diff --git a/writenopcloser.go b/writenopcloser.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b19d4f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/writenopcloser.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package raft
+
+import (
+	"io"
+)
+
+type internalWriteNopCloser struct {
+	writer io.Writer
+}
+
+func (receiver internalWriteNopCloser) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	return receiver.writer.Write(p)
+}
+
+func (internalWriteNopCloser) Close() error {
+	return nil
+}