diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 63f11dfc9bb..e5c19b95251 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "bytesize",
  "cargo-credential",
- "cargo-credential-gnome-secret",
+ "cargo-credential-libsecret",
  "cargo-credential-macos-keychain",
  "cargo-credential-wincred",
  "cargo-platform 0.1.4",
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "cargo-credential-gnome-secret"
+name = "cargo-credential-libsecret"
 version = "0.3.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4d2d6f6c790..a9587ea2d71 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ base64 = "0.21.2"
 bytesize = "1.2"
 cargo = { path = "" }
 cargo-credential = { version = "0.3.0", path = "credential/cargo-credential" }
-cargo-credential-gnome-secret = { version = "0.3.1", path = "credential/cargo-credential-gnome-secret" }
+cargo-credential-libsecret = { version = "0.3.1", path = "credential/cargo-credential-libsecret" }
 cargo-credential-wincred = { version = "0.3.0", path = "credential/cargo-credential-wincred" }
 cargo-credential-macos-keychain = { version = "0.3.0", path = "credential/cargo-credential-macos-keychain" }
 cargo-platform = { path = "crates/cargo-platform", version = "0.1.4" }
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ base64.workspace = true
 bytesize.workspace = true
 cargo-platform.workspace = true
 cargo-credential.workspace = true
-cargo-credential-gnome-secret.workspace = true
+cargo-credential-libsecret.workspace = true
 cargo-credential-macos-keychain.workspace = true
 cargo-credential-wincred.workspace = true
 cargo-util.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/xtask-bump-check/src/xtask.rs b/crates/xtask-bump-check/src/xtask.rs
index 1a3a1a77c95..f891523315d 100644
--- a/crates/xtask-bump-check/src/xtask.rs
+++ b/crates/xtask-bump-check/src/xtask.rs
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ fn bump_check(args: &clap::ArgMatches, config: &mut cargo::util::Config) -> Carg
         "--exclude",
         "cargo-credential-1password",
         "--exclude",
-        "cargo-credential-gnome-secret",
+        "cargo-credential-libsecret",
         "--exclude",
         "cargo-credential-macos-keychain",
         "--exclude",
diff --git a/credential/cargo-credential-gnome-secret/src/lib.rs b/credential/cargo-credential-gnome-secret/src/lib.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 473e3191daf..00000000000
--- a/credential/cargo-credential-gnome-secret/src/lib.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-mod libsecret;
-#[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
-pub use cargo_credential::UnsupportedCredential as GnomeSecret;
-#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-pub use libsecret::GnomeSecret;
diff --git a/credential/cargo-credential-gnome-secret/src/libsecret.rs b/credential/cargo-credential-gnome-secret/src/libsecret.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 44fc4dea4f5..00000000000
--- a/credential/cargo-credential-gnome-secret/src/libsecret.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,226 +0,0 @@
-//! Implementation of the libsecret credential helper.
-
-use anyhow::Context;
-use cargo_credential::{
-    read_token, Action, CacheControl, Credential, CredentialResponse, Error, RegistryInfo, Secret,
-};
-use libloading::{Library, Symbol};
-use std::ffi::{CStr, CString};
-use std::os::raw::{c_char, c_int};
-use std::ptr::{null, null_mut};
-
-#[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
-type gchar = c_char;
-
-#[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
-type gboolean = c_int;
-
-type GQuark = u32;
-
-#[repr(C)]
-struct GError {
-    domain: GQuark,
-    code: c_int,
-    message: *mut gchar,
-}
-
-#[repr(C)]
-struct GCancellable {
-    _private: [u8; 0],
-}
-
-#[repr(C)]
-struct SecretSchema {
-    name: *const gchar,
-    flags: SecretSchemaFlags,
-    attributes: [SecretSchemaAttribute; 32],
-}
-
-#[repr(C)]
-#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
-struct SecretSchemaAttribute {
-    name: *const gchar,
-    attr_type: SecretSchemaAttributeType,
-}
-
-#[repr(C)]
-enum SecretSchemaFlags {
-    None = 0,
-}
-
-#[repr(C)]
-#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
-enum SecretSchemaAttributeType {
-    String = 0,
-}
-
-type SecretPasswordStoreSync = extern "C" fn(
-    schema: *const SecretSchema,
-    collection: *const gchar,
-    label: *const gchar,
-    password: *const gchar,
-    cancellable: *mut GCancellable,
-    error: *mut *mut GError,
-    ...
