diff --git a/file_path_special.h b/file_path_special.h
index d578e29f7b..f07e4995c4 100644
--- a/file_path_special.h
+++ b/file_path_special.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ enum file_path_enum
    FILE_PATH_INDEX_EXTENDED_URL,
    FILE_PATH_SRM_EXTENSION,
    FILE_PATH_STATE_EXTENSION,
+   FILE_PATH_RTC_EXTENSION,
    FILE_PATH_CHT_EXTENSION,
    FILE_PATH_LPL_EXTENSION
 };
diff --git a/file_path_str.c b/file_path_str.c
index 8a982366c0..4364062010 100644
--- a/file_path_str.c
+++ b/file_path_str.c
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ const char *file_path_str(enum file_path_enum enum_idx)
 {
    switch (enum_idx)
    {
+      case FILE_PATH_RTC_EXTENSION:
+         return ".rtc";
       case FILE_PATH_CHT_EXTENSION:
          return ".cht";
       case FILE_PATH_SRM_EXTENSION:
diff --git a/retroarch.c b/retroarch.c
index 5afb8989cf..7660cbd8d5 100644
--- a/retroarch.c
+++ b/retroarch.c
@@ -1177,7 +1177,9 @@ static void retroarch_init_savefile_paths(void)
       /* Infer .rtc save path from save ram path. */
       attr.i = RETRO_MEMORY_RTC;
       fill_pathname(savefile_name_rtc,
-            global->name.savefile, ".rtc", sizeof(savefile_name_rtc));
+            global->name.savefile,
+            file_path_str(FILE_PATH_RTC_EXTENSION),
+            sizeof(savefile_name_rtc));
       string_list_append(global->savefiles, savefile_name_rtc, attr);
    }
 }