diff --git a/basis/compiler/tests/alien.factor b/basis/compiler/tests/alien.factor
index b26abb561c..7d65ea7103 100644
--- a/basis/compiler/tests/alien.factor
+++ b/basis/compiler/tests/alien.factor
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ namespaces namespaces tools.test sequences stack-checker
 stack-checker.errors words arrays parser quotations
 continuations effects namespaces.private io io.streams.string
 memory system threads tools.test math accessors combinators
-specialized-arrays.float alien.libraries ;
+specialized-arrays.float alien.libraries io.pathnames
+io.backend ;
 IN: compiler.tests
 
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