diff --git a/docs/abstractions2.py b/docs/abstractions2.py
index f3f3723ff4..e7dfc6313b 100644
--- a/docs/abstractions2.py
+++ b/docs/abstractions2.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ print("******** third, the UOp ***********")
 
 from tinygrad.engine.realize import run_schedule
 from tinygrad.engine.schedule import create_schedule_with_vars
-from tinygrad.engine.kernelize import get_kernelize_map
+from tinygrad.kernelize.kernelize import get_kernelize_map
 
 # allocate some values + load in values
 a = UOp.new_buffer(DEVICE, 1, dtypes.int32)
diff --git a/examples/openpilot/compile4.py b/examples/openpilot/compile4.py
index 7beb8ad029..be537f3cdf 100644
--- a/examples/openpilot/compile4.py
+++ b/examples/openpilot/compile4.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import sys, onnx
 from tinygrad import Tensor, fetch, GlobalCounters
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import UOp
 from tinygrad.frontend.onnx import OnnxRunner
-from tinygrad.engine.kernelize import get_kernelize_map
+from tinygrad.kernelize.kernelize import get_kernelize_map
 from tinygrad.engine.schedule import create_schedule_with_vars
 from tinygrad.engine.realize import run_schedule
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9c13c35d05..ecff13461f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ setup(name='tinygrad',
       long_description=long_description,
       long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
       packages = ['tinygrad', 'tinygrad.runtime.autogen', 'tinygrad.runtime.autogen.am', 'tinygrad.codegen', 'tinygrad.nn',
-                  'tinygrad.renderer', 'tinygrad.engine', 'tinygrad.viz', 'tinygrad.runtime', 'tinygrad.runtime.support',
+                  'tinygrad.renderer', 'tinygrad.engine', 'tinygrad.viz', 'tinygrad.runtime', 'tinygrad.runtime.support', 'tinygrad.kernelize',
                   'tinygrad.runtime.support.am', 'tinygrad.runtime.graph', 'tinygrad.shape', 'tinygrad.uop', 'tinygrad.opt'],
       package_data = {'tinygrad': ['py.typed'], 'tinygrad.viz': ['index.html', 'perfetto.html', 'assets/**/*', 'js/*']},
       classifiers=[
diff --git a/test/external/process_replay/process_replay.py b/test/external/process_replay/process_replay.py
index 34a89438ee..3253a5c7b4 100755
--- a/test/external/process_replay/process_replay.py
+++ b/test/external/process_replay/process_replay.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import os, multiprocessing, logging, pickle, sqlite3, difflib, warnings, itertools
 from typing import Callable, Any
 from tinygrad.helpers import VERSION, Context, ContextVar, colored, db_connection, getenv, tqdm, to_function_name
-from tinygrad.engine.kernelize import get_kernelize_map
+from tinygrad.kernelize.kernelize import get_kernelize_map
 from tinygrad.opt.kernel import Kernel
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import UOp, Ops
 
diff --git a/test/helpers.py b/test/helpers.py
index e8eeea9bf8..91667e0787 100644
--- a/test/helpers.py
+++ b/test/helpers.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from tinygrad.uop.ops import UOp, Ops, sint, graph_rewrite
 from tinygrad.shape.shapetracker import ShapeTracker
 from tinygrad.tensor import _to_np_dtype
 from tinygrad.engine.realize import Runner
-from tinygrad.engine.kernelize import view_left
+from tinygrad.kernelize.kernelize import view_left
 from tinygrad.dtype import ConstType, DType
 from tinygrad.nn.state import get_parameters
 from tinygrad.helpers import T, unwrap, CI
diff --git a/test/test_schedule.py b/test/test_schedule.py
index 01d2e4c803..de63056016 100644
--- a/test/test_schedule.py
+++ b/test/test_schedule.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from tinygrad.shape.shapetracker import ShapeTracker
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import PatternMatcher, UOp, Ops, GroupOp, UPat, graph_rewrite, track_rewrites
 from tinygrad.uop.symbolic import symbolic_simple
 from tinygrad.helpers import CI, DEBUG, FUSE_ARANGE, SPLIT_REDUCEOP, GlobalCounters, Context, getenv, all_same, temp
-from tinygrad.engine.kernelize import merge_views, get_kernelize_map, Kernel
+from tinygrad.kernelize.kernelize import merge_views, get_kernelize_map, Kernel
 from tinygrad.engine.schedule import ScheduleItem, create_schedule_with_vars
 from tinygrad.engine.realize import CompiledRunner, run_schedule, lower_schedule
 
