diff --git a/archive/issues_test.go b/archive/issues_test.go
index af2418d275df..9d54c7cad6a7 100644
--- a/archive/issues_test.go
+++ b/archive/issues_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/archive/compression"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/testutil"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/testutil"
 )
 
 // TestPrefixHeaderReadable tests that files that could be created with the
diff --git a/client_test.go b/client_test.go
index 842b1a47524a..e726a54a7f69 100644
--- a/client_test.go
+++ b/client_test.go
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/images"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/log"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/namespaces"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/testutil"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/platforms"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/sys"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/testutil"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
diff --git a/content/local/store_test.go b/content/local/store_test.go
index b9ed2e270c94..c78e64cc0b9e 100644
--- a/content/local/store_test.go
+++ b/content/local/store_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/content"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/content/testsuite"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/testutil"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/testutil"
 	"github.com/gotestyourself/gotestyourself/assert"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 )
diff --git a/content/testsuite/testsuite.go b/content/testsuite/testsuite.go
index 65865d451302..86bdde6b2b7c 100644
--- a/content/testsuite/testsuite.go
+++ b/content/testsuite/testsuite.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/content"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/testutil"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/testutil"
 	"github.com/gotestyourself/gotestyourself/assert"
 	digest "github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
diff --git a/daemon_config_linux_test.go b/daemon_config_linux_test.go
index cbb6454a0231..d3241f990b36 100644
--- a/daemon_config_linux_test.go
+++ b/daemon_config_linux_test.go
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/oci"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/testutil"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/server"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/testutil"
 )
 
 // the following nolint is for shutting up gometalinter on non-linux.
diff --git a/metadata/snapshot_test.go b/metadata/snapshot_test.go
index e7bedbd5537a..f464acd10bbc 100644
--- a/metadata/snapshot_test.go
+++ b/metadata/snapshot_test.go
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/boltdb/bolt"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/testutil"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/snapshots"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/snapshots/native"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/snapshots/testsuite"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/testutil"
 )
 
 func newTestSnapshotter(ctx context.Context, root string) (snapshots.Snapshotter, func() error, error) {
diff --git a/mount/lookup_test/lookup_linux_test.go b/mount/lookup_test/lookup_linux_test.go
index 7d7db2223713..4a0b5e691d73 100644
--- a/mount/lookup_test/lookup_linux_test.go
+++ b/mount/lookup_test/lookup_linux_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 // FIXME: we can't put this test to the mount package:
 // import cycle not allowed in test
 // package github.com/containerd/containerd/mount (test)
-//         imports github.com/containerd/containerd/testutil
+//         imports github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/testutil
 //         imports github.com/containerd/containerd/mount
 //
 // NOTE: we can't have this as lookup_test (compilation fails)
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/mount"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/testutil"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/testutil"
 	"github.com/gotestyourself/gotestyourself/assert"
 )
 
diff --git a/testutil/helpers.go b/pkg/testutil/helpers.go
similarity index 100%
rename from testutil/helpers.go
rename to pkg/testutil/helpers.go
diff --git a/testutil/helpers_unix.go b/pkg/testutil/helpers_unix.go
similarity index 100%
rename from testutil/helpers_unix.go
rename to pkg/testutil/helpers_unix.go
diff --git a/testutil/helpers_windows.go b/pkg/testutil/helpers_windows.go
similarity index 100%
rename from testutil/helpers_windows.go
rename to pkg/testutil/helpers_windows.go
diff --git a/testutil/loopback_linux.go b/pkg/testutil/loopback_linux.go
similarity index 100%
rename from testutil/loopback_linux.go
rename to pkg/testutil/loopback_linux.go
diff --git a/testutil/mount_linux.go b/pkg/testutil/mount_linux.go
similarity index 100%
rename from testutil/mount_linux.go
rename to pkg/testutil/mount_linux.go
diff --git a/testutil/mount_other.go b/pkg/testutil/mount_other.go
similarity index 100%
rename from testutil/mount_other.go
rename to pkg/testutil/mount_other.go
diff --git a/snapshots/btrfs/btrfs_test.go b/snapshots/btrfs/btrfs_test.go
index 12374efee05f..02b357bc1021 100644
--- a/snapshots/btrfs/btrfs_test.go
+++ b/snapshots/btrfs/btrfs_test.go
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/mount"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/testutil"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/snapshots"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/snapshots/testsuite"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/testutil"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
diff --git a/snapshots/native/native_test.go b/snapshots/native/native_test.go
index b49072fd1252..79e02637d332 100644
--- a/snapshots/native/native_test.go
+++ b/snapshots/native/native_test.go
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/testutil"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/snapshots"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/snapshots/testsuite"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/testutil"
 )
 
 func newSnapshotter(ctx context.Context, root string) (snapshots.Snapshotter, func() error, error) {
diff --git a/snapshots/overlay/check_test.go b/snapshots/overlay/check_test.go
index 2f83939dcdcc..d394b952295a 100644
--- a/snapshots/overlay/check_test.go
+++ b/snapshots/overlay/check_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/testutil"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/testutil"
 )
 
 func testOverlaySupported(t testing.TB, expected bool, mkfs ...string) {
diff --git a/snapshots/overlay/overlay_test.go b/snapshots/overlay/overlay_test.go
index 67149b15e78b..17f555d55a8b 100644
--- a/snapshots/overlay/overlay_test.go
+++ b/snapshots/overlay/overlay_test.go
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/mount"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/testutil"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/snapshots"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/snapshots/storage"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/snapshots/testsuite"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/testutil"
 )
 
 func newSnapshotter(ctx context.Context, root string) (snapshots.Snapshotter, func() error, error) {
diff --git a/snapshots/storage/bolt_test.go b/snapshots/storage/bolt_test.go
index 3f5768d31689..838f7aa9faff 100644
--- a/snapshots/storage/bolt_test.go
+++ b/snapshots/storage/bolt_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	// Does not require root but flag must be defined for snapshot tests
 
-	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/testutil"
+	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/testutil"
 )
 
 func TestMetastore(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/snapshots/testsuite/testsuite.go b/snapshots/testsuite/testsuite.go
index 65ea93a07f19..2c6f208619b5 100644
--- a/snapshots/testsuite/testsuite.go
+++ b/snapshots/testsuite/testsuite.go
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/errdefs"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/mount"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/namespaces"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/testutil"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/snapshots"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/testutil"
 	"github.com/containerd/continuity/fs/fstest"
 	"github.com/gotestyourself/gotestyourself/assert"
 	is "github.com/gotestyourself/gotestyourself/assert/cmp"