diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..286c5fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+pkg/ is a collection of utility packages started by the Docker project without being specific to its internals.
+
+Utility packages are kept separate from the docker core codebase to keep it as small and concise as possible.
+If some utilities grow larger and their APIs stabilize, they may be moved to their own repository under the
+Docker organization, to facilitate re-use by other projects. However that is not the priority.
+
+The `pkg` name is after the same directory in the camlistore project. Since Brad is a core
+Go maintainer, we thought it made sense to copy his methods for organizing Go code :) Thanks Brad!
+
+Because utility packages are small and neatly separated from the rest of the codebase, they are a good
+place to start for aspiring maintainers and contributors. Get in touch if you want to help maintain them!
diff --git a/archive/archive.go b/archive/archive.go
index 1b78830..4fca939 100644
--- a/archive/archive.go
+++ b/archive/archive.go
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/fileutils"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/idtools"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/ioutils"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/pools"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/promise"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/system"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/fileutils"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/idtools"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/ioutils"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/pools"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/promise"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/system"
 )
 
 type (
diff --git a/archive/archive_linux.go b/archive/archive_linux.go
index e944ca2..487e4c2 100644
--- a/archive/archive_linux.go
+++ b/archive/archive_linux.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/system"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/system"
 )
 
 func getWhiteoutConverter(format WhiteoutFormat) tarWhiteoutConverter {
diff --git a/archive/archive_unix.go b/archive/archive_unix.go
index 19d731f..05cbfe6 100644
--- a/archive/archive_unix.go
+++ b/archive/archive_unix.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"syscall"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/system"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/system"
 )
 
 // fixVolumePathPrefix does platform specific processing to ensure that if
diff --git a/archive/archive_unix_test.go b/archive/archive_unix_test.go
index 4bf0ae2..eee1680 100644
--- a/archive/archive_unix_test.go
+++ b/archive/archive_unix_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/system"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/system"
 )
 
 func TestCanonicalTarNameForPath(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/archive/archive_windows.go b/archive/archive_windows.go
index 828d3b9..71495fa 100644
--- a/archive/archive_windows.go
+++ b/archive/archive_windows.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/longpath"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/longpath"
 )
 
 // fixVolumePathPrefix does platform specific processing to ensure that if
diff --git a/archive/changes.go b/archive/changes.go
index 234b0a6..3d12b03 100644
--- a/archive/changes.go
+++ b/archive/changes.go
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/idtools"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/pools"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/system"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/idtools"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/pools"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/system"
 )
 
 // ChangeType represents the change type.
diff --git a/archive/changes_linux.go b/archive/changes_linux.go
index 798d7bf..169f4dc 100644
--- a/archive/changes_linux.go
+++ b/archive/changes_linux.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"unsafe"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/system"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/system"
 )
 
 // walker is used to implement collectFileInfoForChanges on linux. Where this
diff --git a/archive/changes_other.go b/archive/changes_other.go
index e1d1e7a..f25e8b4 100644
--- a/archive/changes_other.go
+++ b/archive/changes_other.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/system"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/system"
 )
 
 func collectFileInfoForChanges(oldDir, newDir string) (*FileInfo, *FileInfo, error) {
diff --git a/archive/changes_test.go b/archive/changes_test.go
index f19c9fd..7d45ace 100644
--- a/archive/changes_test.go
+++ b/archive/changes_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/system"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/system"
 )
 
 func max(x, y int) int {
diff --git a/archive/changes_unix.go b/archive/changes_unix.go
index 43dd94e..bf4c664 100644
--- a/archive/changes_unix.go
+++ b/archive/changes_unix.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"syscall"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/system"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/system"
 )
 
 func statDifferent(oldStat *system.StatT, newStat *system.StatT) bool {
diff --git a/archive/changes_windows.go b/archive/changes_windows.go
index 06eadd6..b8cab3e 100644
--- a/archive/changes_windows.go
+++ b/archive/changes_windows.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package archive
 import (
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/system"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/system"
 )
 
 func statDifferent(oldStat *system.StatT, newStat *system.StatT) bool {
diff --git a/archive/copy.go b/archive/copy.go
index 05c243d..488d0a1 100644
--- a/archive/copy.go
+++ b/archive/copy.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/system"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/system"
 )
 