diff --git a/test/test_uops.py b/test/test_uops.py
index c7ccbb7713..9c794de8c7 100644
--- a/test/test_uops.py
+++ b/test/test_uops.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from tinygrad.device import Buffer, Device
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import Ops, UOp, UPat, KernelInfo, exec_alu # noqa F401
 from tinygrad.uop.spec import spec
 from tinygrad.renderer import ProgramSpec
-from tinygrad.engine.kernelize import fix_kernel_ops
+from tinygrad.kernelize.kernelize import fix_kernel_ops
 from tinygrad.engine.realize import CompiledRunner
 from tinygrad.codegen import full_rewrite
 from tinygrad.uop.symbolic import sym
diff --git a/test/unit/test_rewrite_tracked_childen.py b/test/unit/test_rewrite_tracked_childen.py
index 8d3d4c46e9..6cddd6f289 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_rewrite_tracked_childen.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_rewrite_tracked_childen.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import unittest
 from tinygrad import Tensor
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import PatternMatcher, Ops, UPat, graph_rewrite, RewriteContext, UOp
-from tinygrad.engine.kernelize import sym, merge_views
+from tinygrad.kernelize.kernelize import sym, merge_views
 
 class TestRewriteTrackedChildren(unittest.TestCase):
   @unittest.skip("track_children no longer supported")
diff --git a/tinygrad/kernelize/__init__.py b/tinygrad/kernelize/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/tinygrad/engine/grouper.py b/tinygrad/kernelize/grouper.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tinygrad/engine/grouper.py
rename to tinygrad/kernelize/grouper.py
diff --git a/tinygrad/engine/kernelize.py b/tinygrad/kernelize/kernelize.py
similarity index 99%
rename from tinygrad/engine/kernelize.py
rename to tinygrad/kernelize/kernelize.py
index 55a0430c3c..dd2141bf07 100644
--- a/tinygrad/engine/kernelize.py
+++ b/tinygrad/kernelize/kernelize.py
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ from tinygrad.codegen.lowerer import get_contraction_with_reduce
 from tinygrad.uop.symbolic import symbolic_simple
 from tinygrad.helpers import Metadata, all_int, all_same, colored, prod, dedup, unwrap, getenv, pluralize, FUSE_ARANGE, DEBUG, SPLIT_REDUCEOP
 from tinygrad.dtype import ImageDType
-from tinygrad.engine.multi import multi_pm
+from tinygrad.kernelize.multi import multi_pm
 from tinygrad.shape.shapetracker import ShapeTracker
 from tinygrad.shape.view import View, strides_for_shape
-from tinygrad.engine.grouper import group_realizes, ALWAYS_CONTIGUOUS
+from tinygrad.kernelize.grouper import group_realizes, ALWAYS_CONTIGUOUS
 
 # creation can recurse a lot
 import sys
diff --git a/tinygrad/engine/multi.py b/tinygrad/kernelize/multi.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tinygrad/engine/multi.py
rename to tinygrad/kernelize/multi.py
diff --git a/tinygrad/opt/kernel.py b/tinygrad/opt/kernel.py
index b475647731..8380f984c5 100644
--- a/tinygrad/opt/kernel.py
+++ b/tinygrad/opt/kernel.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from tinygrad.helpers import DEBUG, TC_SELECT, TC_OPT, AMX
 from tinygrad.shape.shapetracker import ShapeTracker
 from tinygrad.shape.view import strides_for_shape
 from tinygrad.codegen.lowerer import get_contraction
-from tinygrad.engine.kernelize import view_left
+from tinygrad.kernelize.kernelize import view_left
 from tinygrad.codegen import full_rewrite
 
 class KernelOptError(Exception): pass
diff --git a/tinygrad/tensor.py b/tinygrad/tensor.py
index 65b039224e..1b77a9fae8 100644
--- a/tinygrad/tensor.py
+++ b/tinygrad/tensor.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from tinygrad.device import Device, Buffer
 from tinygrad.engine.realize import run_schedule
 from tinygrad.engine.memory import memory_planner
 from tinygrad.engine.schedule import ScheduleItem, create_schedule_with_vars
-from tinygrad.engine.kernelize import get_kernelize_map
+from tinygrad.kernelize.kernelize import get_kernelize_map
 
 # *** all in scope Tensors are here. this gets relevant UOps ***