diff --git a/api.go b/api.go
index 638e78a713..854198f1f0 100644
--- a/api.go
+++ b/api.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/archive"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/auth"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/utils"
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
@@ -905,7 +906,7 @@ func postBuild(srv *Server, version float64, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Requ
 			return fmt.Errorf("Error trying to use git: %s (%s)", err, output)
 		}
 
-		c, err := Tar(root, Bzip2)
+		c, err := archive.Tar(root, archive.Bzip2)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/archive/MAINTAINERS b/archive/MAINTAINERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e998f8ac1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archive/MAINTAINERS
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Michael Crosby <michael@crosbymichael.com> (@crosbymichael)
diff --git a/archive.go b/archive/archive.go
similarity index 99%
rename from archive.go
rename to archive/archive.go
index bb019fb033..97deb6c7b7 100644
--- a/archive.go
+++ b/archive/archive.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package docker
+package archive
 
 import (
 	"archive/tar"
diff --git a/archive_test.go b/archive/archive_test.go
similarity index 99%
rename from archive_test.go
rename to archive/archive_test.go
index 9a0a8e1b9e..4abb73890a 100644
--- a/archive_test.go
+++ b/archive/archive_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package docker
+package archive
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
diff --git a/buildfile.go b/buildfile.go
index 931395efec..41828f33d2 100644
--- a/buildfile.go
+++ b/buildfile.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package docker
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/archive"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/utils"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -291,17 +292,17 @@ func (b *buildFile) addContext(container *Container, orig, dest string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%s: no such file or directory", orig)
 	}
 	if fi.IsDir() {
-		if err := CopyWithTar(origPath, destPath); err != nil {
+		if err := archive.CopyWithTar(origPath, destPath); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		// First try to unpack the source as an archive
-	} else if err := UntarPath(origPath, destPath); err != nil {
+	} else if err := archive.UntarPath(origPath, destPath); err != nil {
 		utils.Debugf("Couldn't untar %s to %s: %s", origPath, destPath, err)
 		// If that fails, just copy it as a regular file
 		if err := os.MkdirAll(path.Dir(destPath), 0755); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		if err := CopyWithTar(origPath, destPath); err != nil {
+		if err := archive.CopyWithTar(origPath, destPath); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
@@ -473,7 +474,7 @@ func (b *buildFile) Build(context io.Reader) (string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	if err := Untar(context, name); err != nil {
+	if err := archive.Untar(context, name); err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(name)
diff --git a/buildfile_test.go b/buildfile_test.go
index 1af457158a..c504b81aaa 100644
--- a/buildfile_test.go
+++ b/buildfile_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package docker
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/archive"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 // mkTestContext generates a build context from the contents of the provided dockerfile.
 // This context is suitable for use as an argument to BuildFile.Build()
-func mkTestContext(dockerfile string, files [][2]string, t *testing.T) Archive {
+func mkTestContext(dockerfile string, files [][2]string, t *testing.T) archive.Archive {
 	context, err := mkBuildContext(dockerfile, files)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index 0e06f47947..4c9f9aedc2 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/archive"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/auth"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/registry"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/term"
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdInsert(args ...string) error {
 
 // mkBuildContext returns an archive of an empty context with the contents
 // of `dockerfile` at the path ./Dockerfile
-func mkBuildContext(dockerfile string, files [][2]string) (Archive, error) {
+func mkBuildContext(dockerfile string, files [][2]string) (archive.Archive, error) {
 	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	tw := tar.NewWriter(buf)
 	files = append(files, [2]string{"Dockerfile", dockerfile})
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdBuild(args ...string) error {
 	}
 
 	var (
-		context  Archive
+		context  archive.Archive
 		isRemote bool
 		err      error
 	)
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdBuild(args ...string) error {
 		if _, err := os.Stat(cmd.Arg(0)); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		context, err = Tar(cmd.Arg(0), Uncompressed)
+		context, err = archive.Tar(cmd.Arg(0), archive.Uncompressed)
 	}
 	var body io.Reader
 	// Setup an upload progress bar
@@ -1773,7 +1774,7 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdCp(args ...string) error {
 
