diff --git a/crates/ra_hir/src/code_model_api.rs b/crates/ra_hir/src/code_model_api.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8b3a1fb6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ra_hir/src/code_model_api.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+use ra_db::{CrateId, Cancelable};
+
+use crate::{Module, Name, db::HirDatabase};
+
+/// hir::Crate describes a single crate. It's the main inteface with which
+/// crate's dependencies interact. Mostly, it should be just a proxy for the
+/// root module.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
+pub struct Crate {
+    pub(crate) crate_id: CrateId,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct CrateDependency {
+    pub krate: Crate,
+    pub name: Name,
+}
+
+impl Crate {
+    pub fn dependencies(&self, db: &impl HirDatabase) -> Vec<CrateDependency> {
+        self.dependencies_impl(db)
+    }
+    pub fn root_module(&self, db: &impl HirDatabase) -> Cancelable<Option<Module>> {
+        self.root_module_impl(db)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/ra_hir/src/krate.rs b/crates/ra_hir/src/code_model_impl.rs
similarity index 62%
rename from crates/ra_hir/src/krate.rs
rename to crates/ra_hir/src/code_model_impl.rs
index 5194e280b7..75d4e04c1a 100644
--- a/crates/ra_hir/src/krate.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_hir/src/code_model_impl.rs
@@ -1,26 +1,12 @@
-pub use ra_db::{CrateId, Cancelable};
+use ra_db::{CrateId, Cancelable};
 
-use crate::{HirDatabase, Module, Name, AsName, HirFileId};
-
-/// hir::Crate describes a single crate. It's the main inteface with which
-/// crate's dependencies interact. Mostly, it should be just a proxy for the
-/// root module.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
-pub struct Crate {
-    crate_id: CrateId,
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct CrateDependency {
-    pub krate: Crate,
-    pub name: Name,
-}
+use crate::{Module, HirFileId, db::HirDatabase, Crate, CrateDependency, AsName};
 
 impl Crate {
     pub(crate) fn new(crate_id: CrateId) -> Crate {
         Crate { crate_id }
     }
-    pub fn dependencies(&self, db: &impl HirDatabase) -> Vec<CrateDependency> {
+    pub(crate) fn dependencies_impl(&self, db: &impl HirDatabase) -> Vec<CrateDependency> {
         let crate_graph = db.crate_graph();
         crate_graph
             .dependencies(self.crate_id)
@@ -31,7 +17,7 @@ impl Crate {
             })
             .collect()
     }
-    pub fn root_module(&self, db: &impl HirDatabase) -> Cancelable<Option<Module>> {
+    pub(crate) fn root_module_impl(&self, db: &impl HirDatabase) -> Cancelable<Option<Module>> {
         let crate_graph = db.crate_graph();
         let file_id = crate_graph.crate_root(self.crate_id);
         let source_root_id = db.file_source_root(file_id);
diff --git a/crates/ra_hir/src/lib.rs b/crates/ra_hir/src/lib.rs
index d600b91df3..0fe80deb59 100644
--- a/crates/ra_hir/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_hir/src/lib.rs
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ pub mod source_binder;
 mod ids;
 mod macros;
 mod name;
-// can't use `crate` or `r#crate` here :(
-mod krate;
 mod module;
 mod function;
 mod adt;
@@ -34,16 +32,19 @@ mod ty;
 mod impl_block;
 mod expr;
 
+pub mod code_model_api;
+mod code_model_impl;
+
 use crate::{
     db::HirDatabase,
     name::{AsName, KnownName},
     ids::{DefKind, SourceItemId, SourceFileItemId, SourceFileItems},
+    code_model_api::{Crate, CrateDependency}
 };
 
 pub use self::{
     path::{Path, PathKind},
     name::Name,
-    krate::Crate,
     ids::{HirFileId, DefId, DefLoc, MacroCallId, MacroCallLoc},
     macros::{MacroDef, MacroInput, MacroExpansion},
     module::{Module, ModuleId, Problem, nameres::{ItemMap, PerNs, Namespace}, ModuleScope, Resolution},