 // Errors used or returned by this file.
diff --git a/archive/diff.go b/archive/diff.go
index c8d09d3..a53c229 100644
--- a/archive/diff.go
+++ b/archive/diff.go
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/idtools"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/pools"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/system"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/idtools"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/pools"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/system"
 )
 
 // UnpackLayer unpack `layer` to a `dest`. The stream `layer` can be
diff --git a/archive/diff_test.go b/archive/diff_test.go
index b6f654b..f76511f 100644
--- a/archive/diff_test.go
+++ b/archive/diff_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/ioutils"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/ioutils"
 )
 
 func TestApplyLayerInvalidFilenames(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/archive/example_changes.go b/archive/example_changes.go
index 549f07f..e4f2024 100644
--- a/archive/example_changes.go
+++ b/archive/example_changes.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"path"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/archive"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/archive"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/chrootarchive/archive.go b/chrootarchive/archive.go
index 649575c..db9aa5e 100644
--- a/chrootarchive/archive.go
+++ b/chrootarchive/archive.go
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/archive"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/idtools"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/archive"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/idtools"
 )
 
 var chrootArchiver = &archive.Archiver{Untar: Untar}
diff --git a/chrootarchive/archive_test.go b/chrootarchive/archive_test.go
index 4a9b011..d7ea1d6 100644
--- a/chrootarchive/archive_test.go
+++ b/chrootarchive/archive_test.go
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/archive"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/reexec"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/system"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/archive"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/reexec"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/system"
 )
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/chrootarchive/archive_unix.go b/chrootarchive/archive_unix.go
index e04ed78..43a6c89 100644
--- a/chrootarchive/archive_unix.go
+++ b/chrootarchive/archive_unix.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/archive"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/reexec"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/archive"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/reexec"
 )
 
 // untar is the entry-point for storage-untar on re-exec. This is not used on
diff --git a/chrootarchive/archive_windows.go b/chrootarchive/archive_windows.go
index 93fde42..9662d25 100644
--- a/chrootarchive/archive_windows.go
+++ b/chrootarchive/archive_windows.go
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ package chrootarchive
 import (
 	"io"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/archive"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/longpath"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/archive"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/longpath"
 )
 
 // chroot is not supported by Windows
diff --git a/chrootarchive/chroot_linux.go b/chrootarchive/chroot_linux.go
index 54b5ff4..d3e7c45 100644
--- a/chrootarchive/chroot_linux.go
+++ b/chrootarchive/chroot_linux.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"syscall"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/mount"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/mount"
 )
 
 // chroot on linux uses pivot_root instead of chroot
diff --git a/chrootarchive/diff.go b/chrootarchive/diff.go
index 377aeb9..0c3e1da 100644
--- a/chrootarchive/diff.go
+++ b/chrootarchive/diff.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package chrootarchive
 
-import "github.com/containers/storage/pkg/archive"
+import "github.com/containers/pkg/archive"
 
 // ApplyLayer parses a diff in the standard layer format from `layer`,
 // and applies it to the directory `dest`. The stream `layer` can only be
diff --git a/chrootarchive/diff_unix.go b/chrootarchive/diff_unix.go
index 3a9f9a8..7c79c8d 100644
--- a/chrootarchive/diff_unix.go
+++ b/chrootarchive/diff_unix.go
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/archive"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/reexec"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/system"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/archive"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/reexec"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/system"
 )
 
 type applyLayerResponse struct {
diff --git a/chrootarchive/diff_windows.go b/chrootarchive/diff_windows.go
index 534d270..5a1a340 100644
--- a/chrootarchive/diff_windows.go
+++ b/chrootarchive/diff_windows.go
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/archive"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/longpath"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/archive"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/longpath"
 )
 
