diff --git a/src/fs/AllocatedPath.hxx b/src/fs/AllocatedPath.hxx
index 68a1a4766..cea1bc27e 100644
--- a/src/fs/AllocatedPath.hxx
+++ b/src/fs/AllocatedPath.hxx
@@ -97,6 +97,16 @@ public:
 			     b, PathTraitsFS::GetLength(b));
 	}
 
+	gcc_pure gcc_nonnull_all
+	static AllocatedPath Build(Path a, const_pointer b) {
+		return Build(a.c_str(), b);
+	}
+
+	gcc_pure gcc_nonnull_all
+	static AllocatedPath Build(Path a, Path b) {
+		return Build(a, b.c_str());
+	}
+
 	gcc_pure gcc_nonnull_all
 	static AllocatedPath Build(const_pointer a, const AllocatedPath &b) {
 		return Build(a, PathTraitsFS::GetLength(a),