diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers.js b/lib/OpenLayers.js
index 672ebdde97..0399d2c1fa 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers.js
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
             jsFiles = [
                 "OpenLayers/BaseTypes/Class.js",
                 "OpenLayers/Util.js",
-                "OpenLayers/Vendor.js",
+                "OpenLayers/Util/vendorPrefix.js",
                 "OpenLayers/Animation.js",
                 "OpenLayers/BaseTypes.js",
                 "OpenLayers/BaseTypes/Bounds.js",
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Animation.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Animation.js
index 4a4ccc5637..3507652252 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Animation.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Animation.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * full text of the license. 
  *
  * @requires OpenLayers/SingleFile.js
- * @requires OpenLayers/Vendor.js
+ * @requires OpenLayers/Util/vendorPrefix.js
  */
 
 /**
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ OpenLayers.Animation = (function(window) {
      * Property: isNative
      * {Boolean} true if a native requestAnimationFrame function is available
      */
-    var requestAnimationFrame = OpenLayers.Vendor.jsPrefix(window, "requestAnimationFrame");
+    var requestAnimationFrame = OpenLayers.Util.vendorPrefix.jsPrefix(window, "requestAnimationFrame");
     var isNative = !!(requestAnimationFrame);
     
     /**
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Control/PinchZoom.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Control/PinchZoom.js
index 44492d404d..d42cfd15ba 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Control/PinchZoom.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Control/PinchZoom.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * full text of the license. */
 
 /**
+ * @requires OpenLayers/Util/vendorPrefix.js
  * @requires OpenLayers/Handler/Pinch.js
  */
 
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ OpenLayers.Control.PinchZoom = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Control, {
      */
     applyTransform: function(transform) {
         var style = this.map.layerContainerDiv.style;
-        var transformProperty = OpenLayers.Vendor.stylePrefix("transform");
+        var transformProperty = OpenLayers.Util.vendorPrefix.stylePrefix("transform");
         if (transformProperty) {
             style[transformProperty] = transform;
         }
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Vendor.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Util/vendorPrefix.js
similarity index 96%
rename from lib/OpenLayers/Vendor.js
rename to lib/OpenLayers/Util/vendorPrefix.js
index b0e271009c..2bb760725d 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Vendor.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Util/vendorPrefix.js
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
  *
  * @requires OpenLayers/SingleFile.js
  */
- 
+
+OpenLayers.Util = OpenLayers.Util || {};
 /**
- * Namespace: OpenLayers.Vendor
+ * Namespace: OpenLayers.Util.vendorPrefix
  * A collection of utility functions to detect vendor prefixed features
  */
-OpenLayers.Vendor = (function() {
+OpenLayers.Util.vendorPrefix = (function() {
     "use strict";
     
     var VENDOR_PREFIXES = ["", "O", "ms", "Moz", "Webkit"],
diff --git a/tests/Animation.html b/tests/Animation.html
index b07308d3e0..c24ae49363 100644
--- a/tests/Animation.html
+++ b/tests/Animation.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
         // dependencies for tests
         var OpenLayers = [
-            "OpenLayers/Vendor.js",
+            "OpenLayers/Util/vendorPrefix.js",
             "OpenLayers/Animation.js"
         ];
 
diff --git a/tests/Vendor.html b/tests/Util/vendorPrefix.html
similarity index 77%
rename from tests/Vendor.html
rename to tests/Util/vendorPrefix.html
index 1e7b205d00..7978a8a3fa 100644
--- a/tests/Vendor.html
+++ b/tests/Util/vendorPrefix.html
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
     <head>
-        <title>Vendor.js Tests</title>
+        <title>vendorPrefix.js Tests</title>
         <script>
 
         // dependencies for tests
         var OpenLayers = [
-            "OpenLayers/Vendor.js"
+            "OpenLayers/Util/vendorPrefix.js"
         ];
 
         </script>
-        <script src="OLLoader.js"></script>
+        <script src="../OLLoader.js"></script>
 
         <script>
         
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
             };*/
 
             function clearCache(type) {
-                var cache = OpenLayers.Vendor[type.replace("style", "js") + "Cache"];
+                var cache = OpenLayers.Util.vendorPrefix[type.replace("style", "js") + "Cache"];
                 for (var key in cache) {
                     delete cache[key];
                 }
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
                             if (o.prop != null) {
                                 fakeStyle[o.prop] = o.val;
                             }
-                            OpenLayers.Vendor._mockStyle(fakeStyle);
-                            prefixedProp = OpenLayers.Vendor[method](standardProp);
+                            OpenLayers.Util.vendorPrefix._mockStyle(fakeStyle);
+                            prefixedProp = OpenLayers.Util.vendorPrefix[method](standardProp);
                         } catch(e) {
                             err = e;
                         }
@@ -98,22 +98,22 @@
 
             // test vendor prefix on object
             clearCache("js");
-            t.eq( OpenLayers.Vendor.jsPrefix( {}, "unsupported" ), null, "Standard object property - unsupported");
+            t.eq( OpenLayers.Util.vendorPrefix.jsPrefix( {}, "unsupported" ), null, "Standard object property - unsupported");
 
             clearCache("js");
-            t.eq( OpenLayers.Vendor.jsPrefix( { "test": true }, "test" ), "test", "Standard object property");
+            t.eq( OpenLayers.Util.vendorPrefix.jsPrefix( { "test": true }, "test" ), "test", "Standard object property");
 
             clearCache("js");
-            t.eq( OpenLayers.Vendor.jsPrefix( { "oTest": true }, "test" ), "oTest", "Standard object property");
+            t.eq( OpenLayers.Util.vendorPrefix.jsPrefix( { "oTest": true }, "test" ), "oTest", "Standard object property");
 
             clearCache("js");
-            t.eq( OpenLayers.Vendor.jsPrefix( { "msTest": true }, "test" ), "msTest", "Standard object property");
+            t.eq( OpenLayers.Util.vendorPrefix.jsPrefix( { "msTest": true }, "test" ), "msTest", "Standard object property");
 
             clearCache("js");
-            t.eq( OpenLayers.Vendor.jsPrefix( { "mozTest": true }, "test" ), "mozTest", "Standard object property");
+            t.eq( OpenLayers.Util.vendorPrefix.jsPrefix( { "mozTest": true }, "test" ), "mozTest", "Standard object property");
 
             clearCache("js");
-            t.eq( OpenLayers.Vendor.jsPrefix( { "webkitTest": true }, "test" ), "webkitTest", "Standard object property");
+            t.eq( OpenLayers.Util.vendorPrefix.jsPrefix( { "webkitTest": true }, "test" ), "webkitTest", "Standard object property");
 
             // unwrap document.createElement
             //document.createElement = orgCreateElement;
diff --git a/tests/list-tests.html b/tests/list-tests.html
index 0b544f22f7..44b0db2b90 100644
--- a/tests/list-tests.html
+++ b/tests/list-tests.html
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
     <li>Tween.html</li>
     <li>Kinetic.html</li>
     <li>Util.html</li>
-    <li>Vendor.html</li>
+    <li>Util/vendorPrefix.html</li>
     <li>deprecated/Ajax.html</li>
     <li>deprecated/Util.html</li>
     <li>deprecated/BaseTypes/Class.html</li>