 	if statusCode == 200 {
 		r := bytes.NewReader(data)
-		if err := Untar(r, copyData.HostPath); err != nil {
+		if err := archive.Untar(r, copyData.HostPath); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/container.go b/container.go
index 9448932674..e67c8f5b0b 100644
--- a/container.go
+++ b/container.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/archive"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/term"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/utils"
 	"github.com/kr/pty"
@@ -817,7 +818,7 @@ func (container *Container) Start(hostConfig *HostConfig) (err error) {
 				}
 				if len(srcList) == 0 {
 					// If the source volume is empty copy files from the root into the volume
-					if err := CopyWithTar(rootVolPath, srcPath); err != nil {
+					if err := archive.CopyWithTar(rootVolPath, srcPath); err != nil {
 						return err
 					}
 
@@ -1337,23 +1338,23 @@ func (container *Container) Resize(h, w int) error {
 	return term.SetWinsize(pty.Fd(), &term.Winsize{Height: uint16(h), Width: uint16(w)})
 }
 
-func (container *Container) ExportRw() (Archive, error) {
-	return Tar(container.rwPath(), Uncompressed)
+func (container *Container) ExportRw() (archive.Archive, error) {
+	return archive.Tar(container.rwPath(), archive.Uncompressed)
 }
 
 func (container *Container) RwChecksum() (string, error) {
-	rwData, err := Tar(container.rwPath(), Xz)
+	rwData, err := archive.Tar(container.rwPath(), archive.Xz)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 	return utils.HashData(rwData)
 }
 
-func (container *Container) Export() (Archive, error) {
+func (container *Container) Export() (archive.Archive, error) {
 	if err := container.EnsureMounted(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return Tar(container.RootfsPath(), Uncompressed)
+	return archive.Tar(container.RootfsPath(), archive.Uncompressed)
 }
 
 func (container *Container) WaitTimeout(timeout time.Duration) error {
@@ -1488,7 +1489,7 @@ func (container *Container) GetSize() (int64, int64) {
 	return sizeRw, sizeRootfs
 }
 
-func (container *Container) Copy(resource string) (Archive, error) {
+func (container *Container) Copy(resource string) (archive.Archive, error) {
 	if err := container.EnsureMounted(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -1506,7 +1507,7 @@ func (container *Container) Copy(resource string) (Archive, error) {
 		filter = []string{path.Base(basePath)}
 		basePath = path.Dir(basePath)
 	}
-	return TarFilter(basePath, Uncompressed, filter)
+	return archive.TarFilter(basePath, archive.Uncompressed, filter)
 }
 
 // Returns true if the container exposes a certain port
diff --git a/graph.go b/graph.go
index d4ce12e67b..f10c8e1bd9 100644
--- a/graph.go
+++ b/graph.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package docker
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/archive"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/utils"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ func (graph *Graph) Get(name string) (*Image, error) {
 }
 
 // Create creates a new image and registers it in the graph.
-func (graph *Graph) Create(layerData Archive, container *Container, comment, author string, config *Config) (*Image, error) {
+func (graph *Graph) Create(layerData archive.Archive, container *Container, comment, author string, config *Config) (*Image, error) {
 	img := &Image{
 		ID:            GenerateID(),
 		Comment:       comment,
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ func (graph *Graph) Create(layerData Archive, container *Container, comment, aut
 
