diff --git a/Cargo-minimal.lock b/Cargo-minimal.lock
index 211aa646a..1ff3ceaa3 100644
--- a/Cargo-minimal.lock
+++ b/Cargo-minimal.lock
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitcoin_hashes 0.16.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bitcoin-p2p-messages"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitcoin-primitives"
 version = "0.101.0"
diff --git a/Cargo-recent.lock b/Cargo-recent.lock
index e886abeca..edfae1793 100644
--- a/Cargo-recent.lock
+++ b/Cargo-recent.lock
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitcoin_hashes 0.16.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bitcoin-p2p-messages"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitcoin-primitives"
 version = "0.101.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7d9a5d526..d46771295 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [workspace]
-members = ["addresses", "base58", "bitcoin", "chacha20_poly1305", "fuzz", "hashes", "internals", "io", "primitives", "units"]
+members = ["addresses", "base58", "bitcoin", "chacha20_poly1305", "fuzz", "hashes", "internals", "io", "p2p", "primitives", "units"]
 resolver = "2"
 
 # Keep this patch for hashes because secp256k1 depends on bitcoin-hashes via crates.io
diff --git a/p2p/CHANGELOG.md b/p2p/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c310ad4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/p2p/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# 0.1.0 - 2025-05-27
+
+* Initial release of the `github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/p2p` crate as `bitcoin-p2p-messages`.
diff --git a/p2p/Cargo.toml b/p2p/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37166211c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/p2p/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+[package]
+name = "bitcoin-p2p-messages"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Andrew Poelstra <apoelstra@wpsoftware.net>"]
+license = "CC0-1.0"
+repository = "https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin"
+description = "Peer-to-peer messages defined by the Bitcoin protocol"
+categories = ["cryptography::cryptocurrencies"]
+keywords = ["bitcoin", "peer-to-peer"]
+readme = "README.md"
+edition = "2021"
+rust-version = "1.63.0"
+exclude = ["tests", "contrib"]
+
+[dependencies]
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+
+[package.metadata.docs.rs]
+all-features = true
+rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
diff --git a/p2p/README.md b/p2p/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4fe096e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/p2p/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Rust Bitcoin Peer to Peer Message Types
+
+This crate provides data types used in the Bitcoin peer-to-peer protocol.
+
+## Minimum Supported Rust Version (MSRV)
+
+This library should always compile with any combination of features on **Rust 1.63.0**.
+
+## Licensing
+
+The code in this project is licensed under the [Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal license](LICENSE).
+We use the [SPDX license list](https://spdx.org/licenses/) and [SPDX IDs](https://spdx.dev/ids/).
diff --git a/p2p/contrib/test_vars.sh b/p2p/contrib/test_vars.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88e2d26e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/p2p/contrib/test_vars.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# No shebang, this file should not be executed.
+# shellcheck disable=SC2148
+#
+# disable verify unused vars, despite the fact that they are used when sourced
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
+
+# Test all these features with "std" enabled.
+FEATURES_WITH_STD=""
+
+# Test all these features without "std" enabled.
+FEATURES_WITHOUT_STD=""
+
+# Run these examples.
+EXAMPLES=""
diff --git a/p2p/src/lib.rs b/p2p/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb9afc7d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/p2p/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+
+//! # Rust Bitcoin Peer to Peer Message Types
+
+// Experimental features we need.
+#![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_auto_cfg))]
+// Coding conventions.
+#![warn(missing_docs)]
+#![warn(deprecated_in_future)]
+#![doc(test(attr(warn(unused))))]
+// Pedantic lints that we enforce.
+#![warn(clippy::return_self_not_must_use)]
+// Exclude lints we don't think are valuable.
+#![allow(clippy::needless_question_mark)] // https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/2134
+#![allow(clippy::manual_range_contains)] // More readable than clippy's format.
+#![allow(clippy::uninlined_format_args)] // Allow `format!("{}", x)`instead of enforcing `format!("{x}")`