diff --git a/basis/images/images.factor b/basis/images/images.factor
index a426c33ddc..08fbdd4e7e 100644
--- a/basis/images/images.factor
+++ b/basis/images/images.factor
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 ! Copyright (C) 2009 Doug Coleman.
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
-USING: kernel accessors grouping sequences combinators
-math specialized-arrays.direct.uint byte-arrays fry
-specialized-arrays.direct.ushort specialized-arrays.uint
-specialized-arrays.ushort specialized-arrays.float ;
+USING: combinators kernel ;
 IN: images
 
-SINGLETONS: BGR RGB BGRA RGBA ABGR ARGB RGBX XRGB BGRX XBGR
+SINGLETONS: L BGR RGB BGRA RGBA ABGR ARGB RGBX XRGB BGRX XBGR
 R16G16B16 R32G32B32 R16G16B16A16 R32G32B32A32 ;
 
 : bytes-per-pixel ( component-order -- n )
     {
+        { L [ 1 ] }
         { BGR [ 3 ] }
         { RGB [ 3 ] }
         { BGRA [ 4 ] }
@@ -31,71 +29,4 @@ TUPLE: image dim component-order upside-down? bitmap ;
 
 : <image> ( -- image ) image new ; inline
 
-GENERIC: load-image* ( path tuple -- image )
-
-: add-dummy-alpha ( seq -- seq' )
-    3 <groups> [ 255 suffix ] map concat ;
-
-: normalize-floats ( byte-array -- byte-array )
-    byte-array>float-array [ 255.0 * >integer ] B{ } map-as ;
-
-GENERIC: normalize-component-order* ( image component-order -- image )
-
-: normalize-component-order ( image -- image )
-    dup component-order>> '[ _ normalize-component-order* ] change-bitmap ;
-
-M: RGBA normalize-component-order* drop ;
-
-M: R32G32B32A32 normalize-component-order*
-    drop normalize-floats ;
-
-M: R32G32B32 normalize-component-order*
-    drop normalize-floats add-dummy-alpha ;
-
-: RGB16>8 ( bitmap -- bitmap' )
-    byte-array>ushort-array [ -8 shift ] B{ } map-as ; inline
-
-M: R16G16B16A16 normalize-component-order*
-    drop RGB16>8 ;
-
-M: R16G16B16 normalize-component-order*
-    drop RGB16>8 add-dummy-alpha ;
-
-: BGR>RGB ( bitmap -- pixels )
-    3 <sliced-groups> [ <reversed> ] map B{ } join ; inline
-
-: BGRA>RGBA ( bitmap -- pixels )
-    4 <sliced-groups>
-    [ unclip-last-slice [ <reversed> ] dip suffix ] map concat ; inline
-
-M: BGRA normalize-component-order*
-    drop BGRA>RGBA ;
-
-M: RGB normalize-component-order*
-    drop add-dummy-alpha ;
-
-M: BGR normalize-component-order*
-    drop BGR>RGB add-dummy-alpha ;
-
-: ARGB>RGBA ( bitmap -- bitmap' )
-    4 <groups> [ unclip suffix ] map B{ } join ; inline
-
-M: ARGB normalize-component-order*
-    drop ARGB>RGBA ;
-
-M: ABGR normalize-component-order*
-    drop ARGB>RGBA BGRA>RGBA ;
-
-: normalize-scan-line-order ( image -- image )
-    dup upside-down?>> [
-        dup dim>> first 4 * '[
-            _ <groups> reverse concat
-        ] change-bitmap
-        f >>upside-down?
-    ] when ;
-
-: normalize-image ( image -- image )
-    [ >byte-array ] change-bitmap
-    normalize-component-order
-    normalize-scan-line-order
-    RGBA >>component-order ;
+GENERIC: load-image* ( path tuple -- image )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/basis/images/loader/loader.factor b/basis/images/loader/loader.factor
index 6f2ae47c61..b8bafc021f 100644
--- a/basis/images/loader/loader.factor
+++ b/basis/images/loader/loader.factor
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ! Copyright (C) 2009 Doug Coleman.
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
 USING: constructors kernel splitting unicode.case combinators
-accessors images.bitmap images.tiff images io.backend
+accessors images.bitmap images.tiff images images.normalization
 io.pathnames ;
 IN: images.loader
 
diff --git a/basis/images/normalization/authors.txt b/basis/images/normalization/authors.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c1b2f2279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basis/images/normalization/authors.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Doug Coleman
diff --git a/basis/images/normalization/normalization.factor b/basis/images/normalization/normalization.factor
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bcdf841b42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basis/images/normalization/normalization.factor
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+! Copyright (C) 2009 Doug Coleman
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
+USING: kernel accessors grouping sequences combinators
+math specialized-arrays.direct.uint byte-arrays fry
+specialized-arrays.direct.ushort specialized-arrays.uint
+specialized-arrays.ushort specialized-arrays.float images ;
+IN: images.normalization
+
+<PRIVATE
+
+: add-dummy-alpha ( seq -- seq' )
+    3 <groups> [ 255 suffix ] map concat ;
+
+: normalize-floats ( byte-array -- byte-array )
+    byte-array>float-array [ 255.0 * >integer ] B{ } map-as ;
+
+GENERIC: normalize-component-order* ( image component-order -- image )
+
+: normalize-component-order ( image -- image )
+    dup component-order>> '[ _ normalize-component-order* ] change-bitmap ;
+
+M: RGBA normalize-component-order* drop ;
+
+M: R32G32B32A32 normalize-component-order*
+    drop normalize-floats ;
+
+M: R32G32B32 normalize-component-order*
+    drop normalize-floats add-dummy-alpha ;
+
+: RGB16>8 ( bitmap -- bitmap' )
+    byte-array>ushort-array [ -8 shift ] B{ } map-as ; inline
+
+M: R16G16B16A16 normalize-component-order*
+    drop RGB16>8 ;
+
+M: R16G16B16 normalize-component-order*
+    drop RGB16>8 add-dummy-alpha ;
+
+: BGR>RGB ( bitmap -- pixels )
+    3 <sliced-groups> [ <reversed> ] map B{ } join ; inline
+
+: BGRA>RGBA ( bitmap -- pixels )
+    4 <sliced-groups>
+    [ unclip-last-slice [ <reversed> ] dip suffix ] map concat ; inline
+
+M: BGRA normalize-component-order*
+    drop BGRA>RGBA ;
+
+M: RGB normalize-component-order*
+    drop add-dummy-alpha ;
+
+M: BGR normalize-component-order*
+    drop BGR>RGB add-dummy-alpha ;
+
+: ARGB>RGBA ( bitmap -- bitmap' )
+    4 <groups> [ unclip suffix ] map B{ } join ; inline
+
+M: ARGB normalize-component-order*
+    drop ARGB>RGBA ;
+
+M: ABGR normalize-component-order*
+    drop ARGB>RGBA BGRA>RGBA ;
+
+: normalize-scan-line-order ( image -- image )
+    dup upside-down?>> [
+        dup dim>> first 4 * '[
+            _ <groups> reverse concat
+        ] change-bitmap
+        f >>upside-down?
+    ] when ;
+
+PRIVATE>
+
+: normalize-image ( image -- image )
+    [ >byte-array ] change-bitmap
+    normalize-component-order
+    normalize-scan-line-order
+    RGBA >>component-order ;