diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ad805ad50ad..2d7a1a0de07 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -88,23 +88,15 @@ flatc = "executorch.data.bin:flatc"
 # package, and package_data to restrict the set up non-python files we
 # include. See also setuptools/discovery.py for custom finders.
 [tool.setuptools.package-dir]
-"executorch.backends" = "backends"
-"executorch.codegen" = "codegen"
-"executorch.data.bin" = "data/bin"
-# TODO(mnachin T180504136): Do not put examples/models
-# into core pip packages. Refactor out the necessary utils
-# or core models files into a separate package.
-"executorch.examples.apple.coreml.llama" = "examples/apple/coreml/llama"
-"executorch.examples.llm_pte_finetuning" = "examples/llm_pte_finetuning"
-"executorch.examples.models" = "examples/models"
-"executorch.exir" = "exir"
-"executorch.extension" = "extension"
-"executorch.kernels.quantized" = "kernels/quantized"
-"executorch.schema" = "schema"
-"executorch.devtools" = "devtools"
-"executorch.devtools.bundled_program" = "devtools/bundled_program"
-"executorch.runtime" = "runtime"
-"executorch.util" = "util"
+# Tell setuptools to follow the symlink: src/executorch/* -> * for all first level
+# modules such as src/executorch/exir -> exir. This helps us to semi-compliant with
+# the "src layout" convention for python packages, which is also discussed in
+# https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/discussions/src-layout-vs-flat-layout/.
+# In the long term we should move all the modules under the src/executorch/ folder.
+#
+# Doing this also allows us to import from executorch.exir directly in
+# editable mode.
+"executorch" = "src/executorch"
 
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
 # TODO(dbort): Prune /test[s]/ dirs, /third-party/ dirs, yaml files that we
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index eac28e8e26c..c0cdc3a2c88 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -575,8 +575,7 @@ def run(self):
             # In editable mode, the package directory is the original source directory
             dst_root = self.get_package_dir(".")
         else:
-            dst_root = os.path.join(self.build_lib, self.get_package_dir("executorch"))
-
+            dst_root = os.path.join(self.build_lib, "executorch")
         # Create the version file.
         Version.write_to_python_file(os.path.join(dst_root, "version.py"))
 
diff --git a/src/README.md b/src/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c718e53ad9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Why Do We Have These Symlinks
+
+The `src/executorch/*` files exist primarily due to the limitations of `pip install` in editable mode. Specifically, `pip install -e .` does not recognize `<executorch root>/exir` (or any root level directory with a `__init__.py`) as a valid package module because of the presence of `<executorch root>/exir/__init__.py`. See the following GitHub issue for details: [Issue #9558](https://github.com/pytorch/executorch/issues/9558).
+
+## The Symlink Solution
+
+To work around this limitation, a symlink is used. With this symlink and this package entry in `pyproject.toml`:
+
+```toml
+[tool.setuptools.package-dir]
+# ...
+"executorch" = "src/executorch"
+```
+We are telling `pip install -e .` to treat `src/executorch` as the root of the `executorch` package and hence mapping `executorch.*.*` to `src/executorch/*/*`. This effectively gets modules like `exir` out from the root level package.
+
+This allows us to perform `pip install -e .` successfully and enables the execution of the following command:
+
+```bash
+python -c "from executorch.exir import CaptureConfig"
+```
+
+## Long Term Solution
+
+We should start to move directories from <executorch root>/ to <executorch root>/src/ and remove the symlinks. Issue [#8699](https://github.com/pytorch/executorch/issues/8699) to track this effort. This will require a lot of work internally.
+
+TODO(mnachin T180504136): Do not put examples/models into core pip packages. Refactor out the necessary utils or core models files into a separate package.
diff --git a/src/executorch/backends b/src/executorch/backends
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..fc7aa6622a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/executorch/backends
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../backends
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/executorch/codegen b/src/executorch/codegen
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..a87ec5b1201
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/executorch/codegen
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../codegen
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/executorch/data b/src/executorch/data
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..e67b4559091
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/executorch/data
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../data
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/executorch/devtools b/src/executorch/devtools
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..121e39d8d10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/executorch/devtools
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../devtools
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/executorch/examples/apple b/src/executorch/examples/apple
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..2b2c3df1898
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/executorch/examples/apple
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../examples/apple
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/executorch/examples/llm_pte_finetuning b/src/executorch/examples/llm_pte_finetuning
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..f5fb4659860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/executorch/examples/llm_pte_finetuning
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../examples/llm_pte_finetuning
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/executorch/examples/models b/src/executorch/examples/models
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..eec620ef37c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/executorch/examples/models
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../examples/models
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/executorch/exir b/src/executorch/exir
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..6ad8bdf218e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/executorch/exir
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../exir
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/executorch/extension b/src/executorch/extension
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..d7e7128aa2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/executorch/extension
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../extension
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/executorch/kernels/quantized b/src/executorch/kernels/quantized
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..1d046e7ac56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/executorch/kernels/quantized
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../kernels/quantized
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/executorch/runtime b/src/executorch/runtime
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..a4f074e95d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/executorch/runtime
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../runtime
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/executorch/schema b/src/executorch/schema
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..56c062f725d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/executorch/schema
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../schema
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/executorch/util b/src/executorch/util
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..8b27964e55f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/executorch/util
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../util
\ No newline at end of file