diff --git a/hpath-filepath/src/System/Posix/FilePath.hs b/hpath-filepath/src/System/Posix/FilePath.hs
index cc9d27e..9a41802 100644
--- a/hpath-filepath/src/System/Posix/FilePath.hs
+++ b/hpath-filepath/src/System/Posix/FilePath.hs
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ module System.Posix.FilePath (
 , splitPath
 , joinPath
 , splitDirectories
+, takeAllParents
 
   -- * Trailing slash functions
 , hasTrailingPathSeparator
@@ -500,6 +501,21 @@ splitDirectories x
     splitter = filter (not . BS.null) . BS.split pathSeparator
 
 
+-- |Get all parents of a path.
+--
+-- >>> takeAllParents "/abs/def/dod"
+-- ["/abs/def","/abs","/"]
+-- >>> takeAllParents "/foo"
+-- ["/"]
+-- >>> takeAllParents "/"
+-- []
+takeAllParents :: RawFilePath -> [RawFilePath]
+takeAllParents p
+  | np == BS.singleton pathSeparator = []
+  | otherwise = takeDirectory np : takeAllParents (takeDirectory np)
+  where
+    np = normalise p
+
 
 ------------------------
 -- Trailing slash functions