diff --git a/stor/obs.py b/stor/obs.py
index 977833f6..8559ec7f 100644
--- a/stor/obs.py
+++ b/stor/obs.py
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ def resource(self):
 
         return self.parts_class(joined_resource) if joined_resource else None
 
+    def splitdrive(self):
+        """Split drive for obs paths from the rest"""
+        return self.path_class(self.drive), self[len(self.drive):]
+
     def normpath(self):
         """Normalize path following linux conventions (keeps drive prefix)"""
         normed = posixpath.normpath('/' + str(self)[len(self.drive):])[1:]
diff --git a/stor/tests/test_dx_path_compat.py b/stor/tests/test_dx_path_compat.py
index 8d2680ed..c818b707 100644
--- a/stor/tests/test_dx_path_compat.py
+++ b/stor/tests/test_dx_path_compat.py
@@ -223,3 +223,9 @@ def test_splitpath(self):
         assert f.splitpath() == (DXCanonicalPath("dx://project-123456789012345678901234:"), '')
         f = DXPath('dx://project-123456789012345678901234')
         assert f.splitpath() == (DXCanonicalPath("dx://project-123456789012345678901234:"), '')
+
+    def test_splitdrive(self):
+        f = DXPath('dx://')
+        assert f.splitdrive() == (DXPath('dx://'), '')
+        f = DXPath('dx://project:prefix/dir/file')
+        assert f.splitdrive() == (DXPath('dx://'), 'project:prefix/dir/file')
diff --git a/stor/tests/test_s3_path_compat.py b/stor/tests/test_s3_path_compat.py
index dd9f79d9..2290ee31 100644
--- a/stor/tests/test_s3_path_compat.py
+++ b/stor/tests/test_s3_path_compat.py
@@ -54,3 +54,9 @@ def test_properties(self):
         # .ext
         self.assertEqual(f.ext, '.csv')
         self.assertEqual(f.parent.ext, '')
+
+    def test_splitdrive(self):
+        f = S3Path('s3://')
+        assert f.splitdrive() == (S3Path('s3://'), '')
+        f = S3Path('s3://bucket/prefix/whatever.csv')
+        assert f.splitdrive() == (S3Path('s3://'), 'bucket/prefix/whatever.csv')
diff --git a/stor/tests/test_swift_path_compat.py b/stor/tests/test_swift_path_compat.py
index 19d2df1b..88ef1c3c 100644
--- a/stor/tests/test_swift_path_compat.py
+++ b/stor/tests/test_swift_path_compat.py
@@ -54,3 +54,9 @@ def test_properties(self):
         # .ext
         self.assertEqual(f.ext, '.csv')
         self.assertEqual(f.parent.ext, '')
+
+    def test_splitdrive(self):
+        f = SwiftPath("swift://")
+        assert f.splitdrive() == (SwiftPath('swift://'), '')
+        f = SwiftPath("swift://foo")
+        assert f.splitdrive() == (SwiftPath('swift://'), 'foo')