diff --git a/CHANGELOG-3.4.md b/CHANGELOG-3.4.md
index 5ac64beba39..e5d5253de48 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG-3.4.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG-3.4.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
   - Move `cmd/vendor` directory to `vendor` at repository root.
   - Remove recursive symlinks in `cmd` directory.
   - Now `go get/install/build` on `etcd` packages (e.g. `clientv3`, `tools/benchmark`) enforce builds with etcd `vendor` directory.
+- Rename `"github.com/coreos/etcd/snap"` to [`"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/raftsnap"`](https://github.com/coreos/etcd/pull/9211).
 
 ### Added(API)
 
diff --git a/contrib/raftexample/kvstore.go b/contrib/raftexample/kvstore.go
index d877bc7ad5e..077d4959fc0 100644
--- a/contrib/raftexample/kvstore.go
+++ b/contrib/raftexample/kvstore.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/snap"
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/raftsnap"
 )
 
 // a key-value store backed by raft
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ type kvstore struct {
 	proposeC    chan<- string // channel for proposing updates
 	mu          sync.RWMutex
 	kvStore     map[string]string // current committed key-value pairs
-	snapshotter *snap.Snapshotter
+	snapshotter *raftsnap.Snapshotter
 }
 
 type kv struct {
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ type kv struct {
 	Val string
 }
 
-func newKVStore(snapshotter *snap.Snapshotter, proposeC chan<- string, commitC <-chan *string, errorC <-chan error) *kvstore {
+func newKVStore(snapshotter *raftsnap.Snapshotter, proposeC chan<- string, commitC <-chan *string, errorC <-chan error) *kvstore {
 	s := &kvstore{proposeC: proposeC, kvStore: make(map[string]string), snapshotter: snapshotter}
 	// replay log into key-value map
 	s.readCommits(commitC, errorC)
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ func (s *kvstore) readCommits(commitC <-chan *string, errorC <-chan error) {
 			// done replaying log; new data incoming
 			// OR signaled to load snapshot
 			snapshot, err := s.snapshotter.Load()
-			if err == snap.ErrNoSnapshot {
+			if err == raftsnap.ErrNoSnapshot {
 				return
 			}
-			if err != nil && err != snap.ErrNoSnapshot {
+			if err != nil && err != raftsnap.ErrNoSnapshot {
 				log.Panic(err)
 			}
 			log.Printf("loading snapshot at term %d and index %d", snapshot.Metadata.Term, snapshot.Metadata.Index)
diff --git a/contrib/raftexample/raft.go b/contrib/raftexample/raft.go
index 2b7f3207a90..c53c6f1f58a 100644
--- a/contrib/raftexample/raft.go
+++ b/contrib/raftexample/raft.go
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/stats"
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/raftsnap"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/fileutil"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/types"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft/raftpb"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/rafthttp"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/snap"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/wal"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/wal/walpb"
 )
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ type raftNode struct {
 	raftStorage *raft.MemoryStorage
 	wal         *wal.WAL
 
-	snapshotter      *snap.Snapshotter
-	snapshotterReady chan *snap.Snapshotter // signals when snapshotter is ready
+	snapshotter      *raftsnap.Snapshotter
+	snapshotterReady chan *raftsnap.Snapshotter // signals when snapshotter is ready
 
 	snapCount uint64
 	transport *rafthttp.Transport
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ var defaultSnapCount uint64 = 10000
 // commit channel, followed by a nil message (to indicate the channel is
 // current), then new log entries. To shutdown, close proposeC and read errorC.
 func newRaftNode(id int, peers []string, join bool, getSnapshot func() ([]byte, error), proposeC <-chan string,
-	confChangeC <-chan raftpb.ConfChange) (<-chan *string, <-chan error, <-chan *snap.Snapshotter) {
+	confChangeC <-chan raftpb.ConfChange) (<-chan *string, <-chan error, <-chan *raftsnap.Snapshotter) {
 
 	commitC := make(chan *string)
 	errorC := make(chan error)
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func newRaftNode(id int, peers []string, join bool, getSnapshot func() ([]byte,
 		httpstopc:   make(chan struct{}),
 		httpdonec:   make(chan struct{}),
 
