diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/.golangci.yml b/cmd/config/.golangci.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd/kyaml/.golangci.yml
rename to cmd/config/.golangci.yml
diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/LICENSE_TEMPLATE b/cmd/config/LICENSE_TEMPLATE
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd/kyaml/LICENSE_TEMPLATE
rename to cmd/config/LICENSE_TEMPLATE
diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/Makefile b/cmd/config/Makefile
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd/kyaml/Makefile
rename to cmd/config/Makefile
diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/README.md b/cmd/config/README.md
similarity index 93%
rename from cmd/kyaml/README.md
rename to cmd/config/README.md
index f81711fe0..b5984c93b 100644
--- a/cmd/kyaml/README.md
+++ b/cmd/config/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# cmd/kyaml
+# cmd/config
 
 This package exists to expose kyaml filters directly as cli commands for the purposes
 of development of the kyaml package and as a reference implementation for using the libraries.
diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/cmd/cat.go b/cmd/config/cmd/cat.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd/kyaml/cmd/cat.go
rename to cmd/config/cmd/cat.go
diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/cmd/cat_test.go b/cmd/config/cmd/cat_test.go
similarity index 99%
rename from cmd/kyaml/cmd/cat_test.go
rename to cmd/config/cmd/cat_test.go
index 36a9133f6..4fad23229 100644
--- a/cmd/kyaml/cmd/cat_test.go
+++ b/cmd/config/cmd/cat_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/kyaml/cmd"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/cmd"
 )
 
 // TODO(pwittrock): write tests for reading / writing ResourceLists
diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/cmd/cmdwrap.go b/cmd/config/cmd/cmdwrap.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd/kyaml/cmd/cmdwrap.go
rename to cmd/config/cmd/cmdwrap.go
diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/cmd/cmdwrap_test.go b/cmd/config/cmd/cmdwrap_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd/kyaml/cmd/cmdwrap_test.go
rename to cmd/config/cmd/cmdwrap_test.go
diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/cmd/cmdxargs.go b/cmd/config/cmd/cmdxargs.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd/kyaml/cmd/cmdxargs.go
rename to cmd/config/cmd/cmdxargs.go
diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/cmd/cmdxargs_test.go b/cmd/config/cmd/cmdxargs_test.go
similarity index 98%
rename from cmd/kyaml/cmd/cmdxargs_test.go
rename to cmd/config/cmd/cmdxargs_test.go
index f20265d3a..08cd9e7cd 100644
--- a/cmd/kyaml/cmd/cmdxargs_test.go
+++ b/cmd/config/cmd/cmdxargs_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/kyaml/cmd"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/cmd"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/cmd/count.go b/cmd/config/cmd/count.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd/kyaml/cmd/count.go
rename to cmd/config/cmd/count.go
diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/cmd/count_test.go b/cmd/config/cmd/count_test.go
similarity index 96%
rename from cmd/kyaml/cmd/count_test.go
rename to cmd/config/cmd/count_test.go
index ad0e7cc3f..9ee08448e 100644
--- a/cmd/kyaml/cmd/count_test.go
+++ b/cmd/config/cmd/count_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/kyaml/cmd"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/cmd"
 )
 
 func TestCountCommand_files(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/cmd/fmt.go b/cmd/config/cmd/fmt.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd/kyaml/cmd/fmt.go
rename to cmd/config/cmd/fmt.go
diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/cmd/fmt_test.go b/cmd/config/cmd/fmt_test.go
similarity index 98%
rename from cmd/kyaml/cmd/fmt_test.go
rename to cmd/config/cmd/fmt_test.go
index 4be7327a7..5ad7f82d4 100644
--- a/cmd/kyaml/cmd/fmt_test.go
+++ b/cmd/config/cmd/fmt_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/kyaml/cmd"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/cmd"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/kio/filters/testyaml"
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/cmd/grep.go b/cmd/config/cmd/grep.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd/kyaml/cmd/grep.go
rename to cmd/config/cmd/grep.go
diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/cmd/grep_test.go b/cmd/config/cmd/grep_test.go
similarity index 99%
rename from cmd/kyaml/cmd/grep_test.go
rename to cmd/config/cmd/grep_test.go
index eb59f94ee..78a6cce5c 100644
--- a/cmd/kyaml/cmd/grep_test.go
+++ b/cmd/config/cmd/grep_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/kyaml/cmd"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/cmd"
 )
 
