diff --git a/bin/phpcr b/bin/phpcr
index 2a5db2e..8dc44a4 100755
--- a/bin/phpcr
+++ b/bin/phpcr
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ $cli->addCommands(array(
     new \PHPCR\Util\Console\Command\PurgeCommand(),
     new \PHPCR\Util\Console\Command\RegisterNodeTypesCommand(),
     new \PHPCR\Util\Console\Command\QueryCommand(),
+    new \PHPCR\Util\Console\Command\MoveCommand(),
 ));
 $cli->run();
 
diff --git a/src/PHPCR/Util/Console/Command/MoveCommand.php b/src/PHPCR/Util/Console/Command/MoveCommand.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca77948
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PHPCR/Util/Console/Command/MoveCommand.php
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of the PHPCR Utils
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * @license http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Apache Software License 2.0
+ * @link http://phpcr.github.com/
+ */
+
+namespace PHPCR\Util\Console\Command;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Command to move a node from one path to another
+ *
+ * @author Daniel Leech <daniel@dantleech.com>
+ */
+class MoveCommand extends Command
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    protected function configure()
+    {
+        $this
+            ->setName('phpcr:move')
+            ->addArgument('source', InputArgument::REQUIRED, 'Path of node to move')
+            ->addArgument('destination', InputArgument::REQUIRED, 'Destination for node')
+            ->setDescription('Moves a node from one path to another')
+            ->setHelp(<<<EOF
+This command simply moves a node from one path (the source path) 
+to another (the destination path), it can also be considered
+as a rename command.
+
+    $ php bin/phpcr phpcr:move /foobar /barfoo
+
+Note that the parent node of the destination path must already exist.
+EOF
+            )
+        ;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
+    {
+        $session = $this->getHelper('phpcr')->getSession();
+
+        $sourcePath = $input->getArgument('source');
+        $destPath = $input->getArgument('destination');
+
+        $output->writeln(sprintf(
+            '<info>Moving </info>%s<info> to </info>%s',
+            $sourcePath, $destPath
+        ));
+
+        $session->move($sourcePath, $destPath);
+        $session->save();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/PHPCR/Util/PathHelper.php b/src/PHPCR/Util/PathHelper.php
index 71473ef..63c34f2 100644
--- a/src/PHPCR/Util/PathHelper.php
+++ b/src/PHPCR/Util/PathHelper.php
@@ -140,10 +140,14 @@ public static function assertValidLocalName($name, $throw = true)
      */
     public static function normalizePath($path, $destination = false, $throw = true)
     {
-        if (! is_string($path) || strlen($path) === 0) {
+        if (!is_string($path)) {
             throw new RepositoryException('Expected string but got ' . gettype($path));
         }
 
+        if (strlen($path) === 0) {
+            throw new RepositoryException('Path must not be of zero length');
+        }
+
         if ('/' === $path) {
 
             return '/';