diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 44db9e9..e06322e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ add_executable(alltests
 	test/test_authenticators.cc
 	test/test_string.cc
 	test/test_slist.cc
+	test/test_path.cc
 )
 
 target_link_libraries(alltests PUBLIC webfuse-adapter-static webfuse-provider-static webfuse-core ${EXTRA_LIBS} ${GMOCK_LIBRARIES} ${GTEST_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/lib/webfuse/core/path.c b/lib/webfuse/core/path.c
index 609b3c7..464e22d 100644
--- a/lib/webfuse/core/path.c
+++ b/lib/webfuse/core/path.c
@@ -1,17 +1,82 @@
 #include "webfuse/core/path.h"
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#define WF_PATH_DEFAULT_CAPACITY (8)
+
+struct wf_path
+{
+    char * * elements;
+    size_t count;
+    size_t capacity;
+};
+
+static void 
+wf_path_add(
+    struct wf_path * path,
+    char const * element,
+    size_t element_size)
+{
+    if (0 < element_size)
+    {
+        if (path->count >= path->capacity)
+        {
+            size_t new_capacity = 2 * path->capacity;
+            size_t new_size = sizeof(char*) * new_capacity;
+
+            char * * elements = realloc(path->elements, new_size);
+            if (NULL != elements)
+            {
+                path->elements = elements;
+                path->capacity = new_capacity;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (path->count < path->capacity)
+        {
+            path->elements[path->count] = strndup(element, element_size);
+            path->count++;
+        }
+    }
+}
 
 struct wf_path *
 wf_path_create(
     char const * value)
 {
-    (void) value;
-    return NULL;
+    struct wf_path * path = malloc(sizeof(struct wf_path));
+    if (NULL != path)
+    {
+        path->elements = malloc(sizeof(char*) * WF_PATH_DEFAULT_CAPACITY);
+        path->capacity = WF_PATH_DEFAULT_CAPACITY;
+        path->count = 0;
+
+        char const * remainder = value;
+        char const * pos = strchr(remainder, '/');
+        while (NULL != pos)
+        {
+            wf_path_add(path, remainder, (pos - remainder));
+            remainder = pos + 1;
+            pos = strchr(remainder, '/');
+        }
+
+        wf_path_add(path, remainder, strlen(remainder));
+    }
+
+    return path;
 }
 
 void
 wf_path_dispose(
     struct wf_path * path)
 {
+    for(size_t i = 0; i < path->count; i++)
+    {
+        free(path->elements[i]);
+    }
+
+    free(path->elements);
+    free(path);
     (void) path;
 }
 
@@ -19,8 +84,7 @@ size_t
 wf_path_element_count(
     struct wf_path * path)
 {
-    (void) path;
-    return 0;
+    return path->count;
 }
 
 char const *
@@ -28,7 +92,11 @@ wf_path_get_element(
     struct wf_path * path,
     size_t i)
 {  
-    (void) path;
-    (void) i;
-    return NULL;
+    char const * result = NULL;
+    if (i < path->count)
+    {
+        result = path->elements[i];
+    }
+
+    return result;
 }
diff --git a/test/test_path.cc b/test/test_path.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93783ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_path.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include "webfuse/core/path.h"
+
+TEST(wf_path, empty)
+{
+    struct wf_path * path = wf_path_create("");
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, wf_path_element_count(path));
+    ASSERT_EQ(nullptr, wf_path_get_element(path, 0));
+
+    wf_path_dispose(path);
+}
+
+TEST(wf_path, relative_file)
+{
+    struct wf_path * path = wf_path_create("some.file");
+    ASSERT_EQ(1, wf_path_element_count(path));
+    ASSERT_STREQ("some.file", wf_path_get_element(path, 0));
+
+    wf_path_dispose(path);
+}
+
+TEST(wf_path, absolute_file)
+{
+    struct wf_path * path = wf_path_create("/absolute.file");
+    ASSERT_EQ(1, wf_path_element_count(path));
+    ASSERT_STREQ("absolute.file", wf_path_get_element(path, 0));
+
+    wf_path_dispose(path);
+}
+
+TEST(wf_path, nested_path)
+{
+    struct wf_path * path = wf_path_create("/a/nested/path");
+    ASSERT_EQ(3, wf_path_element_count(path));
+    ASSERT_STREQ("a", wf_path_get_element(path, 0));
+    ASSERT_STREQ("nested", wf_path_get_element(path, 1));
+    ASSERT_STREQ("path", wf_path_get_element(path, 2));
+
+    wf_path_dispose(path);
+}
+
+TEST(wf_path, deep_nested_path)
+{
+    struct wf_path * path = wf_path_create("/this/is/a/very/deep/nested/path/to/some/file");
+    ASSERT_EQ(10, wf_path_element_count(path));
+    ASSERT_STREQ("this", wf_path_get_element(path, 0));
+    ASSERT_STREQ("is", wf_path_get_element(path, 1));
+    ASSERT_STREQ("a", wf_path_get_element(path, 2));
+    ASSERT_STREQ("very", wf_path_get_element(path, 3));
+    ASSERT_STREQ("deep", wf_path_get_element(path, 4));
+    ASSERT_STREQ("nested", wf_path_get_element(path, 5));
+    ASSERT_STREQ("path", wf_path_get_element(path, 6));
+    ASSERT_STREQ("to", wf_path_get_element(path, 7));
+    ASSERT_STREQ("some", wf_path_get_element(path, 8));
+    ASSERT_STREQ("file", wf_path_get_element(path, 9));
+
+    wf_path_dispose(path);
+}
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