-) -> gboolean;
-type SecretPasswordClearSync = extern "C" fn(
-    schema: *const SecretSchema,
-    cancellable: *mut GCancellable,
-    error: *mut *mut GError,
-    ...
-) -> gboolean;
-type SecretPasswordLookupSync = extern "C" fn(
-    schema: *const SecretSchema,
-    cancellable: *mut GCancellable,
-    error: *mut *mut GError,
-    ...
-) -> *mut gchar;
-
-pub struct GnomeSecret;
-
-fn label(index_url: &str) -> CString {
-    CString::new(format!("cargo-registry:{}", index_url)).unwrap()
-}
-
-fn schema() -> SecretSchema {
-    let mut attributes = [SecretSchemaAttribute {
-        name: null(),
-        attr_type: SecretSchemaAttributeType::String,
-    }; 32];
-    attributes[0] = SecretSchemaAttribute {
-        name: b"url\0".as_ptr() as *const gchar,
-        attr_type: SecretSchemaAttributeType::String,
-    };
-    SecretSchema {
-        name: b"org.rust-lang.cargo.registry\0".as_ptr() as *const gchar,
-        flags: SecretSchemaFlags::None,
-        attributes,
-    }
-}
-
-impl Credential for GnomeSecret {
-    fn perform(
-        &self,
-        registry: &RegistryInfo,
-        action: &Action,
-        _args: &[&str],
-    ) -> Result<CredentialResponse, Error> {
-        // Dynamically load libsecret to avoid users needing to install
-        // additional -dev packages when building this provider.
-        let lib;
-        let secret_password_lookup_sync: Symbol<SecretPasswordLookupSync>;
-        let secret_password_store_sync: Symbol<SecretPasswordStoreSync>;
-        let secret_password_clear_sync: Symbol<SecretPasswordClearSync>;
-        unsafe {
-            lib = Library::new("libsecret-1.so").context(
-                "failed to load libsecret: try installing the `libsecret` \
-                or `libsecret-1-0` package with the system package manager",
-            )?;
-            secret_password_lookup_sync = lib
-                .get(b"secret_password_lookup_sync\0")
-                .map_err(Box::new)?;
-            secret_password_store_sync =
-                lib.get(b"secret_password_store_sync\0").map_err(Box::new)?;
-            secret_password_clear_sync =
-                lib.get(b"secret_password_clear_sync\0").map_err(Box::new)?;
-        }
-
-        let index_url_c = CString::new(registry.index_url).unwrap();
-        match action {
-            cargo_credential::Action::Get(_) => {
-                let mut error: *mut GError = null_mut();
-                let attr_url = CString::new("url").unwrap();
-                let schema = schema();
-                unsafe {
-                    let token_c = secret_password_lookup_sync(
-                        &schema,
-                        null_mut(),
-                        &mut error,
-                        attr_url.as_ptr(),
-                        index_url_c.as_ptr(),
-                        null() as *const gchar,
-                    );
-                    if !error.is_null() {
-                        return Err(format!(
-                            "failed to get token: {}",
-                            CStr::from_ptr((*error).message)
-                                .to_str()
-                                .unwrap_or_default()
-                        )
-                        .into());
-                    }
-                    if token_c.is_null() {
-                        return Err(Error::NotFound);
-                    }
-                    let token = Secret::from(
-                        CStr::from_ptr(token_c)
-                            .to_str()
-                            .map_err(|e| format!("expected utf8 token: {}", e))?
