diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2a24ac3a..883d5fe0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ install:
 script:
     - export MAJOR_PYTHON_VERSION=`echo $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION | cut -c 1`
     - coverage run --source=toolz $(which nosetests)
-                   --with-doctest
+                   --with-doctest toolz/
     - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION != pypy* ]]; then coverage report --show-missing --fail-under=100 ; fi
     - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION != pypy* ]]; then pep8 --ignore=$PEP8_IGNORE --exclude=conf.py,tests,examples,bench -r --show-source . ; fi
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a1d004f1..0560e67b 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
       keywords='functional utility itertools functools',
       packages=['toolz',
                 'toolz.sandbox',
-                'toolz.curried'],
+                'toolz.curried',
+                'tlz'],
       package_data={'toolz': ['tests/*.py']},
       long_description=(open('README.rst').read() if exists('README.rst')
                         else ''),
diff --git a/tlz/__init__.py b/tlz/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c9c84af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tlz/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+"""``tlz`` mirrors the ``toolz`` API and uses ``cytoolz`` if possible.
+
+The ``tlz`` package is installed when ``toolz`` is installed.  It provides
+a convenient way to use functions from ``cytoolz``--a faster Cython
+implementation of ``toolz``--if it is installed, otherwise it uses
+functions from ``toolz``.
+"""
+
+from . import _build_tlz
diff --git a/tlz/_build_tlz.py b/tlz/_build_tlz.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34eac604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tlz/_build_tlz.py
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import sys
+import types
+import toolz
+from toolz.compatibility import import_module
+
+
+class TlzLoader(object):
+    """ Finds and loads ``tlz`` modules when added to sys.meta_path"""
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.always_from_toolz = set([
+            toolz.pipe,
+        ])
+
+    def _load_toolz(self, fullname):
+        rv = {}
+        package, dot, submodules = fullname.partition('.')
+        try:
+            module_name = ''.join(['cytoolz', dot, submodules])
+            rv['cytoolz'] = import_module(module_name)
+        except ImportError:
+            pass
+        try:
+            module_name = ''.join(['toolz', dot, submodules])
+            rv['toolz'] = import_module(module_name)
+        except ImportError:
+            pass
+        if not rv:
+            raise ImportError(fullname)
+        return rv
+
+    def find_module(self, fullname, path=None):  # pragma: py3 no cover
+        package, dot, submodules = fullname.partition('.')
+        if package == 'tlz':
+            return self
+
+    def load_module(self, fullname):  # pragma: py3 no cover
+        if fullname in sys.modules:  # pragma: no cover
+            return sys.modules[fullname]
+        spec = TlzSpec(fullname, self)
+        module = self.create_module(spec)
+        sys.modules[fullname] = module
+        self.exec_module(module)
+        return module
+
+    def find_spec(self, fullname, path, target=None):  # pragma: no cover
+        package, dot, submodules = fullname.partition('.')
+        if package == 'tlz':
+            return TlzSpec(fullname, self)
+
+    def create_module(self, spec):
+        return types.ModuleType(spec.name)
+
+    def exec_module(self, module):
+        toolz_mods = self._load_toolz(module.__name__)
+        fast_mod = toolz_mods.get('cytoolz') or toolz_mods['toolz']
+        slow_mod = toolz_mods.get('toolz') or toolz_mods['cytoolz']
+        module.__dict__.update(toolz.merge(fast_mod.__dict__, module.__dict__))
+        package = fast_mod.__package__
+        if package is not None:
+            package, dot, submodules = package.partition('.')
+            module.__package__ = ''.join(['tlz', dot, submodules])
+        if not module.__doc__:
+            module.__doc__ = fast_mod.__doc__
+
+        # show file from toolz during introspection
+        module.__file__ = slow_mod.__file__
+
+        for k, v in fast_mod.__dict__.items():
+            tv = slow_mod.__dict__.get(k)
+            try:
+                hash(tv)
+            except TypeError:
+                tv = None
+            if tv in self.always_from_toolz:
+                module.__dict__[k] = tv
+            elif (
+                isinstance(v, types.ModuleType)
+                and v.__package__ == fast_mod.__name__
+            ):
+                package, dot, submodules = v.__name__.partition('.')
+                module_name = ''.join(['tlz', dot, submodules])
+                submodule = import_module(module_name)
+                module.__dict__[k] = submodule
+
+
+class TlzSpec(object):
+    def __init__(self, name, loader):
+        self.name = name
+        self.loader = loader
+        self.origin = None
+        self.submodule_search_locations = []
+        self.loader_state = None
+        self.cached = None
+        self.parent = None
+        self.has_location = False
+
+
+tlz_loader = TlzLoader()
+sys.meta_path.append(tlz_loader)
+tlz_loader.exec_module(sys.modules['tlz'])
diff --git a/toolz/tests/test_tlz.py b/toolz/tests/test_tlz.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed2646a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolz/tests/test_tlz.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import toolz
+
+
+def test_tlz():
+    import tlz
+    tlz.curry
+    tlz.functoolz.curry
+    assert tlz.__package__ == 'tlz'
+    assert tlz.__name__ == 'tlz'
+    import tlz.curried
+    assert tlz.curried.__package__ == 'tlz.curried'
+    assert tlz.curried.__name__ == 'tlz.curried'
+    tlz.curried.curry
+    import tlz.curried.operator
+    assert tlz.curried.operator.__package__ in (None, 'tlz.curried')
+    assert tlz.curried.operator.__name__ == 'tlz.curried.operator'
+    assert tlz.functoolz.__name__ == 'tlz.functoolz'
+    m1 = tlz.functoolz
+    import tlz.functoolz as m2
+    assert m1 is m2
+    import tlz.sandbox
+    try:
+        import tlzthisisabadname.curried
+        1/0
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+    try:
+        import tlz.curry
+        1/0
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+    try:
+        import tlz.badsubmodulename
+        1/0
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+
+    assert toolz.__package__ == 'toolz'
+    assert toolz.curried.__package__ == 'toolz.curried'
+    assert toolz.functoolz.__name__ == 'toolz.functoolz'
+    try:
+        import cytoolz
+        assert cytoolz.__package__ == 'cytoolz'
+        assert cytoolz.curried.__package__ == 'cytoolz.curried'
+        assert cytoolz.functoolz.__name__ == 'cytoolz.functoolz'
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+
+    assert tlz.__file__ == toolz.__file__
+    assert tlz.functoolz.__file__ == toolz.functoolz.__file__
+
+    assert tlz.pipe is toolz.pipe
+
+    assert 'tlz' in tlz.__doc__
+    assert tlz.curried.__doc__ is not None