diff --git a/sstables/sstables.cc b/sstables/sstables.cc
index e8bf0323a6..e4e2cc7059 100644
--- a/sstables/sstables.cc
+++ b/sstables/sstables.cc
@@ -1352,6 +1352,10 @@ const sstring sstable::filename(component_type f) const {
     return filename(_dir, _ks, _cf, _version, _generation, _format, f);
 }
 
+sstring sstable::toc_filename() const {
+    return filename(component_type::TOC);
+}
+
 const sstring sstable::temporary_filename(component_type f) {
     return filename(_dir, _ks, _cf, _version, _generation, _format, f, true);
 }
diff --git a/sstables/sstables.hh b/sstables/sstables.hh
index c263a57e66..252a47d3dd 100644
--- a/sstables/sstables.hh
+++ b/sstables/sstables.hh
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ public:
     const sstring get_filename() {
         return filename(component_type::Data);
     }
+    sstring toc_filename() const;
 
     metadata_collector& get_metadata_collector() {
         return _collector;