diff --git a/lib/alg/extract-path.js b/lib/alg/extract-path.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4e5eba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/alg/extract-path.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+module.exports = extractPath;
+
+function extractPath(shortestPaths, source, destination) {
+  if (shortestPaths[source].predecessor !== undefined) {
+    throw new Error("Invalid source vertex");
+  }
+  if (shortestPaths[destination].predecessor === undefined && destination !== source) {
+    throw new Error("Invalid destination vertex");
+  }
+
+  return {
+    weight: shortestPaths[destination].distance,
+    path: runExtractPath(shortestPaths, source, destination)
+  };
+}
+
+function runExtractPath(shortestPaths, source, destination) {
+  var path = [];
+  var currentNode = destination;
+
+  while(currentNode !== source) {
+    path.push(currentNode);
+    currentNode = shortestPaths[currentNode].predecessor;
+  }
+  path.push(source);
+  return path.reverse();
+}
diff --git a/lib/alg/index.js b/lib/alg/index.js
index 2c3d76f2..46eab8c7 100644
--- a/lib/alg/index.js
+++ b/lib/alg/index.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ module.exports = {
   components: require("./components"),
   dijkstra: require("./dijkstra"),
   dijkstraAll: require("./dijkstra-all"),
+  extractPath: require("./extract-path"),
   findCycles: require("./find-cycles"),
   floydWarshall: require("./floyd-warshall"),
   isAcyclic: require("./is-acyclic"),
diff --git a/test/alg/extract-path-tests.js b/test/alg/extract-path-tests.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..972e36cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/alg/extract-path-tests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+var expect = require("../chai").expect,
+    extractPath = require("../..").alg.extractPath;
+
+describe("alg.extractPath", function() {
+  it("returns weight: 0 and path: [source], from source to source", function() {
+    var shortestPaths = {
+      "a": { distance: 0 },
+      "b": { distance: 73, predecessor: "a" }
+    };
+    expect(extractPath(shortestPaths, "a", "a")).to.eql(
+      { weight: 0,
+        path: ["a"]
+      });
+  });
+
+  it("returns weight and path from source to destination", function() {
+    var shortestPaths = {
+      "a": { distance: 0 },
+      "b": { distance: 25, predecessor: "a" },
+      "c": { distance: 55, predecessor: "b" },
+      "d": { distance: 44, predecessor: "b" },
+      "e": { distance: 73, predecessor: "c" },
+      "f": { distance: 65, predecessor: "d" },
+      "g": { distance: 67, predecessor: "b" },
+    };
+    expect(extractPath(shortestPaths, "a", "e")).to.eql(
+      { weight: 73,
+        path: ["a", "b", "c", "e"]
+      });
+  });
+
+  it("throws an error when provided with an invalid source vertex", function() {
+    var shortestPaths = {
+      "a": { distance: 0 },
+      "b": { distance: 17, predecessor: "c" },
+      "c": { distance: 42, predecessor: "a" }
+    };
+    expect(function() { extractPath(shortestPaths, "b", "c"); }).to.throw();
+  });
+
+  it("throws an error when given an invalid destination vertex", function() {
+    var shortestPaths = {
+      "a": { distance: 0 },
+      "b": { distance: 99, predecessor: "a" },
+      "c": { distance: 100 }
+    };
+    expect(function() { extractPath(shortestPaths, "a", "c"); }).to.throw();
+  });
+});