diff --git a/IPython/html/kernelspecs/__init__.py b/IPython/html/kernelspecs/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/IPython/html/kernelspecs/__init__.py
diff --git a/IPython/html/kernelspecs/handlers.py b/IPython/html/kernelspecs/handlers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9940440
--- /dev/null
+++ b/IPython/html/kernelspecs/handlers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+from tornado import web
+from ..base.handlers import IPythonHandler
+from ..services.kernelspecs.handlers import kernel_name_regex
+
+class KernelSpecResourceHandler(web.StaticFileHandler, IPythonHandler):
+    SUPPORTED_METHODS = ('GET', 'HEAD')
+
+    def initialize(self):
+        web.StaticFileHandler.initialize(self, path='')
+
+    def get(self, kernel_name, path, include_body=True):
+        ksm = self.kernel_spec_manager
+        try:
+            self.root = ksm.get_kernel_spec(kernel_name).resource_dir
+        except KeyError:
+            raise web.HTTPError(404, u'Kernel spec %s not found' % kernel_name)
+        self.log.debug("Serving kernel resource from: %s", self.root)
+        return web.StaticFileHandler.get(self, path, include_body=include_body)
+    
+    def head(self, kernel_name, path):
+        self.get(kernel_name, path, include_body=False)
+
+default_handlers = [
+    (r"/kernelspecs/%s/(?P<path>.*)" % kernel_name_regex, KernelSpecResourceHandler),
+]
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diff --git a/IPython/html/notebookapp.py b/IPython/html/notebookapp.py
index c36d901..9c555d6 100644
--- a/IPython/html/notebookapp.py
+++ b/IPython/html/notebookapp.py
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ class NotebookWebApplication(web.Application):
         handlers.extend(load_handlers('auth.logout'))
         handlers.extend(load_handlers('notebook.handlers'))
         handlers.extend(load_handlers('nbconvert.handlers'))
+        handlers.extend(load_handlers('kernelspecs.handlers'))
         handlers.extend(load_handlers('services.kernels.handlers'))
         handlers.extend(load_handlers('services.notebooks.handlers'))
         handlers.extend(load_handlers('services.clusters.handlers'))
diff --git a/IPython/html/services/kernelspecs/handlers.py b/IPython/html/services/kernelspecs/handlers.py
index 6e0b0c7..3aeb554 100644
--- a/IPython/html/services/kernelspecs/handlers.py
+++ b/IPython/html/services/kernelspecs/handlers.py
@@ -41,31 +41,11 @@ class KernelSpecHandler(IPythonHandler):
         self.finish(kernelspec.to_json())
 
 
-class KernelSpecResourceHandler(web.StaticFileHandler, IPythonHandler):
-    SUPPORTED_METHODS = ('GET', 'HEAD')
-
-    def initialize(self):
-        web.StaticFileHandler.initialize(self, path='')
-
-    def get(self, kernel_name, path, include_body=True):
-        ksm = self.kernel_spec_manager
-        try:
-            self.root = ksm.get_kernel_spec(kernel_name).resource_dir
-        except KeyError:
-            raise web.HTTPError(404, u'Kernel spec %s not found' % kernel_name)
-        self.log.debug("Serving kernel resource from: %s", self.root)
-        return web.StaticFileHandler.get(self, path, include_body=include_body)
-    
-    def head(self, kernel_name, path):
-        self.get(kernel_name, path, include_body=False)
-
-
 # URL to handler mappings
 
-_kernel_name_regex = r"(?P<kernel_name>\w+)"
+kernel_name_regex = r"(?P<kernel_name>\w+)"
 
 default_handlers = [
     (r"/api/kernelspecs", MainKernelSpecHandler),
-    (r"/api/kernelspecs/%s" % _kernel_name_regex, KernelSpecHandler),
-    (r"/api/kernelspecs/%s/(?P<path>.*)" % _kernel_name_regex, KernelSpecResourceHandler),
+    (r"/api/kernelspecs/%s" % kernel_name_regex, KernelSpecHandler),
 ]
diff --git a/IPython/html/services/kernelspecs/tests/test_kernelspecs_api.py b/IPython/html/services/kernelspecs/tests/test_kernelspecs_api.py
index 0a7086b..9022415 100644
--- a/IPython/html/services/kernelspecs/tests/test_kernelspecs_api.py
+++ b/IPython/html/services/kernelspecs/tests/test_kernelspecs_api.py
@@ -30,20 +30,20 @@ class KernelSpecAPI(object):
 
     def _req(self, verb, path, body=None):
         response = requests.request(verb,
-                url_path_join(self.base_url, 'api/kernelspecs', path),
+                url_path_join(self.base_url, path),
                 data=body,
         )
         response.raise_for_status()
         return response
 
     def list(self):
-        return self._req('GET', '')
+        return self._req('GET', 'api/kernelspecs')
 
     def kernel_spec_info(self, name):
-        return self._req('GET', name)
+        return self._req('GET', url_path_join('api/kernelspecs', name))
     
     def kernel_resource(self, name, path):
-        return self._req('GET', url_path_join(name, path))
+        return self._req('GET', url_path_join('kernelspecs', name, path))
 
 class APITest(NotebookTestBase):
     """Test the kernelspec web service API"""