diff --git a/containerd-shim/main.go b/containerd-shim/main.go
index a7dcbe3..ece4cf7 100644
--- a/containerd-shim/main.go
+++ b/containerd-shim/main.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
-	"github.com/docker/containerd/util"
+	"github.com/docker/containerd/osutils"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/term"
 )
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func main() {
 	signals := make(chan os.Signal, 2048)
 	signal.Notify(signals)
 	// set the shim as the subreaper for all orphaned processes created by the container
-	if err := util.SetSubreaper(1); err != nil {
+	if err := osutils.SetSubreaper(1); err != nil {
 		logrus.WithField("error", err).Fatal("shim: set as subreaper")
 	}
 	// open the exit pipe
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func main() {
 		logrus.WithField("signal", s).Debug("shim: received signal")
 		switch s {
 		case syscall.SIGCHLD:
-			exits, err := util.Reap()
+			exits, err := osutils.Reap()
 			if err != nil {
 				logrus.WithField("error", err).Error("shim: reaping child processes")
 			}
diff --git a/containerd/main.go b/containerd/main.go
index a5a5558..7ffdf3b 100644
--- a/containerd/main.go
+++ b/containerd/main.go
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/containerd"
 	"github.com/docker/containerd/api/grpc/server"
 	"github.com/docker/containerd/api/grpc/types"
+	"github.com/docker/containerd/osutils"
 	"github.com/docker/containerd/supervisor"
-	"github.com/docker/containerd/util"
 	"github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics"
 )
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func processMetrics() {
 		// update number of goroutines
 		g.Update(int64(runtime.NumGoroutine()))
 		// collect the number of open fds
-		fds, err := util.GetOpenFds(os.Getpid())
+		fds, err := osutils.GetOpenFds(os.Getpid())
 		if err != nil {
 			logrus.WithField("error", err).Error("containerd: get open fd count")
 		}
@@ -194,11 +194,11 @@ func daemon(address, stateDir string, concurrency int, oom bool) error {
 func reapProcesses() {
 	s := make(chan os.Signal, 2048)
 	signal.Notify(s, syscall.SIGCHLD)
-	if err := util.SetSubreaper(1); err != nil {
+	if err := osutils.SetSubreaper(1); err != nil {
 		logrus.WithField("error", err).Error("containerd: set subpreaper")
 	}
 	for range s {
-		if _, err := util.Reap(); err != nil {
+		if _, err := osutils.Reap(); err != nil {
 			logrus.WithField("error", err).Error("containerd: reap child processes")
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/util/fds.go b/osutils/fds.go
similarity index 95%
rename from util/fds.go
rename to osutils/fds.go
index 57d490d..98fc930 100644
--- a/util/fds.go
+++ b/osutils/fds.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // +build !windows,!darwin
 
-package util
+package osutils
 
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
diff --git a/util/prctl.go b/osutils/prctl.go
similarity index 98%
rename from util/prctl.go
rename to osutils/prctl.go
index 1c782e8..eeb3da1 100644
--- a/util/prctl.go
+++ b/osutils/prctl.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // +build linux
 
 // http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/prctl.2.html
-package util
+package osutils
 
 import (
 	"syscall"
diff --git a/util/reaper.go b/osutils/reaper.go
similarity index 97%
rename from util/reaper.go
rename to osutils/reaper.go
index 34b4c2f..973e417 100644
--- a/util/reaper.go
+++ b/osutils/reaper.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package util
+package osutils
 
 import (
 	"syscall"