 // TestGrepCommand_files verifies grep reads the files and filters them
diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/cmd/merge.go b/cmd/config/cmd/merge.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd/kyaml/cmd/merge.go
rename to cmd/config/cmd/merge.go
diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/cmd/run-fns.go b/cmd/config/cmd/run-fns.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd/kyaml/cmd/run-fns.go
rename to cmd/config/cmd/run-fns.go
diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/cmd/test/override.yaml b/cmd/config/cmd/test/override.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd/kyaml/cmd/test/override.yaml
rename to cmd/config/cmd/test/override.yaml
diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/cmd/test/test.sh b/cmd/config/cmd/test/test.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd/kyaml/cmd/test/test.sh
rename to cmd/config/cmd/test/test.sh
diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/cmd/tree.go b/cmd/config/cmd/tree.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd/kyaml/cmd/tree.go
rename to cmd/config/cmd/tree.go
diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/cmd/tree_test.go b/cmd/config/cmd/tree_test.go
similarity index 99%
rename from cmd/kyaml/cmd/tree_test.go
rename to cmd/config/cmd/tree_test.go
index db2d29e76..3ea10c792 100644
--- a/cmd/kyaml/cmd/tree_test.go
+++ b/cmd/config/cmd/tree_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/kyaml/cmd"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/cmd"
 )
 
 // TestCmd_files verifies fmt reads the files and filters them
diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/cmd/util.go b/cmd/config/cmd/util.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd/kyaml/cmd/util.go
rename to cmd/config/cmd/util.go
diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/go.mod b/cmd/config/go.mod
similarity index 90%
rename from cmd/kyaml/go.mod
rename to cmd/config/go.mod
index a49569630..eb91ebd38 100644
--- a/cmd/kyaml/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/config/go.mod
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/kyaml
+module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config
 
 go 1.13
 
diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/go.sum b/cmd/config/go.sum
similarity index 99%
rename from cmd/kyaml/go.sum
rename to cmd/config/go.sum
index 7e015cc54..b75c99ecd 100644
--- a/cmd/kyaml/go.sum
+++ b/cmd/config/go.sum
@@ -142,5 +142,6 @@ k8s.io/klog v0.3.0/go.mod h1:Gq+BEi5rUBO/HRz0bTSXDUcqjScdoY3a9IHpCEIOOfk=
 k8s.io/klog v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4Bi6QPql/J/LkTDqv7R/cd3hPo4k2DG6Ptcz060Ez5I=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20191107075043-30be4d16710a/go.mod h1:1TqjTSzOxsLGIKfj0lK8EeCP7K1iUG65v09OM0/WG5E=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20191030222137-2b95a09bc58d/go.mod h1:sZAwmy6armz5eXlNoLmJcl4F1QuKu7sr+mFQ0byX7Ew=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize v2.0.3+incompatible h1:JUufWFNlI44MdtnjUqVnvh29rR37PQFzPbLXqhyOyX0=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff v0.0.0-20190525122527-15d366b2352e/go.mod h1:wWxsB5ozmmv/SG7nM11ayaAW51xMvak/t1r0CSlcokI=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.1.0/go.mod h1:UJmg0vDUVViEyp3mgSv9WPwZCDxu4rQW1olrI1uml+o=
diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/inpututil/inpututil.go b/cmd/config/inpututil/inpututil.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd/kyaml/inpututil/inpututil.go
rename to cmd/config/inpututil/inpututil.go
diff --git a/cmd/kyaml/main.go b/cmd/config/main.go
similarity index 96%
rename from cmd/kyaml/main.go
rename to cmd/config/main.go
index cbd599613..b805f99de 100644
--- a/cmd/kyaml/main.go
+++ b/cmd/config/main.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/kyaml/cmd"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/cmd"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/yaml/merge2"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/yaml/merge3"
 )
diff --git a/travis/kyaml-pre-commit.sh b/travis/kyaml-pre-commit.sh
index e76566f86..8c6462833 100755
--- a/travis/kyaml-pre-commit.sh
+++ b/travis/kyaml-pre-commit.sh
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ set -e
 cd kyaml
 make all
 
-cd ../cmd/kyaml
+cd ../cmd/config
 make all
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/travis/verify-deps.sh b/travis/verify-deps.sh
index f62b6357d..702815cab 100755
--- a/travis/verify-deps.sh
+++ b/travis/verify-deps.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -o xtrace
 
-for dir in api kustomize pseudo kyaml plugin cmd/kyaml
+for dir in api kustomize pseudo kyaml plugin cmd/config
 do
   for item in api apimachinery client-go
   do