diff --git a/components/engine/integration/iptables_test.go b/components/engine/integration/iptables_test.go
index 060d0fe074..1dd4194350 100644
--- a/components/engine/integration/iptables_test.go
+++ b/components/engine/integration/iptables_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package docker
 
 import (
-	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/iptables"
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/pkg/iptables"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 )
diff --git a/components/engine/links.go b/components/engine/links.go
index 2fe255b4c5..55834b92d2 100644
--- a/components/engine/links.go
+++ b/components/engine/links.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package docker
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/iptables"
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/pkg/iptables"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 )
diff --git a/components/engine/network.go b/components/engine/network.go
index 5ee5c4bee8..f02275d37a 100644
--- a/components/engine/network.go
+++ b/components/engine/network.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/iptables"
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/pkg/iptables"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/pkg/netlink"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/proxy"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/utils"
diff --git a/components/engine/network_test.go b/components/engine/network_test.go
index 184b497938..69fcba01a2 100644
--- a/components/engine/network_test.go
+++ b/components/engine/network_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package docker
 
 import (
-	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/iptables"
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/pkg/iptables"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/proxy"
 	"net"
 	"testing"
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ func NewStubProxy(frontendAddr, backendAddr net.Addr) (proxy.Proxy, error) {
 }
 
 func TestPortMapper(t *testing.T) {
+	// FIXME: is this iptables chain still used anywhere?
 	var chain *iptables.Chain
 	mapper := &PortMapper{
 		tcpMapping:       make(map[string]*net.TCPAddr),
diff --git a/components/engine/iptables/MAINTAINERS b/components/engine/pkg/iptables/MAINTAINERS
similarity index 100%
rename from components/engine/iptables/MAINTAINERS
rename to components/engine/pkg/iptables/MAINTAINERS
diff --git a/components/engine/iptables/iptables.go b/components/engine/pkg/iptables/iptables.go
similarity index 100%
rename from components/engine/iptables/iptables.go
rename to components/engine/pkg/iptables/iptables.go