diff --git a/client/allocrunnerv2/alloc_runner.go b/client/allocrunnerv2/alloc_runner.go
index 60a6fce30..533d036ee 100644
--- a/client/allocrunnerv2/alloc_runner.go
+++ b/client/allocrunnerv2/alloc_runner.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sync"
 
+	"github.com/boltdb/bolt"
 	log "github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/client/allocdir"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/client/allocrunner"
@@ -31,9 +32,12 @@ type allocRunner struct {
 	alloc     *structs.Allocation
 	allocLock sync.RWMutex
 
+	//XXX implement for local state
 	// state captures the state of the alloc runner
 	state *state.State
 
+	stateDB *bolt.DB
+
 	// allocDir is used to build the allocations directory structure.
 	allocDir *allocdir.AllocDir
 
@@ -56,6 +60,7 @@ func NewAllocRunner(config *Config) *allocRunner {
 		tasks:        make(map[string]*taskrunner.TaskRunner),
 		waitCh:       make(chan struct{}),
 		updateCh:     make(chan *structs.Allocation),
+		stateDB:      config.StateDB,
 	}
 
 	// Create alloc dir
@@ -158,6 +163,7 @@ func (ar *allocRunner) runTask(alloc *structs.Allocation, task *structs.Task) er
 		Task:         task,
 		TaskDir:      ar.allocDir.NewTaskDir(task.Name),
 		Logger:       ar.logger,
+		StateDB:      ar.stateDB,
 	}
 	tr, err := taskrunner.NewTaskRunner(config)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/client/client.go b/client/client.go
index 2c690fbb5..64e4e1d00 100644
--- a/client/client.go
+++ b/client/client.go
@@ -1926,10 +1926,10 @@ func (c *Client) addAlloc(alloc *structs.Allocation, migrateToken string) error
 
 	c.configLock.RLock()
 	arConf := &allocrunnerv2.Config{
+		Alloc:        alloc,
 		Logger:       logger,
 		ClientConfig: c.config,
-		Alloc:        alloc,
-		StateDB:      nil, //FIXME ?
+		StateDB:      c.stateDB,
 	}
 	c.configLock.RUnlock()