diff --git a/tpl/path/init.go b/tpl/path/init.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ffe71e2ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tpl/path/init.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// Copyright 2018 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package path
+
+import (
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/deps"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/tpl/internal"
+)
+
+const name = "path"
+
+func init() {
+	f := func(d *deps.Deps) *internal.TemplateFuncsNamespace {
+		ctx := New(d)
+
+		ns := &internal.TemplateFuncsNamespace{
+			Name:    name,
+			Context: func(args ...interface{}) interface{} { return ctx },
+		}
+
+		ns.AddMethodMapping(ctx.Split,
+			nil,
+			[][2]string{
+				{`{{ "/my/path/filename.txt" | path.Split }}`, `/my/path/|filename.txt`},
+			},
+		)
+
+		return ns
+
+	}
+	internal.AddTemplateFuncsNamespace(f)
+}
diff --git a/tpl/path/init_test.go b/tpl/path/init_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0aeab358
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tpl/path/init_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// Copyright 2018 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package path
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/deps"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/tpl/internal"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestInit(t *testing.T) {
+	var found bool
+	var ns *internal.TemplateFuncsNamespace
+
+	for _, nsf := range internal.TemplateFuncsNamespaceRegistry {
+		ns = nsf(&deps.Deps{})
+		if ns.Name == name {
+			found = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	require.True(t, found)
+	require.IsType(t, &Namespace{}, ns.Context())
+}
diff --git a/tpl/path/path.go b/tpl/path/path.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa63c0ce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tpl/path/path.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// Copyright 2018 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package path
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	_path "path"
+
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/deps"
+	"github.com/spf13/cast"
+)
+
+// New returns a new instance of the path-namespaced template functions.
+func New(deps *deps.Deps) *Namespace {
+	return &Namespace{
+		deps: deps,
+	}
+}
+
+// Namespace provides template functions for the "os" namespace.
+type Namespace struct {
+	deps *deps.Deps
+}
+
+// DirFile holds the result from path.Split.
+type DirFile struct {
+	Dir  string
+	File string
+}
+
+// Used in test.
+func (df DirFile) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s|%s", df.Dir, df.File)
+}
+
+// Split splits path immediately following the final slash,
+// separating it into a directory and file name component.
+// If there is no slash in path, Split returns an empty dir and
+// file set to path.
+// The returned values have the property that path = dir+file.
+func (ns *Namespace) Split(path interface{}) (DirFile, error) {
+	spath, err := cast.ToStringE(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return DirFile{}, err
+	}
+	dir, file := _path.Split(spath)
+
+	return DirFile{Dir: dir, File: file}, nil
+}
diff --git a/tpl/tplimpl/template_funcs.go b/tpl/tplimpl/template_funcs.go
index 309a7b85f..6ce387aca 100644
--- a/tpl/tplimpl/template_funcs.go
+++ b/tpl/tplimpl/template_funcs.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/gohugoio/hugo/tpl/math"
 	_ "github.com/gohugoio/hugo/tpl/os"
 	_ "github.com/gohugoio/hugo/tpl/partials"
+	_ "github.com/gohugoio/hugo/tpl/path"
 	_ "github.com/gohugoio/hugo/tpl/safe"
 	_ "github.com/gohugoio/hugo/tpl/strings"
 	_ "github.com/gohugoio/hugo/tpl/time"