diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/svgLib/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/svgLib/__init__.py
index 4f17e7662..b301a3bab 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/svgLib/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/svgLib/__init__.py
@@ -1,58 +1,6 @@
-from __future__ import (
-    print_function, division, absolute_import, unicode_literals)
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
 from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
 
-from fontTools.pens.transformPen import TransformPen
-from .parser import parse_path
+from .path import SVGPath, parse_path
 
-try:
-    from xml.etree import cElementTree as ElementTree  # python 2
-except ImportError:  # pragma nocover
-    from xml.etree import ElementTree  # python 3
-
-
-__all__ = [tostr(s) for s in ("SVGPath", "parse_path")]
-
-
-class SVGPath(object):
-    """ Parse SVG ``path`` elements from a file or string, and draw them
-    onto a glyph object that supports the FontTools Pen protocol.
-
-    For example, reading from an SVG file and drawing to a Defcon Glyph:
-
-        import defcon
-        glyph = defcon.Glyph()
-        pen = glyph.getPen()
-        svg = SVGPath("path/to/a.svg")
-        svg.draw(pen)
-
-    Or reading from a string containing SVG data, using the alternative
-    'fromstring' (a class method):
-
-        data = '<?xml version="1.0" ...'
-        svg = SVGPath.fromstring(data)
-        svg.draw(pen)
-
-    Both constructors can optionally take a 'transform' matrix (6-float
-    tuple, or a FontTools Transform object) to modify the draw output.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, filename=None, transform=None):
-        if filename is None:
-            self.root = ElementTree.ElementTree()
-        else:
-            tree = ElementTree.parse(filename)
-            self.root = tree.getroot()
-        self.transform = transform
-
-    @classmethod
-    def fromstring(cls, data, transform=None):
-        self = cls(transform=transform)
-        self.root = ElementTree.fromstring(data)
-        return self
-
-    def draw(self, pen):
-        if self.transform:
-            pen = TransformPen(pen, self.transform)
-        for el in self.root.findall(".//{http://www.w3.org/2000/svg}path[@d]"):
-            parse_path(el.get("d"), pen)
+__all__ = ["SVGPath", "parse_path"]
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/svgLib/path/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/svgLib/path/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f17e7662
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/svgLib/path/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+from __future__ import (
+    print_function, division, absolute_import, unicode_literals)
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
+
+from fontTools.pens.transformPen import TransformPen
+from .parser import parse_path
+
+try:
+    from xml.etree import cElementTree as ElementTree  # python 2
+except ImportError:  # pragma nocover
+    from xml.etree import ElementTree  # python 3
+
+
+__all__ = [tostr(s) for s in ("SVGPath", "parse_path")]
+
+
+class SVGPath(object):
+    """ Parse SVG ``path`` elements from a file or string, and draw them
+    onto a glyph object that supports the FontTools Pen protocol.
+
+    For example, reading from an SVG file and drawing to a Defcon Glyph:
+
+        import defcon
+        glyph = defcon.Glyph()
+        pen = glyph.getPen()
+        svg = SVGPath("path/to/a.svg")
+        svg.draw(pen)
+
+    Or reading from a string containing SVG data, using the alternative
+    'fromstring' (a class method):
+
+        data = '<?xml version="1.0" ...'
+        svg = SVGPath.fromstring(data)
+        svg.draw(pen)
+
+    Both constructors can optionally take a 'transform' matrix (6-float
+    tuple, or a FontTools Transform object) to modify the draw output.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, filename=None, transform=None):
+        if filename is None:
+            self.root = ElementTree.ElementTree()
+        else:
+            tree = ElementTree.parse(filename)
+            self.root = tree.getroot()
+        self.transform = transform
+
+    @classmethod
+    def fromstring(cls, data, transform=None):
+        self = cls(transform=transform)
+        self.root = ElementTree.fromstring(data)
+        return self
+
+    def draw(self, pen):
+        if self.transform:
+            pen = TransformPen(pen, self.transform)
+        for el in self.root.findall(".//{http://www.w3.org/2000/svg}path[@d]"):
+            parse_path(el.get("d"), pen)
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/svgLib/parser.py b/Lib/fontTools/svgLib/path/parser.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/fontTools/svgLib/parser.py
rename to Lib/fontTools/svgLib/path/parser.py
diff --git a/Tests/svgLib/__init__.py b/Tests/svgLib/path/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Tests/svgLib/__init__.py
rename to Tests/svgLib/path/__init__.py
diff --git a/Tests/svgLib/parser_test.py b/Tests/svgLib/path/parser_test.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Tests/svgLib/parser_test.py
rename to Tests/svgLib/path/parser_test.py
diff --git a/Tests/svgLib/svgLib_test.py b/Tests/svgLib/path/path_test.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Tests/svgLib/svgLib_test.py
rename to Tests/svgLib/path/path_test.py