diff --git a/src/uri/path.rs b/src/uri/path.rs
index 5013626c..84caac47 100644
--- a/src/uri/path.rs
+++ b/src/uri/path.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ use byte_str::ByteStr;
 use convert::HttpTryFrom;
 use super::{ErrorKind, InvalidUri, InvalidUriBytes, URI_CHARS};
 
+/// Represents the segments of a URI
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct PathSegments<'a>(str::Split<'a, char>);
+
+impl<'a> std::ops::Deref for PathSegments<'a> {
+    type Target = str::Split<'a, char>;
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        &self.0
+    }
+}
+
 /// Represents the path component of a URI
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct PathAndQuery {
@@ -170,6 +182,25 @@ impl PathAndQuery {
         ret
     }
 
+    /// Returs the segments of path component
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # use http::uri::*;
+    ///
+    /// let path_and_query : PathAndQuery = "/hello/world".parse().unwrap();
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(
+    ///     path_and_query.path_segments().to_owned().collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+    ///     vec!["hello", "world"]
+    /// );
+    /// ```
+    pub fn path_segments(&self) -> PathSegments
+    {
+        PathSegments(self.path()[1..].split('/'))
+    }
+
     /// Returns the query string component
     ///
     /// The query component contains non-hierarchical data that, along with data
diff --git a/src/uri/tests.rs b/src/uri/tests.rs
index f580e89a..a183250b 100644
--- a/src/uri/tests.rs
+++ b/src/uri/tests.rs
@@ -377,6 +377,17 @@ test_parse! {
     query = Some("foo={bar|baz}\\^`"),
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_uri_parse_segments() {
+    use super::*;
+    let path: PathAndQuery = "/foo/bar/baz".parse().unwrap();
+    let segments = path.path_segments();
+    assert_eq!(
+        segments.to_owned().collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+        vec!["foo", "bar", "baz"]
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_uri_parse_error() {
     fn err(s: &str) {