-                            .to_string(),
-                    );
-                    Ok(CredentialResponse::Get {
-                        token,
-                        cache: CacheControl::Session,
-                        operation_independent: true,
-                    })
-                }
-            }
-            cargo_credential::Action::Login(options) => {
-                let label = label(registry.name.unwrap_or(registry.index_url));
-                let token = CString::new(read_token(options, registry)?.expose()).unwrap();
-                let mut error: *mut GError = null_mut();
-                let attr_url = CString::new("url").unwrap();
-                let schema = schema();
-                unsafe {
-                    secret_password_store_sync(
-                        &schema,
-                        b"default\0".as_ptr() as *const gchar,
-                        label.as_ptr(),
-                        token.as_ptr(),
-                        null_mut(),
-                        &mut error,
-                        attr_url.as_ptr(),
-                        index_url_c.as_ptr(),
-                        null() as *const gchar,
-                    );
-                    if !error.is_null() {
-                        return Err(format!(
-                            "failed to store token: {}",
-                            CStr::from_ptr((*error).message)
-                                .to_str()
-                                .unwrap_or_default()
-                        )
-                        .into());
-                    }
-                }
-                Ok(CredentialResponse::Login)
-            }
-            cargo_credential::Action::Logout => {
-                let schema = schema();
-                let mut error: *mut GError = null_mut();
-                let attr_url = CString::new("url").unwrap();
-                unsafe {
-                    secret_password_clear_sync(
-                        &schema,
-                        null_mut(),
-                        &mut error,
-                        attr_url.as_ptr(),
-                        index_url_c.as_ptr(),
-                        null() as *const gchar,
-                    );
-                    if !error.is_null() {
-                        return Err(format!(
-                            "failed to erase token: {}",
-                            CStr::from_ptr((*error).message)
-                                .to_str()
-                                .unwrap_or_default()
-                        )
-                        .into());
-                    }
-                }
-                Ok(CredentialResponse::Logout)
-            }
-            _ => Err(Error::OperationNotSupported),
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/credential/cargo-credential-gnome-secret/src/main.rs b/credential/cargo-credential-gnome-secret/src/main.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ba535dcd07..00000000000
--- a/credential/cargo-credential-gnome-secret/src/main.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-//! Cargo registry gnome libsecret credential process.
-
-fn main() {
-    cargo_credential::main(GnomeSecret);
-}
diff --git a/credential/cargo-credential-gnome-secret/Cargo.toml b/credential/cargo-credential-libsecret/Cargo.toml
similarity index 88%
rename from credential/cargo-credential-gnome-secret/Cargo.toml
rename to credential/cargo-credential-libsecret/Cargo.toml
index e88790c542b..1bd4bb7d063 100644
--- a/credential/cargo-credential-gnome-secret/Cargo.toml
+++ b/credential/cargo-credential-libsecret/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-name = "cargo-credential-gnome-secret"
+name = "cargo-credential-libsecret"
 version = "0.3.1"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
@@ -10,4 +10,3 @@ description = "A Cargo credential process that stores tokens with GNOME libsecre
 anyhow.workspace = true
 cargo-credential.workspace = true
 libloading.workspace = true
-
diff --git a/credential/cargo-credential-gnome-secret/README.md b/credential/cargo-credential-libsecret/README.md
similarity index 90%
rename from credential/cargo-credential-gnome-secret/README.md
rename to credential/cargo-credential-libsecret/README.md
index 7a4b0283856..f169323e061 100644
--- a/credential/cargo-credential-gnome-secret/README.md
+++ b/credential/cargo-credential-libsecret/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# cargo-credential-gnome-secret
+# cargo-credential-libsecret
 
 This is the implementation for the Cargo credential helper for [GNOME libsecret].
 See the [credential-process] documentation for how to use this.
diff --git a/credential/cargo-credential-libsecret/src/lib.rs b/credential/cargo-credential-libsecret/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f83b424ee51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/credential/cargo-credential-libsecret/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,235 @@
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+mod linux {
+    //! Implementation of the libsecret credential helper.
