diff --git a/lib/Find/Lib.pm b/lib/Find/Lib.pm
index bea66bf..cd05ba5 100644
--- a/lib/Find/Lib.pm
+++ b/lib/Find/Lib.pm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 use lib;
 
-use File::Spec::Functions qw( catpath splitpath rel2abs catdir splitdir );
+use File::Spec::Functions qw( catpath splitpath rel2abs splitdir );
 use vars qw/$Base $VERSION @base/;
 use vars qw/$Script/; # compat
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ sub guess_shell_path {
     ## a clean base is also important for the pop business below
     #@base = grep { $_ && $_ ne '.' } shell_resolve(\@base, \@zero);
     @base = shell_resolve(\@base, \@zero);
-    return catpath( $volume, (catdir @base), '' );
+    return catpath( $volume, (File::Spec->catdir( @base )), '' );
 }
 
 ## naive method, but really DWIM from a developer perspective
@@ -184,24 +184,47 @@ sub import {
             lib->import($_);
             next;
         }
-        my $dir = catdir( shell_resolve( [ @base ], \@lib ) );
+        my $dir = File::Spec->catdir( shell_resolve( [ @base ], \@lib ) );
         unless (-d $dir) {
             ## Try the old way (<0.03)
-            $dir = catdir($Base, $_);
+            $dir = File::Spec->catdir($Base, $_);
         }
         next unless -d $dir;
         lib->import( $dir );
     }
 }
 
+=head2 base
+
+Returns the detected base (the directory where the script lives in). It's a
+string, and is the same as C<$Find::Lib::Base>.
+
+=cut
+
+sub base { return $Base }
+
 =head2 catfile
 
 A shorcut to L<File::Spec::catfile> using B<Find::Lib>'s base.
 
+=cut
+
+sub catfile {
+    my $class = shift;
+    return File::Spec->catfile($Base, @_);
+}
+
 =head2 catdir
 
 A shorcut to L<File::Spec::catdir> using B<Find::Lib>'s base.
 
+=cut
+
+sub catdir {
+    my $class = shift;
+    return File::Spec->catdir($Base, @_);
+}
+
 =head1 BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY
 
 in versions <1.0 of Find::Lib, the import arguments allowed you to specify
diff --git a/t/01-basic.t b/t/01-basic.t
index 83be694..ecfe7f3 100644
--- a/t/01-basic.t
+++ b/t/01-basic.t
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use Test::More tests => 8;
 
 require 't/testutils.pl';
 
-use File::Spec qw(catfile catdir);
+use File::Spec;
 use Find::Lib 'mylib';
 use_ok 'MyLib';
 
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ my $base = Find::Lib->base;
 ok $base, 'base() returns the directory of your script';
 is $base, $Find::Lib::Base, "It's accessible from outside";
 
-is Find::Lib->catfile('something'), catfile($base, 'something');
-is Find::Lib->catdir('dir'), catdir($base, 'dir');
-is Find::Lib->catdir('..', 'dir'), catdir($base, '..', 'dir');
+is (Find::Lib->catfile('something'), File::Spec->catfile($base, 'something'));
+is (Find::Lib->catdir('dir'), File::Spec->catdir($base, 'dir'));
+is (Find::Lib->catdir('..', 'dir'), File::Spec->catdir($base, '..', 'dir'));