 // applyLayerHandler parses a diff in the standard layer format from `layer`, and
diff --git a/chrootarchive/init_unix.go b/chrootarchive/init_unix.go
index 21cd879..e5e8532 100644
--- a/chrootarchive/init_unix.go
+++ b/chrootarchive/init_unix.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/reexec"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/reexec"
 )
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/idtools/idtools_unix.go b/idtools/idtools_unix.go
index b2cfb05..0289f91 100644
--- a/idtools/idtools_unix.go
+++ b/idtools/idtools_unix.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/system"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/system"
 )
 
 func mkdirAs(path string, mode os.FileMode, ownerUID, ownerGID int, mkAll, chownExisting bool) error {
diff --git a/idtools/idtools_windows.go b/idtools/idtools_windows.go
index 0cad173..6e58e9e 100644
--- a/idtools/idtools_windows.go
+++ b/idtools/idtools_windows.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ package idtools
 import (
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/system"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/system"
 )
 
 // Platforms such as Windows do not support the UID/GID concept. So make this
diff --git a/integration/utils.go b/integration/utils.go
index 806d611..0604e65 100644
--- a/integration/utils.go
+++ b/integration/utils.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/stringutils"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/stringutils"
 )
 
 // GetExitCode returns the ExitStatus of the specified error if its type is
diff --git a/ioutils/temp_windows.go b/ioutils/temp_windows.go
index c719c12..611ff77 100644
--- a/ioutils/temp_windows.go
+++ b/ioutils/temp_windows.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ package ioutils
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/longpath"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/longpath"
 )
 
 // TempDir is the equivalent of ioutil.TempDir, except that the result is in Windows longpath format.
diff --git a/mflag/example/example.go b/mflag/example/example.go
index 0911d09..384a1ca 100644
--- a/mflag/example/example.go
+++ b/mflag/example/example.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	flag "github.com/containers/storage/pkg/mflag"
+	flag "github.com/containers/pkg/mflag"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/mflag/flag.go b/mflag/flag.go
index e4ce141..2f8ad5d 100644
--- a/mflag/flag.go
+++ b/mflag/flag.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 //	Define flags using flag.String(), Bool(), Int(), etc.
 //
 //	This declares an integer flag, -f or --flagname, stored in the pointer ip, with type *int.
-//		import "flag /github.com/containers/storage/pkg/mflag"
+//		import "flag /github.com/containers/pkg/mflag"
 //		var ip = flag.Int([]string{"f", "-flagname"}, 1234, "help message for flagname")
 //	If you like, you can bind the flag to a variable using the Var() functions.
 //		var flagvar int
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ import (
 	"text/tabwriter"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/homedir"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/homedir"
 )
 
 // ErrHelp is the error returned if the flag -help is invoked but no such flag is defined.
diff --git a/plugins/client.go b/plugins/client.go
index a8865a0..cc89c12 100644
--- a/plugins/client.go
+++ b/plugins/client.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/plugins/transport"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/plugins/transport"
 	"github.com/docker/go-connections/sockets"
 	"github.com/docker/go-connections/tlsconfig"
 )
diff --git a/plugins/client_test.go b/plugins/client_test.go
index 56b3d71..e08cb98 100644
--- a/plugins/client_test.go
+++ b/plugins/client_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/plugins/transport"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/plugins/transport"
 	"github.com/docker/go-connections/tlsconfig"
 )
 
diff --git a/plugins/pluginrpc-gen/fixtures/foo.go b/plugins/pluginrpc-gen/fixtures/foo.go
index 642cefe..5a0e03c 100644
--- a/plugins/pluginrpc-gen/fixtures/foo.go
+++ b/plugins/pluginrpc-gen/fixtures/foo.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 
 	aliasedio "io"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/plugins/pluginrpc-gen/fixtures/otherfixture"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/plugins/pluginrpc-gen/fixtures/otherfixture"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/pools/pools.go b/pools/pools.go
index a15e368..bf63183 100644
--- a/pools/pools.go
+++ b/pools/pools.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/ioutils"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/ioutils"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/stringid/stringid.go b/stringid/stringid.go
index 74dfaaa..2ca4587 100644
--- a/stringid/stringid.go
+++ b/stringid/stringid.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/random"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/random"
 )
 
 const shortLen = 12
diff --git a/stringutils/stringutils.go b/stringutils/stringutils.go
index 078ceaf..e9e2ae5 100644
--- a/stringutils/stringutils.go
+++ b/stringutils/stringutils.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"math/rand"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/random"
+	"github.com/containers/pkg/random"
 )
 
 // GenerateRandomAlphaOnlyString generates an alphabetical random string with length n.