+
+    use anyhow::Context;
+    use cargo_credential::{
+        read_token, Action, CacheControl, Credential, CredentialResponse, Error, RegistryInfo,
+        Secret,
+    };
+    use libloading::{Library, Symbol};
+    use std::ffi::{CStr, CString};
+    use std::os::raw::{c_char, c_int};
+    use std::ptr::{null, null_mut};
+
+    #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
+    type gchar = c_char;
+
+    #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
+    type gboolean = c_int;
+
+    type GQuark = u32;
+
+    #[repr(C)]
+    struct GError {
+        domain: GQuark,
+        code: c_int,
+        message: *mut gchar,
+    }
+
+    #[repr(C)]
+    struct GCancellable {
+        _private: [u8; 0],
+    }
+
+    #[repr(C)]
+    struct SecretSchema {
+        name: *const gchar,
+        flags: SecretSchemaFlags,
+        attributes: [SecretSchemaAttribute; 32],
+    }
+
+    #[repr(C)]
+    #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
+    struct SecretSchemaAttribute {
+        name: *const gchar,
+        attr_type: SecretSchemaAttributeType,
+    }
+
+    #[repr(C)]
+    enum SecretSchemaFlags {
+        None = 0,
+    }
+
+    #[repr(C)]
+    #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
+    enum SecretSchemaAttributeType {
+        String = 0,
+    }
+
+    type SecretPasswordStoreSync = extern "C" fn(
+        schema: *const SecretSchema,
+        collection: *const gchar,
+        label: *const gchar,
+        password: *const gchar,
+        cancellable: *mut GCancellable,
+        error: *mut *mut GError,
+        ...
+    ) -> gboolean;
+    type SecretPasswordClearSync = extern "C" fn(
+        schema: *const SecretSchema,
+        cancellable: *mut GCancellable,
+        error: *mut *mut GError,
+        ...
+    ) -> gboolean;
+    type SecretPasswordLookupSync = extern "C" fn(
+        schema: *const SecretSchema,
+        cancellable: *mut GCancellable,
+        error: *mut *mut GError,
+        ...
+    ) -> *mut gchar;
+
+    pub struct LibSecretCredential;
+
+    fn label(index_url: &str) -> CString {
+        CString::new(format!("cargo-registry:{}", index_url)).unwrap()
+    }
+
+    fn schema() -> SecretSchema {
+        let mut attributes = [SecretSchemaAttribute {
+            name: null(),
+            attr_type: SecretSchemaAttributeType::String,
+        }; 32];
+        attributes[0] = SecretSchemaAttribute {
+            name: b"url\0".as_ptr() as *const gchar,
+            attr_type: SecretSchemaAttributeType::String,
+        };
+        SecretSchema {
+            name: b"org.rust-lang.cargo.registry\0".as_ptr() as *const gchar,
+            flags: SecretSchemaFlags::None,
+            attributes,
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl Credential for LibSecretCredential {
+        fn perform(
+            &self,
+            registry: &RegistryInfo,
+            action: &Action,
+            _args: &[&str],
+        ) -> Result<CredentialResponse, Error> {
+            // Dynamically load libsecret to avoid users needing to install
+            // additional -dev packages when building this provider.
