest-path crates/Cargo.toml --no-deps"
-+rdocs.env = { RUSTDOCFLAGS = "--html-in-header katex-header.html" }
-+rdocs-view = "xdg-open crates/target/doc/ekors/index.html"
-+rdocs-clean = "rm -rf crates/target/doc/"
-+rtest = "cargo test --workspace --manifest-path crates/Cargo.toml"
-
- [tool.pytest.ini_options]
- testpaths = ['tests/', 'benchmarks/']