diff --git a/nomad/state/state_store.go b/nomad/state/state_store.go
index eb57f3814..273ef3de4 100644
--- a/nomad/state/state_store.go
+++ b/nomad/state/state_store.go
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ func NewStateStore(config *StateStoreConfig) (*StateStore, error) {
 		config:    config,
 		abandonCh: make(chan struct{}),
 	}
+
+	// Initialize the state store with required enterprise objects
+	if err := s.enterpriseInit(); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("enterprise state store initialization failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	return s, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/nomad/state/state_store_oss.go b/nomad/state/state_store_oss.go
index cf6841e0d..3ef4e600b 100644
--- a/nomad/state/state_store_oss.go
+++ b/nomad/state/state_store_oss.go
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/structs"
 )
 
+// enterpriseInit is used to initialize the state store with enterprise
+// objects.
+func (s *StateStore) enterpriseInit() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
 // namespaceExists returns whether a namespace exists
 func (s *StateStore) namespaceExists(txn *memdb.Txn, namespace string) (bool, error) {
 	return namespace == structs.DefaultNamespace, nil