diff --git a/content/content.go b/content/content.go
index 43ff5b662..770a37b8f 100644
--- a/content/content.go
+++ b/content/content.go
@@ -3,20 +3,11 @@ package content
 import (
 	"context"
 	"io"
-	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 )
 
-var (
-	bufPool = sync.Pool{
-		New: func() interface{} {
-			return make([]byte, 1<<20)
-		},
-	}
-)
-
 type Provider interface {
 	Reader(ctx context.Context, dgst digest.Digest) (io.ReadCloser, error)
 	ReaderAt(ctx context.Context, dgst digest.Digest) (io.ReaderAt, error)
diff --git a/content/locks.go b/content/fs/locks.go
similarity index 97%
rename from content/locks.go
rename to content/fs/locks.go
index c7b1e437a..65d4ad007 100644
--- a/content/locks.go
+++ b/content/fs/locks.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package content
+package fs
 
 import (
 	"sync"
diff --git a/content/readerat.go b/content/fs/readerat.go
similarity index 96%
rename from content/readerat.go
rename to content/fs/readerat.go
index 74c11bd1f..2552dc642 100644
--- a/content/readerat.go
+++ b/content/fs/readerat.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package content
+package fs
 
 import (
 	"io"
diff --git a/content/store.go b/content/fs/store.go
similarity index 87%
rename from content/store.go
rename to content/fs/store.go
index 8accf1665..f99158b74 100644
--- a/content/store.go
+++ b/content/fs/store.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package content
+package fs
 
 import (
 	"context"
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/content"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/errdefs"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/filters"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/log"
@@ -17,6 +19,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
+var (
+	bufPool = sync.Pool{
+		New: func() interface{} {
+			return make([]byte, 1<<20)
+		},
+	}
+)
+
 // Store is digest-keyed store for content. All data written into the store is
 // stored under a verifiable digest.
 //
@@ -26,7 +36,7 @@ type store struct {
 	root string
 }
 
-func NewStore(root string) (Store, error) {
+func NewStore(root string) (content.Store, error) {
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(root, "ingest"), 0777); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -36,7 +46,7 @@ func NewStore(root string) (Store, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (s *store) Info(ctx context.Context, dgst digest.Digest) (Info, error) {
+func (s *store) Info(ctx context.Context, dgst digest.Digest) (content.Info, error) {
 	p := s.blobPath(dgst)
 	fi, err := os.Stat(p)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -44,14 +54,14 @@ func (s *store) Info(ctx context.Context, dgst digest.Digest) (Info, error) {
 			err = errors.Wrapf(errdefs.ErrNotFound, "content %v", dgst)
 		}
 
-		return Info{}, err
+		return content.Info{}, err
 	}
 
 	return s.info(dgst, fi), nil
 }
 
-func (s *store) info(dgst digest.Digest, fi os.FileInfo) Info {
-	return Info{
+func (s *store) info(dgst digest.Digest, fi os.FileInfo) content.Info {
+	return content.Info{
 		Digest:    dgst,
 		Size:      fi.Size(),
 		CreatedAt: fi.ModTime(),
@@ -93,12 +103,12 @@ func (cs *store) Delete(ctx context.Context, dgst digest.Digest) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (cs *store) Update(ctx context.Context, info Info, fieldpaths ...string) (Info, error) {
+func (cs *store) Update(ctx context.Context, info content.Info, fieldpaths ...string) (content.Info, error) {
 	// TODO: Support persisting and updating mutable content data
-	return Info{}, errors.Wrapf(errdefs.ErrFailedPrecondition, "update not supported on immutable content store")
+	return content.Info{}, errors.Wrapf(errdefs.ErrFailedPrecondition, "update not supported on immutable content store")
 }
 
-func (cs *store) Walk(ctx context.Context, fn WalkFunc, filters ...string) error {
+func (cs *store) Walk(ctx context.Context, fn content.WalkFunc, filters ...string) error {
 	// TODO: Support filters
 	root := filepath.Join(cs.root, "blobs")
 	var alg digest.Algorithm
@@ -141,11 +151,11 @@ func (cs *store) Walk(ctx context.Context, fn WalkFunc, filters ...string) error
 	})
 }
 
-func (s *store) Status(ctx context.Context, ref string) (Status, error) {
+func (s *store) Status(ctx context.Context, ref string) (content.Status, error) {
 	return s.status(s.ingestRoot(ref))
 }
 
-func (s *store) ListStatuses(ctx context.Context, fs ...string) ([]Status, error) {
+func (s *store) ListStatuses(ctx context.Context, fs ...string) ([]content.Status, error) {
 	fp, err := os.Open(filepath.Join(s.root, "ingest"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -163,7 +173,7 @@ func (s *store) ListStatuses(ctx context.Context, fs ...string) ([]Status, error
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	var active []Status
+	var active []content.Status
 	for _, fi := range fis {
 		p := filepath.Join(s.root, "ingest", fi.Name())
 		stat, err := s.status(p)
@@ -192,19 +202,19 @@ func (s *store) ListStatuses(ctx context.Context, fs ...string) ([]Status, error
 }
 
