diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3ad68678b..1a016c49f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4651,6 +4651,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "variantly",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "spk-workspace"
+version = "0.42.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "glob",
+ "rstest 0.18.2",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "spk-solve",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "static_assertions"
 version = "1.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ad01238ae..fca9b084e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ members = [
     "crates/spk-solve",
     "crates/spk-solve/crates/*",
     "crates/spk-storage",
+    "crates/spk-workspace",
     "crates/spk",
 ]
 resolver = "2"
diff --git a/crates/spk-workspace/Cargo.toml b/crates/spk-workspace/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..052877405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/spk-workspace/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[package]
+name = "spk-workspace"
+authors = { workspace = true }
+edition = { workspace = true }
+version = { workspace = true }
+license-file = { workspace = true }
+homepage = { workspace = true }
+repository = { workspace = true }
+readme = { workspace = true }
+description = { workspace = true }
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
+
+[features]
+sentry = ["spk-solve/sentry"]
+
+[dependencies]
+serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
+glob = { workspace = true }
+spk-solve = { workspace = true }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+rstest = { workspace = true }
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/spk-workspace/src/lib.rs b/crates/spk-workspace/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e3d3cbc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/spk-workspace/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mod spec;
diff --git a/crates/spk-workspace/src/spec.rs b/crates/spk-workspace/src/spec.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..70272223f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/spk-workspace/src/spec.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[path = "spec_test.rs"]
+mod spec_test;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Hash, PartialEq, Eq, Ord, PartialOrd, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub struct Workspace {
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty", with = "glob_from_str")]
+    pub recipes: Vec<glob::Pattern>,
+}
+
+mod glob_from_str {
+    use serde::{Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
+
+    pub fn serialize<S>(patterns: &Vec<glob::Pattern>, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: Serializer,
+    {
+        let patterns: Vec<_> = patterns.iter().map(|p| p.as_str()).collect();
+        patterns.serialize(serializer)
+    }
+
+    pub fn deserialize<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Vec<glob::Pattern>, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        /// Visits a serialized string, decoding it as a digest
+        struct PatternVisitor;
+
+        impl<'de> serde::de::Visitor<'de> for PatternVisitor {
+            type Value = Vec<glob::Pattern>;
+
+            fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
+                formatter.write_str("a glob pattern")
+            }
+
+            fn visit_seq<A>(self, mut seq: A) -> Result<Self::Value, A::Error>
+            where
+                A: serde::de::SeqAccess<'de>,
+            {
+                let mut patterns = Vec::with_capacity(seq.size_hint().unwrap_or(0));
+                while let Some(pattern) = seq.next_element()? {
+                    let pattern = glob::Pattern::new(pattern).map_err(serde::de::Error::custom)?;
+                    patterns.push(pattern);
+                }
+                Ok(patterns)
+            }
+        }
+        deserializer.deserialize_seq(PatternVisitor)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/spk-workspace/src/spec_test.rs b/crates/spk-workspace/src/spec_test.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff1ee8f77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/spk-workspace/src/spec_test.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+use rstest::rstest;
+
+use super::Workspace;
+
+#[rstest]
+fn test_workspace_roundtrip() {
+    let workspace = Workspace {
+        recipes: vec![
+            glob::Pattern::new("packages/*/*.spk.yml").unwrap(),
+            glob::Pattern::new("platforms/*/*.spk.yml").unwrap(),
+        ],
+    };
+
+    let serialized = serde_json::to_string(&workspace).unwrap();
+    let deserialized: Workspace = serde_json::from_str(&serialized).unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(workspace, deserialized);
+}