diff --git a/src/db/add_package.rs b/src/db/add_package.rs
index 08e75d3f6..358ff8b9f 100644
--- a/src/db/add_package.rs
+++ b/src/db/add_package.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pub(crate) fn add_package_into_database(conn: &Connection,
     let readme = get_readme(metadata_pkg, source_dir).unwrap_or(None);
     let (release_time, yanked, downloads) = try!(get_release_time_yanked_downloads(metadata_pkg));
     let is_library = match metadata_pkg.targets[0].kind.as_slice() {
-        &[ref kind] if kind == "lib" => true,
+        &[ref kind] if kind == "lib" || kind == "proc-macro" => true,
         _ => false,
     };
     let metadata = Metadata::from_source_dir(source_dir)?;