diff --git a/zerver/decorator.py b/zerver/decorator.py
index 54e2d32683..f4b8785518 100644
--- a/zerver/decorator.py
+++ b/zerver/decorator.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from zerver.lib.queue import queue_json_publish
 from zerver.lib.timestamp import datetime_to_timestamp, timestamp_to_datetime
 from zerver.lib.utils import statsd, get_subdomain, check_subdomain, \
     is_remote_server
-from zerver.exceptions import RateLimited
+from zerver.lib.exceptions import RateLimited
 from zerver.lib.rate_limiter import incr_ratelimit, is_ratelimited, \
     api_calls_left
 from zerver.lib.request import REQ, has_request_variables, JsonableError, RequestVariableMissingError
diff --git a/zerver/exceptions.py b/zerver/lib/exceptions.py
similarity index 100%
rename from zerver/exceptions.py
rename to zerver/lib/exceptions.py
diff --git a/zerver/middleware.py b/zerver/middleware.py
index 2610531cf7..440c3fa8a8 100644
--- a/zerver/middleware.py
+++ b/zerver/middleware.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from zerver.lib.queue import queue_json_publish
 from zerver.lib.cache import get_remote_cache_time, get_remote_cache_requests
 from zerver.lib.bugdown import get_bugdown_time, get_bugdown_requests
 from zerver.models import flush_per_request_caches, get_realm
-from zerver.exceptions import RateLimited
+from zerver.lib.exceptions import RateLimited
 from django.contrib.sessions.middleware import SessionMiddleware
 from django.views.csrf import csrf_failure as html_csrf_failure
 from django.utils.cache import patch_vary_headers