diff --git a/src/tower/__init__.py b/src/tower/__init__.py
index 4261b6b2..27c1bc1d 100644
--- a/src/tower/__init__.py
+++ b/src/tower/__init__.py
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
     secret,
 )
 
-from ._native import build_package
-
+from ._native import _run_cli
 
 from ._features import override_get_attr, get_available_features, is_feature_enabled
 
@@ -39,6 +38,7 @@
 # Sub-packages to expose
 #
 from . import info
+from . import packages
 
 
 def __getattr__(name: str):
diff --git a/src/tower/packages/__init__.py b/src/tower/packages/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9774b68b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tower/packages/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from .._native import build_package
diff --git a/tests/tower/test_build_package.py b/tests/tower/test_build_package.py
index 2de9dc94..8426cbb0 100644
--- a/tests/tower/test_build_package.py
+++ b/tests/tower/test_build_package.py
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-_native = pytest.importorskip(
-    "tower._native",
-    reason="native extension not built (run: maturin develop --features pyo3)",
-)
+#tower.packages = pytest.importorskip(
+#    "tower.tower.packages",
+#    reason="native extension not built (run: maturin develop --features pyo3)",
+#)
+import tower
 
 
 def _make_app(tmp_path, towerfile_content, files=None):
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ def test_produces_tar_gz(self, tmp_path):
         app_dir = _make_app(tmp_path, SIMPLE_TOWERFILE, {"main.py": "print('hello')"})
         output = str(tmp_path / "out.tar.gz")
 
-        _native.build_package(app_dir, output)
+        tower.packages.build_package(app_dir, output)
 
         assert os.path.isfile(output)
         assert tarfile.is_tarfile(output)
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ def test_contains_manifest(self, tmp_path):
         app_dir = _make_app(tmp_path, SIMPLE_TOWERFILE, {"main.py": "print('hello')"})
         output = str(tmp_path / "out.tar.gz")
 
-        _native.build_package(app_dir, output)
+        tower.packages.build_package(app_dir, output)
 
         entries = _read_package(output)
         assert "MANIFEST" in entries
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ def test_manifest_is_valid_json(self, tmp_path):
         app_dir = _make_app(tmp_path, SIMPLE_TOWERFILE, {"main.py": "print('hello')"})
         output = str(tmp_path / "out.tar.gz")
 
-        _native.build_package(app_dir, output)
+        tower.packages.build_package(app_dir, output)
 
         entries = _read_package(output)
         manifest = json.loads(entries["MANIFEST"])
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ def test_contains_app_source_files(self, tmp_path):
         )
         output = str(tmp_path / "out.tar.gz")
 
-        _native.build_package(app_dir, output)
+        tower.packages.build_package(app_dir, output)
 
         entries = _read_package(output)
         assert "app/main.py" in entries
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ def test_contains_towerfile(self, tmp_path):
         app_dir = _make_app(tmp_path, SIMPLE_TOWERFILE, {"main.py": "print('hello')"})
         output = str(tmp_path / "out.tar.gz")
 
-        _native.build_package(app_dir, output)
+        tower.packages.build_package(app_dir, output)
 
         entries = _read_package(output)
         assert "Towerfile" in entries
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ def test_nested_source_files(self, tmp_path):
         )
         output = str(tmp_path / "out.tar.gz")
 
-        _native.build_package(app_dir, output)
+        tower.packages.build_package(app_dir, output)
 
         entries = _read_package(output)
         assert "app/main.py" in entries
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ def test_manifest_contains_schedule(self, tmp_path):
         app_dir = _make_app(tmp_path, towerfile, {"job.py": "print('run')"})
         output = str(tmp_path / "out.tar.gz")
 
-        _native.build_package(app_dir, output)
+        tower.packages.build_package(app_dir, output)
 
         entries = _read_package(output)
         manifest = json.loads(entries["MANIFEST"])
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ def test_manifest_contains_parameters(self, tmp_path):
         app_dir = _make_app(tmp_path, towerfile, {"main.py": "print('run')"})
         output = str(tmp_path / "out.tar.gz")
 
-        _native.build_package(app_dir, output)
+        tower.packages.build_package(app_dir, output)
 
         entries = _read_package(output)
         manifest = json.loads(entries["MANIFEST"])
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ def test_manifest_has_checksum(self, tmp_path):
         app_dir = _make_app(tmp_path, SIMPLE_TOWERFILE, {"main.py": "print('hello')"})
         output = str(tmp_path / "out.tar.gz")
 
-        _native.build_package(app_dir, output)
+        tower.packages.build_package(app_dir, output)
 
         entries = _read_package(output)
         manifest = json.loads(entries["MANIFEST"])
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ def test_excludes_pycache(self, tmp_path):
         )
         output = str(tmp_path / "out.tar.gz")
 
-        _native.build_package(app_dir, output)
+        tower.packages.build_package(app_dir, output)
 
         entries = _read_package(output)
         pycache_entries = [k for k in entries if "__pycache__" in k]
@@ -198,14 +199,14 @@ def test_error_missing_towerfile(self, tmp_path):
         output = str(tmp_path / "out.tar.gz")
 
         with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
-            _native.build_package(app_dir, output)
+            tower.packages.build_package(app_dir, output)
 
     def test_error_invalid_towerfile(self, tmp_path):
         app_dir = _make_app(tmp_path, "this is not valid toml [[[", {"main.py": ""})
         output = str(tmp_path / "out.tar.gz")
 
         with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
-            _native.build_package(app_dir, output)
+            tower.packages.build_package(app_dir, output)
 
     def test_error_missing_app_name(self, tmp_path):
         towerfile = """\
@@ -216,4 +217,4 @@ def test_error_missing_app_name(self, tmp_path):
         output = str(tmp_path / "out.tar.gz")
 
         with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
-            _native.build_package(app_dir, output)
+            tower.packages.build_package(app_dir, output)