diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 318b184a..a2014755 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## Changelog
 
+#### v1.6.4
+
+* `[path]` Added method IsDotfile for checking dotfile names
+
 #### v1.6.3
 
 * `[strutil]` Added methods PrefixSize and SuffixSize
diff --git a/path/path.go b/path/path.go
index 1a9b6e56..7451fce2 100644
--- a/path/path.go
+++ b/path/path.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	PATH "path"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 
 	"pkg.re/essentialkaos/ek.v1/env"
 )
@@ -112,6 +113,21 @@ func IsSafe(path string) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+// IsDotfile return true if file name begins with a full stop
+func IsDotfile(path string) bool {
+	if path == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if !strings.Contains(path, "/") {
+		return path[0:1] == "."
+	}
+
+	pathBase := Base(path)
+
+	return pathBase[0:1] == "."
+}
+
 // ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //
 
 func evalHome(path string) string {
diff --git a/path/path_test.go b/path/path_test.go
index 5bb0e015..a54d1ae9 100644
--- a/path/path_test.go
+++ b/path/path_test.go
@@ -81,3 +81,16 @@ func (s *PathUtilSuite) TestSafe(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(IsSafe("/var/db/yum"), Equals, false)
 	c.Assert(IsSafe("/var/lib/pgsql"), Equals, false)
 }
+
+func (s *PathUtilSuite) TestDotfile(c *C) {
+	c.Assert(IsDotfile(""), Equals, false)
+	c.Assert(IsDotfile("/some/dir/abcd"), Equals, false)
+	c.Assert(IsDotfile("/some/dir/"), Equals, false)
+	c.Assert(IsDotfile("/"), Equals, false)
+	c.Assert(IsDotfile("/////"), Equals, false)
+	c.Assert(IsDotfile("   /    "), Equals, false)
+
+	c.Assert(IsDotfile(".dotfile"), Equals, true)
+	c.Assert(IsDotfile("/.dotfile"), Equals, true)
+	c.Assert(IsDotfile("/some/dir/.abcd"), Equals, true)
+}
diff --git a/path/path_windows.go b/path/path_windows.go
index f93eb056..aa3e9c7b 100644
--- a/path/path_windows.go
+++ b/path/path_windows.go
@@ -65,3 +65,8 @@ func Split(path string) (dir, file string) {
 func IsSafe(path string) bool {
 	return false
 }
+
+// IsDotfile return true if file name begins with a full stop
+func IsDotfile(path string) bool {
+	return false
+}