diff --git a/src/path.c b/src/path.c
index ff2031a..622ac43 100644
--- a/src/path.c
+++ b/src/path.c
@@ -68,6 +68,20 @@ int is_dir(const char *path) {
     return 0;
 }
 
+int path_isparent(const char *path, const char *parent) {
+
+    if (*path++ != '/' || *parent++ != '/')
+        return 0;
+        
+    while(*path) {
+        if (*parent == '\0')
+            return *path == '/' || *(path-1) == '/';
+        if (*path++ != *parent++)
+            break;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
 const char* dirname_s(const char *path, int slash) {
 
     static strbuf_t sb = STRBUF_INIT;
diff --git a/src/path.h b/src/path.h
index 89fe809..6dbbccf 100644
--- a/src/path.h
+++ b/src/path.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ int is_file(const char *path);
 
 int is_dir(const char *path);
 
+int path_isparent(const char *path, const char *parent);
+
 const char* dirname_s(const char *path, int slash);
 
 const char* mkpath(const char *fmt, ...);
diff --git a/test/t_path.c b/test/t_path.c
index 3601b18..e488f8b 100644
--- a/test/t_path.c
+++ b/test/t_path.c
@@ -117,6 +117,15 @@ void test_dirname() {
         assert_string(dirname_s(data[i][0], 0), data[i][1]);
 }
 
+void test_path_isparent() {
+
+    assert(path_isparent("/dir1/dir2/", "/dir1/") != 0);
+    assert(path_isparent("/dir1/dir2/", "/dir1") != 0);
+    assert(path_isparent("/dir1/dir2/", "/dir") == 0);
+    assert(path_isparent("/dir1/dir2/", "/dir1/dir2/sub/") == 0);
+    assert(path_isparent("/dir1/dir2/", "/var/") == 0);
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
     test_isabspath();
@@ -126,6 +135,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     test_mkpath();
     test_basename();
     test_dirname();
+    test_path_isparent();
 
     return 0;
 }