diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 5b471c79f75eea..234a954cc7662f 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ Doc/c-api/stable.rst          @encukou
 **/*pathlib*                  @barneygale
 
 # zipfile.Path
-**/*zipfile/*_path.py         @jaraco
+**/*zipfile/_path/*           @jaraco
 
 # Argument Clinic
 /Tools/clinic/**              @erlend-aasland @AlexWaygood
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zipfile/_path/__init__.py b/Lib/test/test_zipfile/_path/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zipfile/_functools.py b/Lib/test/test_zipfile/_path/_functools.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/test/test_zipfile/_functools.py
rename to Lib/test/test_zipfile/_path/_functools.py
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zipfile/_itertools.py b/Lib/test/test_zipfile/_path/_itertools.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/test/test_zipfile/_itertools.py
rename to Lib/test/test_zipfile/_path/_itertools.py
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zipfile/_support.py b/Lib/test/test_zipfile/_path/_support.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/test/test_zipfile/_support.py
rename to Lib/test/test_zipfile/_path/_support.py
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zipfile/_test_params.py b/Lib/test/test_zipfile/_path/_test_params.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/test/test_zipfile/_test_params.py
rename to Lib/test/test_zipfile/_path/_test_params.py
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_complexity.py b/Lib/test/test_zipfile/_path/test_complexity.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_complexity.py
rename to Lib/test/test_zipfile/_path/test_complexity.py
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_path.py b/Lib/test/test_zipfile/_path/test_path.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_path.py
rename to Lib/test/test_zipfile/_path/test_path.py
diff --git a/Lib/zipfile/_path.py b/Lib/zipfile/_path/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/zipfile/_path.py
rename to Lib/zipfile/_path/__init__.py
diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index 4b655513f656d7..ddf524ac17d72a 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -2125,7 +2125,7 @@ LIBSUBDIRS=	asyncio \
 		wsgiref \
 		$(XMLLIBSUBDIRS) \
 		xmlrpc \
-		zipfile \
+		zipfile zipfile/_path \
 		zoneinfo \
 		__phello__
 TESTSUBDIRS=	idlelib/idle_test \
@@ -2229,6 +2229,7 @@ TESTSUBDIRS=	idlelib/idle_test \
 		test/test_warnings \
 		test/test_warnings/data \
 		test/test_zipfile \
+		test/test_zipfile/_path \
 		test/test_zoneinfo \
 		test/test_zoneinfo/data \
 		test/tkinterdata \