diff --git a/helper/raftutil/state.go b/helper/raftutil/state.go
index 72fc2142b..7b155b799 100644
--- a/helper/raftutil/state.go
+++ b/helper/raftutil/state.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-msgpack/codec"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/structs"