diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e90d691d..7d5fec2e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [workspace]
 members = [
     "font-renderer",
+    "gfx-utils",
     "partitioner",
     "path-utils",
     "demo/server",
diff --git a/gfx-utils/Cargo.toml b/gfx-utils/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39b25118
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gfx-utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[package]
+name = "gfx-utils"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Patrick Walton <pcwalton@mimiga.net>"]
+
+[dependencies]
+euclid = "0.17"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gfx-utils/src/lib.rs b/gfx-utils/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94925683
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gfx-utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+// pathfinder/gfx-utils/lib.rs
+//
+// Copyright © 2018 The Pathfinder Project Developers.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+extern crate euclid;
+
+use euclid::{Point2D, Size2D, Vector2D};
+use std::cmp;
+
+pub struct ShelfBinPacker {
+    next: Point2D<i32>,
+    max_size: Size2D<i32>,
+    padding: Vector2D<i32>,
+    shelf_height: i32,
+}
+
+impl ShelfBinPacker {
+    pub fn new(max_size: &Size2D<i32>, padding: &Vector2D<i32>) -> ShelfBinPacker {
+        ShelfBinPacker {
+            next: padding.to_point(),
+            max_size: *max_size,
+            padding: *padding,
+            shelf_height: 0,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn add(&mut self, size: &Size2D<i32>) -> Result<Point2D<i32>, ()> {
+        let mut next = self.next;
+        let mut lower_right = Point2D::new(next.x + size.width, next.y + size.height) +
+            self.padding;
+        if lower_right.x > self.max_size.width {
+            next = Point2D::new(0, next.y + self.shelf_height);
+            self.shelf_height = 0;
+            lower_right = Point2D::new(size.width, next.y + size.height) + self.padding;
+        }
+        if lower_right.x > self.max_size.width || lower_right.y > self.max_size.height {
+            return Err(())
+        }
+        self.shelf_height = cmp::max(self.shelf_height, size.height);
+        self.next = next + Vector2D::new(size.width + self.padding.x * 2, 0);
+        Ok(next)
+    }
+}
+
+