diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/Utility/FileSpec.h b/lldb/include/lldb/Utility/FileSpec.h
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/Utility/FileSpec.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/Utility/FileSpec.h
@@ -408,6 +408,18 @@
   ///     A boolean value indicating whether the path was updated.
   bool RemoveLastPathComponent();
 
+  /// Gets the components of the FileSpec's path.
+  /// For example, given the path:
+  ///   /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/UIFoundation.framework/UIFoundation
+  ///
+  /// This function returns:
+  ///   {"System", "Library", "PrivateFrameworks", "UIFoundation.framework",
+  ///   "UIFoundation"}
+  /// \return
+  ///   A std::vector of llvm::StringRefs for each path component.
+  ///   The lifetime of the StringRefs is tied to the lifetime of the FileSpec.
+  std::vector<llvm::StringRef> GetComponents() const;
+
 protected:
   // Convenience method for setting the file without changing the style.
   void SetFile(llvm::StringRef path);
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/MacOSX/PlatformDarwin.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/MacOSX/PlatformDarwin.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/MacOSX/PlatformDarwin.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/MacOSX/PlatformDarwin.cpp
@@ -1236,13 +1236,9 @@
     // "UIFoundation" and "UIFoundation.framework" -- most likely the latter
     // will be the one we find there.
 
-    FileSpec platform_pull_upart(platform_file);
-    std::vector<std::string> path_parts;
-    path_parts.push_back(platform_pull_upart.GetFilename().AsCString());
-    while (platform_pull_upart.RemoveLastPathComponent()) {
-      ConstString part = platform_pull_upart.GetFilename();
-      path_parts.push_back(part.AsCString());
-    }
+    std::vector<llvm::StringRef> path_parts = platform_file.GetComponents();
+    // We want the components in reverse order.
+    std::reverse(path_parts.begin(), path_parts.end());
     const size_t path_parts_size = path_parts.size();
 
     size_t num_module_search_paths = module_search_paths_ptr->GetSize();
diff --git a/lldb/source/Utility/FileSpec.cpp b/lldb/source/Utility/FileSpec.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Utility/FileSpec.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Utility/FileSpec.cpp
@@ -463,6 +463,26 @@
   }
   return false;
 }
+
+std::vector<llvm::StringRef> FileSpec::GetComponents() const {
+  std::vector<llvm::StringRef> components;
+
+  auto dir_begin = llvm::sys::path::begin(m_directory.GetStringRef(), m_style);
+  auto dir_end = llvm::sys::path::end(m_directory.GetStringRef());
+
+  for (auto iter = dir_begin; iter != dir_end; ++iter) {
+    if (*iter == "/" || *iter == ".")
+      continue;
+
+    components.push_back(*iter);
+  }
+
+  if (!m_filename.IsEmpty() && m_filename != "/" && m_filename != ".")
+    components.push_back(m_filename.GetStringRef());
+
+  return components;
+}
+
 /// Returns true if the filespec represents an implementation source
 /// file (files with a ".c", ".cpp", ".m", ".mm" (many more)
 /// extension).
diff --git a/lldb/unittests/Utility/FileSpecTest.cpp b/lldb/unittests/Utility/FileSpecTest.cpp
--- a/lldb/unittests/Utility/FileSpecTest.cpp
+++ b/lldb/unittests/Utility/FileSpecTest.cpp
@@ -504,3 +504,33 @@
   EXPECT_FALSE(win_noext.IsSourceImplementationFile());
   EXPECT_FALSE(exe.IsSourceImplementationFile());
 }
+
+TEST(FileSpecTest, TestGetComponents) {
+  std::pair<llvm::StringRef, std::vector<llvm::StringRef>> PosixTests[] = {
+      {"/", {}},
+      {"/foo", {"foo"}},
+      {"/foo/", {"foo"}},
+      {"/foo/bar", {"foo", "bar"}},
+      {"/llvm-project/lldb/unittests/Utility/FileSpecTest.cpp",
+       {"llvm-project", "lldb", "unittests", "Utility", "FileSpecTest.cpp"}},
+  };
+
+  for (const auto &pair : PosixTests) {
+    FileSpec file_spec = PosixSpec(pair.first);
+    EXPECT_EQ(file_spec.GetComponents(), pair.second);
+  }
+
+  std::pair<llvm::StringRef, std::vector<llvm::StringRef>> WindowsTests[] = {
+      {"C:\\", {"C:"}},
+      {"C:\\Windows\\", {"C:", "Windows"}},
+      {"C:\\Windows\\System32", {"C:", "Windows", "System32"}},
+      {"C:\\llvm-project\\lldb\\unittests\\Utility\\FileSpecTest.cpp",
+       {"C:", "llvm-project", "lldb", "unittests", "Utility",
+        "FileSpecTest.cpp"}},
+  };
+
+  for (const auto &pair : WindowsTests) {
+    FileSpec file_spec = WindowsSpec(pair.first);
+    EXPECT_EQ(file_spec.GetComponents(), pair.second);
+  }
+}