diff --git a/include/ircd/fs/fs.h b/include/ircd/fs/fs.h
index 99818b9b6..34493b66d 100644
--- a/include/ircd/fs/fs.h
+++ b/include/ircd/fs/fs.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ namespace ircd::fs
 	string_view get(index) noexcept;
 	string_view name(index) noexcept;
 	std::string make_path(const vector_view<const string_view> &);
+	std::string make_path(const vector_view<const std::string> &);
 
 	bool exists(const string_view &path);
 	bool is_dir(const string_view &path);
diff --git a/ircd/fs.cc b/ircd/fs.cc
index 443654a89..0674e406b 100644
--- a/ircd/fs.cc
+++ b/ircd/fs.cc
@@ -703,6 +703,16 @@ catch(const filesystem::filesystem_error &e)
 	};
 }
 
+std::string
+ircd::fs::make_path(const vector_view<const std::string> &list)
+{
+	filesystem::path ret;
+	for(const auto &s : list)
+		ret /= path(s);
+
+	return ret.string();
+}
+
 std::string
 ircd::fs::make_path(const vector_view<const string_view> &list)
 {