diff --git a/tests/test_utils/__init__.py b/tests/test_utils/__init__.py
index 5eda62a..16281fe 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils/__init__.py
@@ -1,10 +1 @@
-from os.path import dirname, join, abspath
-
-# Base dir of project, contains subdirs "tests" and "oletools" and README.md
-PROJECT_ROOT = dirname(dirname(dirname(abspath(__file__))))
-
-# Directory with test data, independent of current working directory
-DATA_BASE_DIR = join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'tests', 'test-data')
-
-# Directory with source code
-SOURCE_BASE_DIR = join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'oletools')
+from .utils import *
diff --git a/tests/test_utils/utils.py b/tests/test_utils/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3b9005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_utils/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+"""Utils generally useful for unittests."""
+
+import os
+from os.path import dirname, join, abspath
+
+
+# Base dir of project, contains subdirs "tests" and "oletools" and README.md
+PROJECT_ROOT = dirname(dirname(dirname(abspath(__file__))))
+
+# Directory with test data, independent of current working directory
+DATA_BASE_DIR = join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'tests', 'test-data')
+
+# Directory with source code
+SOURCE_BASE_DIR = join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'oletools')