diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/file/FileUtil.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/file/FileUtil.java
index 7d162ee..35a3629 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/file/FileUtil.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/file/FileUtil.java
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@
         return joinPath(File.separatorChar, elements);
     }
 
+    public static String joinPathUnix(String... elements) {
+        return joinPath('/', elements);
+    }
+
+    public static String joinPathWindows(String... elements) {
+        return joinPath('\\', elements);
+    }
+
     public static void forceMkdirs(File dir) throws IOException {
         File canonicalDir = dir.getCanonicalFile();
         try {