diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 3cf7ff3ee..6ce27b71d 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/containers"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/content"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/defaults"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/dialer"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/errdefs"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/events"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/images"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/namespaces"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/dialer"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/plugin"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/remotes"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/remotes/docker"
diff --git a/cmd/containerd/command/publish.go b/cmd/containerd/command/publish.go
index d297732bf..280a7e70d 100644
--- a/cmd/containerd/command/publish.go
+++ b/cmd/containerd/command/publish.go
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	eventsapi "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/services/events/v1"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/dialer"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/errdefs"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/namespaces"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/dialer"
 	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/types"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
diff --git a/dialer/dialer.go b/pkg/dialer/dialer.go
similarity index 100%
rename from dialer/dialer.go
rename to pkg/dialer/dialer.go
diff --git a/dialer/dialer_unix.go b/pkg/dialer/dialer_unix.go
similarity index 100%
rename from dialer/dialer_unix.go
rename to pkg/dialer/dialer_unix.go
diff --git a/dialer/dialer_windows.go b/pkg/dialer/dialer_windows.go
similarity index 100%
rename from dialer/dialer_windows.go
rename to pkg/dialer/dialer_windows.go