diff --git a/src/path/path.rs b/src/path/path.rs
index 11dda64..f16c8c0 100644
--- a/src/path/path.rs
+++ b/src/path/path.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
 
-use crate::path::PathBuf;
+use crate::path::{Components, PathBuf};
 use crate::{fs, io};
 
 /// This struct is an async version of [`std::path::Path`].
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ impl Path {
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// ```no_run
-    /// use crate::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+    /// use async_std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
     ///
     /// let path = Path::new("/foo/test/../test/bar.rs");
     /// assert_eq!(path.canonicalize().unwrap(), PathBuf::from("/foo/test/bar.rs"));
@@ -37,6 +37,45 @@ impl Path {
         fs::canonicalize(self).await
     }
 
+    /// Produces an iterator over the [`Component`]s of the path.
+    ///
+    /// When parsing the path, there is a small amount of normalization:
+    ///
+    /// * Repeated separators are ignored, so `a/b` and `a//b` both have
+    ///   `a` and `b` as components.
+    ///
+    /// * Occurrences of `.` are normalized away, except if they are at the
+    ///   beginning of the path. For example, `a/./b`, `a/b/`, `a/b/.` and
+    ///   `a/b` all have `a` and `b` as components, but `./a/b` starts with
+    ///   an additional [`CurDir`] component.
+    ///
+    /// * A trailing slash is normalized away, `/a/b` and `/a/b/` are equivalent.
+    ///
+    /// Note that no other normalization takes place; in particular, `a/c`
+    /// and `a/b/../c` are distinct, to account for the possibility that `b`
+    /// is a symbolic link (so its parent isn't `a`).
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use async_std::path::{Path, Component};
+    /// use std::ffi::OsStr;
+    ///
+    /// let mut components = Path::new("/tmp/foo.txt").components();
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(components.next(), Some(Component::RootDir));
+    /// assert_eq!(components.next(), Some(Component::Normal(OsStr::new("tmp"))));
+    /// assert_eq!(components.next(), Some(Component::Normal(OsStr::new("foo.txt"))));
+    /// assert_eq!(components.next(), None)
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// [`Component`]: enum.Component.html
+    /// [`CurDir`]: enum.Component.html#variant.CurDir
+    pub fn components(&self) -> Components<'_> {
+        let path: &std::path::Path = self.into();
+        path.components()
+    }
+
     /// Directly wraps a string slice as a `Path` slice.
     ///
     /// This is a cost-free conversion.
@@ -44,7 +83,7 @@ impl Path {
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// use crate::path::Path;
+    /// use async_std::path::Path;
     ///
     /// Path::new("foo.txt");
     /// ```
@@ -52,7 +91,7 @@ impl Path {
     /// You can create `Path`s from `String`s, or even other `Path`s:
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// use crate::path::Path;
+    /// use async_std::path::Path;
     ///
     /// let string = String::from("foo.txt");
     /// let from_string = Path::new(&string);
@@ -70,7 +109,7 @@ impl Path {
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// use crate::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+    /// use async_std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
     ///
     /// let path_buf = Path::new("foo.txt").to_path_buf();
     /// assert_eq!(path_buf, PathBuf::from("foo.txt"));
@@ -98,8 +137,40 @@ impl AsRef<Path> for Path {
     }
 }
 
+impl AsRef<Path> for OsStr {
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &Path {
+        Path::new(self)
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsRef<Path> for str {
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &Path {
+        Path::new(self)
+    }
+}
+
 impl std::fmt::Debug for Path {
     fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         std::fmt::Debug::fmt(&self.inner, formatter)
     }
 }
+
+impl std::cmp::PartialEq for Path {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Path) -> bool {
+        self.components().eq(other.components())
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::cmp::Eq for Path {}
+
+impl std::cmp::PartialOrd for Path {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Path) -> Option<std::cmp::Ordering> {
+        self.components().partial_cmp(other.components())
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::cmp::Ord for Path {
+    fn cmp(&self, other: &Path) -> std::cmp::Ordering {
+        self.components().cmp(other.components())
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/path/pathbuf.rs b/src/path/pathbuf.rs
index 8e379ad..5ec0ed8 100644
--- a/src/path/pathbuf.rs
+++ b/src/path/pathbuf.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 
+use crate::path::Path;
+
 /// This struct is an async version of [`std::path::PathBuf`].
 ///
 /// [`std::path::Path`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/path/struct.PathBuf.html
@@ -27,6 +29,12 @@ impl From<OsString> for PathBuf {
     }
 }
 
+impl AsRef<Path> for PathBuf {
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &Path {
+        Path::new(&self.inner)
+    }
+}
+
 impl std::fmt::Debug for PathBuf {
     fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         std::fmt::Debug::fmt(&self.inner, formatter)