 // status works like stat above except uses the path to the ingest.
-func (s *store) status(ingestPath string) (Status, error) {
+func (s *store) status(ingestPath string) (content.Status, error) {
 	dp := filepath.Join(ingestPath, "data")
 	fi, err := os.Stat(dp)
 	if err != nil {
-		return Status{}, err
+		return content.Status{}, err
 	}
 
 	ref, err := readFileString(filepath.Join(ingestPath, "ref"))
 	if err != nil {
-		return Status{}, err
+		return content.Status{}, err
 	}
 
-	return Status{
+	return content.Status{
 		Ref:       ref,
 		Offset:    fi.Size(),
 		Total:     s.total(ingestPath),
@@ -213,7 +223,7 @@ func (s *store) status(ingestPath string) (Status, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func adaptStatus(status Status) filters.Adaptor {
+func adaptStatus(status content.Status) filters.Adaptor {
 	return filters.AdapterFunc(func(fieldpath []string) (string, bool) {
 		if len(fieldpath) == 0 {
 			return "", false
@@ -248,7 +258,7 @@ func (s *store) total(ingestPath string) int64 {
 // ref at a time.
 //
 // The argument `ref` is used to uniquely identify a long-lived writer transaction.
-func (s *store) Writer(ctx context.Context, ref string, total int64, expected digest.Digest) (Writer, error) {
+func (s *store) Writer(ctx context.Context, ref string, total int64, expected digest.Digest) (content.Writer, error) {
 	// TODO(stevvooe): Need to actually store expected here. We have
 	// code in the service that shouldn't be dealing with this.
 	if expected != "" {
@@ -384,3 +394,8 @@ func (s *store) ingestPaths(ref string) (string, string, string) {
 
 	return fp, rp, dp
 }
+
+func readFileString(path string) (string, error) {
+	p, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
+	return string(p), err
+}
diff --git a/content/store_linux.go b/content/fs/store_linux.go
similarity index 93%
rename from content/store_linux.go
rename to content/fs/store_linux.go
index ed25f0c8e..9000c2d97 100644
--- a/content/store_linux.go
+++ b/content/fs/store_linux.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package content
+package fs
 
 import (
 	"os"
diff --git a/content/store_unix.go b/content/fs/store_unix.go
similarity index 94%
rename from content/store_unix.go
rename to content/fs/store_unix.go
index a7c6b1b5a..443c4150f 100644
--- a/content/store_unix.go
+++ b/content/fs/store_unix.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // +build darwin freebsd
 
-package content
+package fs
 
 import (
 	"os"
diff --git a/content/store_windows.go b/content/fs/store_windows.go
similarity index 85%
rename from content/store_windows.go
rename to content/fs/store_windows.go
index 495e34244..8e3350075 100644
--- a/content/store_windows.go
+++ b/content/fs/store_windows.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package content
+package fs
 
 import (
 	"os"
diff --git a/content/writer.go b/content/fs/writer.go
similarity index 96%
rename from content/writer.go
rename to content/fs/writer.go
index 91a5ed235..cfa64f9ea 100644
--- a/content/writer.go
+++ b/content/fs/writer.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package content
+package fs
 
 import (
 	"os"
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/content"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/errdefs"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -24,8 +25,8 @@ type writer struct {
 	updatedAt time.Time
 }
 
-func (w *writer) Status() (Status, error) {
-	return Status{
+func (w *writer) Status() (content.Status, error) {
+	return content.Status{
 		Ref:       w.ref,
 		Offset:    w.offset,
 		Total:     w.total,
diff --git a/content/helpers.go b/content/helpers.go
index 3a241c7f2..7b295be74 100644
--- a/content/helpers.go
+++ b/content/helpers.go
@@ -5,12 +5,21 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/errdefs"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
+var (
+	bufPool = sync.Pool{
+		New: func() interface{} {
+			return make([]byte, 1<<20)
+		},
+	}
+)
+
 // ReadBlob retrieves the entire contents of the blob from the provider.
 //
 // Avoid using this for large blobs, such as layers.
@@ -121,8 +130,3 @@ func seekReader(r io.Reader, offset, size int64) (io.Reader, error) {
 
 	return r, errors.Wrapf(errUnseekable, "seek to offset %v failed", offset)
 }
-
-func readFileString(path string) (string, error) {
-	p, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
-	return string(p), err
-}
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 009fc7b01..ef75bb087 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 	snapshot "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/services/snapshot/v1"
 	tasks "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/services/tasks/v1"
 	version "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/services/version/v1"
-	store "github.com/containerd/containerd/content"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/content/fs"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/events"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/log"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/plugin"
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func loadPlugins(config *Config) ([]*plugin.Registration, error) {
 		Type: plugin.ContentPlugin,
 		ID:   "content",
 		Init: func(ic *plugin.InitContext) (interface{}, error) {
-			return store.NewStore(ic.Root)
+			return fs.NewStore(ic.Root)
 		},
 	})
 	plugin.Register(&plugin.Registration{