+            let lib;
+            let secret_password_lookup_sync: Symbol<SecretPasswordLookupSync>;
+            let secret_password_store_sync: Symbol<SecretPasswordStoreSync>;
+            let secret_password_clear_sync: Symbol<SecretPasswordClearSync>;
+            unsafe {
+                lib = Library::new("libsecret-1.so").context(
+                    "failed to load libsecret: try installing the `libsecret` \
+                    or `libsecret-1-0` package with the system package manager",
+                )?;
+                secret_password_lookup_sync = lib
+                    .get(b"secret_password_lookup_sync\0")
+                    .map_err(Box::new)?;
+                secret_password_store_sync =
+                    lib.get(b"secret_password_store_sync\0").map_err(Box::new)?;
+                secret_password_clear_sync =
+                    lib.get(b"secret_password_clear_sync\0").map_err(Box::new)?;
+            }
+
+            let index_url_c = CString::new(registry.index_url).unwrap();
+            match action {
+                cargo_credential::Action::Get(_) => {
+                    let mut error: *mut GError = null_mut();
+                    let attr_url = CString::new("url").unwrap();
+                    let schema = schema();
+                    unsafe {
+                        let token_c = secret_password_lookup_sync(
+                            &schema,
+                            null_mut(),
+                            &mut error,
+                            attr_url.as_ptr(),
+                            index_url_c.as_ptr(),
+                            null() as *const gchar,
+                        );
+                        if !error.is_null() {
+                            return Err(format!(
+                                "failed to get token: {}",
+                                CStr::from_ptr((*error).message)
+                                    .to_str()
+                                    .unwrap_or_default()
+                            )
+                            .into());
+                        }
+                        if token_c.is_null() {
+                            return Err(Error::NotFound);
+                        }
+                        let token = Secret::from(
+                            CStr::from_ptr(token_c)
+                                .to_str()
+                                .map_err(|e| format!("expected utf8 token: {}", e))?
+                                .to_string(),
+                        );
+                        Ok(CredentialResponse::Get {
+                            token,
+                            cache: CacheControl::Session,
+                            operation_independent: true,
+                        })
+                    }
+                }
+                cargo_credential::Action::Login(options) => {
+                    let label = label(registry.name.unwrap_or(registry.index_url));
+                    let token = CString::new(read_token(options, registry)?.expose()).unwrap();
+                    let mut error: *mut GError = null_mut();
+                    let attr_url = CString::new("url").unwrap();
+                    let schema = schema();
+                    unsafe {
+                        secret_password_store_sync(
+                            &schema,
+                            b"default\0".as_ptr() as *const gchar,
+                            label.as_ptr(),
+                            token.as_ptr(),
+                            null_mut(),
+                            &mut error,
+                            attr_url.as_ptr(),
+                            index_url_c.as_ptr(),
+                            null() as *const gchar,
+                        );
+                        if !error.is_null() {
+                            return Err(format!(
+                                "failed to store token: {}",
+                                CStr::from_ptr((*error).message)
+                                    .to_str()
+                                    .unwrap_or_default()
+                            )
+                            .into());
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Ok(CredentialResponse::Login)
+                }
+                cargo_credential::Action::Logout => {
+                    let schema = schema();
+                    let mut error: *mut GError = null_mut();
+                    let attr_url = CString::new("url").unwrap();
+                    unsafe {
+                        secret_password_clear_sync(
+                            &schema,
+                            null_mut(),
+                            &mut error,
+                            attr_url.as_ptr(),
+                            index_url_c.as_ptr(),
+                            null() as *const gchar,
+                        );
+                        if !error.is_null() {
+                            return Err(format!(
+                                "failed to erase token: {}",
+                                CStr::from_ptr((*error).message)
+                                    .to_str()
+                                    .unwrap_or_default()
+                            )
+                            .into());
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Ok(CredentialResponse::Logout)
+                }
+                _ => Err(Error::OperationNotSupported),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
+pub use cargo_credential::UnsupportedCredential as LibSecretCredential;
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+pub use linux::LibSecretCredential;
diff --git a/src/cargo/util/auth/mod.rs b/src/cargo/util/auth/mod.rs
index 8ff32f52dea..7354b8cab6c 100644
--- a/src/cargo/util/auth/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/util/auth/mod.rs
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ fn credential_action(
             "cargo:token-from-stdout" => Box::new(BasicProcessCredential {}),
             "cargo:wincred" => Box::new(cargo_credential_wincred::WindowsCredential {}),
             "cargo:macos-keychain" => Box::new(cargo_credential_macos_keychain::MacKeychain {}),
-            "cargo:libsecret" => Box::new(cargo_credential_gnome_secret::GnomeSecret {}),
+            "cargo:libsecret" => Box::new(cargo_credential_libsecret::LibSecretCredential {}),
             process => Box::new(CredentialProcessCredential::new(process)),
         };
         config.shell().verbose(|c| {