diff --git a/lib/path.js b/lib/path.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7bfa7e967
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/path.js
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+
+exports.join = function () {
+  return exports.normalize(Array.prototype.join.call(arguments, "/"));
+};
+
+exports.normalizeArray = function (parts, keepBlanks) {
+  var directories = [], prev;
+  for (var i = 0, l = parts.length - 1; i <= l; i++) {
+    var directory = parts[i];
+
+    // if it's blank, but it's not the first thing, and not the last thing, skip it.
+    if (directory === "" && i !== 0 && i !== l && !keepBlanks) continue;
+
+    // if it's a dot, and there was some previous dir already, then skip it.
+    if (directory === "." && prev !== undefined) continue;
+
+    if (
+      directory === ".."
+      && directories.length
+      && prev !== ".."
+      && prev !== "."
+      && prev !== undefined
+      && (prev !== "" || keepBlanks)
+    ) {
+      directories.pop();
+      prev = directories.slice(-1)[0]
+    } else {
+      if (prev === ".") directories.pop();
+      directories.push(directory);
+      prev = directory;
+    }
+  }
+  return directories;
+};
+
+exports.normalize = function (path, keepBlanks) {
+  return exports.normalizeArray(path.split("/"), keepBlanks).join("/");
+};
+
+exports.dirname = function (path) {
+  return path && path.substr(0, path.lastIndexOf("/")) || ".";
+};
+
+exports.filename = function () {
+  throw new Error("path.filename is deprecated. Please use path.basename instead.");
+};
+exports.basename = function (path, ext) {
+  var f = path.substr(path.lastIndexOf("/") + 1);
+  if (ext && f.substr(-1 * ext.length) === ext) {
+    f = f.substr(0, f.length - ext.length);
+  }
+  return f;
+};
+
+exports.extname = function (path) {
+  var index = path.lastIndexOf('.');
+  return index < 0 ? '' : path.substring(index);
+};
+
+exports.exists = function (path, callback) {
+  process.binding('fs').stat(path, function (err, stats) {
+    if (callback) callback(err ? false : true);
+  });
+};
diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index a184c93281..9daf50c7c3 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -1308,6 +1308,7 @@ static Handle<Value> Binding(const Arguments& args) {
       exports->Set(String::New("url"),          String::New(native_url));
       exports->Set(String::New("utils"),        String::New(native_utils));
       exports->Set(String::New("events"),       String::New(native_events));
+      exports->Set(String::New("path"),         String::New(native_path));
       binding_cache->Set(module, exports);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/node.js b/src/node.js
index 7c6b11b7e3..f2b4854815 100644
--- a/src/node.js
+++ b/src/node.js
@@ -196,72 +196,13 @@ function debug (x) {
   }
 }
 
-
-var pathModule = createInternalModule("path", function (exports) {
-  exports.join = function () {
-    return exports.normalize(Array.prototype.join.call(arguments, "/"));
-  };
-
-  exports.normalizeArray = function (parts, keepBlanks) {
-    var directories = [], prev;
-    for (var i = 0, l = parts.length - 1; i <= l; i++) {
-      var directory = parts[i];
-
-      // if it's blank, but it's not the first thing, and not the last thing, skip it.
-      if (directory === "" && i !== 0 && i !== l && !keepBlanks) continue;
-
-      // if it's a dot, and there was some previous dir already, then skip it.
-      if (directory === "." && prev !== undefined) continue;
-
-      if (
-        directory === ".."
-        && directories.length
-        && prev !== ".."
-        && prev !== "."
-        && prev !== undefined
-        && (prev !== "" || keepBlanks)
-      ) {
-        directories.pop();
-        prev = directories.slice(-1)[0]
-      } else {
-        if (prev === ".") directories.pop();
-        directories.push(directory);
-        prev = directory;
-      }
-    }
-    return directories;
-  };
-
-  exports.normalize = function (path, keepBlanks) {
-    return exports.normalizeArray(path.split("/"), keepBlanks).join("/");
-  };
-
-  exports.dirname = function (path) {
-    return path.substr(0, path.lastIndexOf("/")) || ".";
-  };
-
-  exports.filename = function () {
-    throw new Error("path.filename is deprecated. Please use path.basename instead.");
-  };
-  exports.basename = function (path, ext) {
-    var f = path.substr(path.lastIndexOf("/") + 1);
-    if (ext && f.substr(-1 * ext.length) === ext) {
-      f = f.substr(0, f.length - ext.length);
-    }
-    return f;
-  };
-
-  exports.extname = function (path) {
-    var index = path.lastIndexOf('.');
-    return index < 0 ? '' : path.substring(index);
-  };
-
-  exports.exists = function (path, callback) {
-    requireNative('fs').stat(path, function (err, stats) {
-      if (callback) callback(err ? false : true);
-    });
-  };
-});
+var pathModule = createInternalModule
+  ( 'path'
+  , process.compile
+    ( "(function (exports) {" + natives.path + "})"
+    , "path"
+    )
+  );
 
 var path = pathModule.exports;