diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/pytables/__init__.py b/pandas/tests/io/pytables/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_compat.py b/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_compat.py
index d74e1218ebdb0..34ed066dd3748 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_compat.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_compat.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 import pandas as pd
-from pandas.tests.io.test_pytables import ensure_clean_path
+from pandas.tests.io.pytables.test_pytables import ensure_clean_path
 from pandas.util.testing import assert_frame_equal
 
 tables = pytest.importorskip('tables')
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/test_pytables.py b/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_pytables.py
similarity index 100%
rename from pandas/tests/io/test_pytables.py
rename to pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_pytables.py
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/test_pytables_missing.py b/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_pytables_missing.py
similarity index 100%
rename from pandas/tests/io/test_pytables_missing.py
rename to pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_pytables_missing.py