diff --git a/extra/io/windows/nt/files/files-tests.factor b/extra/io/windows/nt/files/files-tests.factor
index 1e6268fbc0..a08241ad1b 100755
--- a/extra/io/windows/nt/files/files-tests.factor
+++ b/extra/io/windows/nt/files/files-tests.factor
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 USING: io.files kernel tools.test io.backend
-io.windows.nt.files splitting sequences ;
+io.windows.nt.files splitting sequences io.files.private ;
 IN: io.windows.nt.files.tests
 
 [ f ] [ "\\foo" absolute-path? ] unit-test