diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c91c3f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[net]
+git-fetch-with-cli = true
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index 0b9ea37..b521b68 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,3 +38,9 @@ noodles-refget = { path = "../noodles/noodles-refget" }
 noodles-sam = { path = "../noodles/noodles-sam" }
 noodles-tabix = { path = "../noodles/noodles-tabix" }
 noodles-vcf = { path = "../noodles/noodles-vcf" }
+
+[patch."https://github.com/madhavajay/htslib-rs.git"]
+htslib-rs = { path = "../vendor/rust/htslib-rs/crates/htslib-rs" }
+
+[patch."https://github.com/madhavajay/noodles.git"]
+noodles = { path = "../noodles/noodles" }