 // Register imports a pre-existing image into the graph.
 // FIXME: pass img as first argument
-func (graph *Graph) Register(jsonData []byte, layerData Archive, img *Image) error {
+func (graph *Graph) Register(jsonData []byte, layerData archive.Archive, img *Image) error {
 	if err := ValidateID(img.ID); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ func (graph *Graph) Register(jsonData []byte, layerData Archive, img *Image) err
 //   The archive is stored on disk and will be automatically deleted as soon as has been read.
 //   If output is not nil, a human-readable progress bar will be written to it.
 //   FIXME: does this belong in Graph? How about MktempFile, let the caller use it for archives?
-func (graph *Graph) TempLayerArchive(id string, compression Compression, sf *utils.StreamFormatter, output io.Writer) (*TempArchive, error) {
+func (graph *Graph) TempLayerArchive(id string, compression archive.Compression, sf *utils.StreamFormatter, output io.Writer) (*archive.TempArchive, error) {
 	image, err := graph.Get(id)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -155,11 +156,11 @@ func (graph *Graph) TempLayerArchive(id string, compression Compression, sf *uti
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	archive, err := image.TarLayer(compression)
+	a, err := image.TarLayer(compression)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return NewTempArchive(utils.ProgressReader(ioutil.NopCloser(archive), 0, output, sf.FormatProgress("", "Buffering to disk", "%v/%v (%v)"), sf, true), tmp.Root)
+	return archive.NewTempArchive(utils.ProgressReader(ioutil.NopCloser(a), 0, output, sf.FormatProgress("", "Buffering to disk", "%v/%v (%v)"), sf, true), tmp.Root)
 }
 
 // Mktemp creates a temporary sub-directory inside the graph's filesystem.
diff --git a/graph_test.go b/graph_test.go
index 471016938d..1102129aba 100644
--- a/graph_test.go
+++ b/graph_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"archive/tar"
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/archive"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/utils"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -301,7 +302,7 @@ func tempGraph(t *testing.T) *Graph {
 	return graph
 }
 
-func testArchive(t *testing.T) Archive {
+func testArchive(t *testing.T) archive.Archive {
 	archive, err := fakeTar()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/image.go b/image.go
index a62724803f..94cccaac67 100644
--- a/image.go
+++ b/image.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/archive"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/utils"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ func LoadImage(root string) (*Image, error) {
 	return img, nil
 }
 
-func StoreImage(img *Image, jsonData []byte, layerData Archive, root string) error {
+func StoreImage(img *Image, jsonData []byte, layerData archive.Archive, root string) error {
 	// Check that root doesn't already exist
 	if _, err := os.Stat(root); err == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Image %s already exists", img.ID)
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ func StoreImage(img *Image, jsonData []byte, layerData Archive, root string) err
 	if layerData != nil {
 		start := time.Now()
 		utils.Debugf("Start untar layer")
-		if err := Untar(layerData, layer); err != nil {
+		if err := archive.Untar(layerData, layer); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		utils.Debugf("Untar time: %vs", time.Now().Sub(start).Seconds())
@@ -162,12 +163,12 @@ func MountAUFS(ro []string, rw string, target string) error {
 }
 
 // TarLayer returns a tar archive of the image's filesystem layer.
-func (image *Image) TarLayer(compression Compression) (Archive, error) {
+func (image *Image) TarLayer(compression archive.Compression) (archive.Archive, error) {
 	layerPath, err := image.layer()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return Tar(layerPath, compression)
+	return archive.Tar(layerPath, compression)
 }
 
 func (image *Image) Mount(root, rw string) error {
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 815ed3fe7c..cdf2751226 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/archive"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/auth"
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/engine"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/gograph"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/registry"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/utils"
-	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/engine"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
@@ -17,14 +18,14 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"os/signal"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
-	"time"
 	"syscall"
-	"os/signal"
+	"time"
 )
 
 func (srv *Server) Close() error {
@@ -92,7 +93,6 @@ func (srv *Server) Daemon() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-
 func (srv *Server) DockerVersion() APIVersion {
 	return APIVersion{
 		Version:   VERSION,
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ func (srv *Server) pushImage(r *registry.Registry, out io.Writer, remote, imgID,
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	layerData, err := srv.runtime.graph.TempLayerArchive(imgID, Uncompressed, sf, out)
+	layerData, err := srv.runtime.graph.TempLayerArchive(imgID, archive.Uncompressed, sf, out)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("Failed to generate layer archive: %s", err)
 	}