diff --git a/synapse/app/federation_sender.py b/synapse/app/federation_sender.py
index 9711a7147c..1d43f2b075 100644
--- a/synapse/app/federation_sender.py
+++ b/synapse/app/federation_sender.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ from synapse.replication.slave.storage.receipts import SlavedReceiptsStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.registration import SlavedRegistrationStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.transactions import SlavedTransactionStore
 from synapse.replication.tcp.client import ReplicationClientHandler
-from synapse.replication.tcp.streams import ReceiptsStream
+from synapse.replication.tcp.streams._base import ReceiptsStream
 from synapse.server import HomeServer
 from synapse.storage.engines import create_engine
 from synapse.types import ReadReceipt
diff --git a/synapse/replication/tcp/streams/__init__.py b/synapse/replication/tcp/streams/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d5227971e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/replication/tcp/streams/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2017 Vector Creations Ltd
+# Copyright 2019 New Vector Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Defines all the valid streams that clients can subscribe to, and the format
+of the rows returned by each stream.
+
+Each stream is defined by the following information:
+
+    stream name:        The name of the stream
+    row type:           The type that is used to serialise/deserialse the row
+    current_token:      The function that returns the current token for the stream
+    update_function:    The function that returns a list of updates between two tokens
+"""
+
+from . import _base
+
+STREAMS_MAP = {
+    stream.NAME: stream
+    for stream in (
+        _base.EventsStream,
+        _base.BackfillStream,
+        _base.PresenceStream,
+        _base.TypingStream,
+        _base.ReceiptsStream,
+        _base.PushRulesStream,
+        _base.PushersStream,
+        _base.CachesStream,
+        _base.PublicRoomsStream,
+        _base.DeviceListsStream,
+        _base.ToDeviceStream,
+        _base.FederationStream,
+        _base.TagAccountDataStream,
+        _base.AccountDataStream,
+        _base.CurrentStateDeltaStream,
+        _base.GroupServerStream,
+    )
+}
diff --git a/synapse/replication/tcp/streams.py b/synapse/replication/tcp/streams/_base.py
similarity index 93%
rename from synapse/replication/tcp/streams.py
rename to synapse/replication/tcp/streams/_base.py
index 42b8a25bd3..344c8ab916 100644
--- a/synapse/replication/tcp/streams.py
+++ b/synapse/replication/tcp/streams/_base.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Copyright 2017 Vector Creations Ltd
+# Copyright 2019 New Vector Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -13,16 +14,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-"""Defines all the valid streams that clients can subscribe to, and the format
-of the rows returned by each stream.
 
-Each stream is defined by the following information:
-
-    stream name:        The name of the stream
-    row type:           The type that is used to serialise/deserialse the row
-    current_token:      The function that returns the current token for the stream
-    update_function:    The function that returns a list of updates between two tokens
-"""
 import itertools
 import logging
 from collections import namedtuple
@@ -34,7 +26,6 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 MAX_EVENTS_BEHIND = 10000
 
-
 EventStreamRow = namedtuple("EventStreamRow", (
     "event_id",  # str
     "room_id",  # str
@@ -489,26 +480,3 @@ class GroupServerStream(Stream):
         self.update_function = store.get_all_groups_changes
 
         super(GroupServerStream, self).__init__(hs)
-
-
-STREAMS_MAP = {
-    stream.NAME: stream
-    for stream in (
-        EventsStream,
-        BackfillStream,
-        PresenceStream,
-        TypingStream,
-        ReceiptsStream,
-        PushRulesStream,
-        PushersStream,
-        CachesStream,
-        PublicRoomsStream,
-        DeviceListsStream,
-        ToDeviceStream,
-        FederationStream,
-        TagAccountDataStream,
-        AccountDataStream,
-        CurrentStateDeltaStream,
-        GroupServerStream,
-    )
-}
diff --git a/tests/replication/tcp/streams/test_receipts.py b/tests/replication/tcp/streams/test_receipts.py
index 9aa9dfe82e..d5a99f6caa 100644
--- a/tests/replication/tcp/streams/test_receipts.py
+++ b/tests/replication/tcp/streams/test_receipts.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-from synapse.replication.tcp.streams import ReceiptsStreamRow
+from synapse.replication.tcp.streams._base import ReceiptsStreamRow
 
 from tests.replication.tcp.streams._base import BaseStreamTestCase