diff --git a/lib/mongo.rb b/lib/mongo.rb
index 96b7a2a..e1f6146 100644
--- a/lib/mongo.rb
+++ b/lib/mongo.rb
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ require 'bson'
 require 'mongo/util/conversions'
 require 'mongo/util/support'
 require 'mongo/util/core_ext'
+require 'mongo/util/node'
 require 'mongo/util/pool'
 require 'mongo/util/pool_manager'
 require 'mongo/util/server_version'
@@ -65,7 +66,6 @@ require 'mongo/util/uri_parser'
 require 'mongo/collection'
 require 'mongo/connection'
 require 'mongo/repl_set_connection'
-require 'mongo/node'
 require 'mongo/cursor'
 require 'mongo/db'
 require 'mongo/exceptions'
diff --git a/lib/mongo/node.rb b/lib/mongo/util/node.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/mongo/node.rb
rename to lib/mongo/util/node.rb