-		snapshotterReady: make(chan *snap.Snapshotter, 1),
+		snapshotterReady: make(chan *raftsnap.Snapshotter, 1),
 		// rest of structure populated after WAL replay
 	}
 	go rc.startRaft()
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func (rc *raftNode) publishEntries(ents []raftpb.Entry) bool {
 
 func (rc *raftNode) loadSnapshot() *raftpb.Snapshot {
 	snapshot, err := rc.snapshotter.Load()
-	if err != nil && err != snap.ErrNoSnapshot {
+	if err != nil && err != raftsnap.ErrNoSnapshot {
 		log.Fatalf("raftexample: error loading snapshot (%v)", err)
 	}
 	return snapshot
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ func (rc *raftNode) startRaft() {
 			log.Fatalf("raftexample: cannot create dir for snapshot (%v)", err)
 		}
 	}
-	rc.snapshotter = snap.New(rc.snapdir)
+	rc.snapshotter = raftsnap.New(rc.snapdir)
 	rc.snapshotterReady <- rc.snapshotter
 
 	oldwal := wal.Exist(rc.waldir)
diff --git a/etcdctl/ctlv2/command/backup_command.go b/etcdctl/ctlv2/command/backup_command.go
index 82e61d8ab29..0a8714cd24f 100644
--- a/etcdctl/ctlv2/command/backup_command.go
+++ b/etcdctl/ctlv2/command/backup_command.go
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/etcdserverpb"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/membership"
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/raftsnap"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/fileutil"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/idutil"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/pbutil"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft/raftpb"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/snap"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/wal"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/wal/walpb"
 
@@ -102,14 +102,14 @@ func handleBackup(c *cli.Context) error {
 }
 
 func saveSnap(destSnap, srcSnap string) (walsnap walpb.Snapshot) {
-	ss := snap.New(srcSnap)
+	ss := raftsnap.New(srcSnap)
 	snapshot, err := ss.Load()
-	if err != nil && err != snap.ErrNoSnapshot {
+	if err != nil && err != raftsnap.ErrNoSnapshot {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	if snapshot != nil {
 		walsnap.Index, walsnap.Term = snapshot.Metadata.Index, snapshot.Metadata.Term
-		newss := snap.New(destSnap)
+		newss := raftsnap.New(destSnap)
 		if err = newss.SaveSnap(*snapshot); err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
diff --git a/etcdctl/ctlv3/command/migrate_command.go b/etcdctl/ctlv3/command/migrate_command.go
index 48c17c8ab4a..f9e28ebad2c 100644
--- a/etcdctl/ctlv3/command/migrate_command.go
+++ b/etcdctl/ctlv3/command/migrate_command.go
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/api"
 	pb "github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/etcdserverpb"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/membership"
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/raftsnap"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/mvcc"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/mvcc/backend"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/mvcc/mvccpb"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/pbutil"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/types"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft/raftpb"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/snap"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/store"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/wal"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/wal/walpb"
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ func rebuildStoreV2() (store.Store, uint64) {
 	}
 	snapdir := filepath.Join(migrateDatadir, "member", "snap")
 
-	ss := snap.New(snapdir)
+	ss := raftsnap.New(snapdir)
 	snapshot, err := ss.Load()
-	if err != nil && err != snap.ErrNoSnapshot {
+	if err != nil && err != raftsnap.ErrNoSnapshot {
 		ExitWithError(ExitError, err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/etcdserver/backend.go b/etcdserver/backend.go
index 01a84d04d48..b66c549a166 100644
--- a/etcdserver/backend.go
+++ b/etcdserver/backend.go
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/raftsnap"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/lease"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/mvcc"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/mvcc/backend"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft/raftpb"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/snap"
 )
 
 func newBackend(cfg ServerConfig) backend.Backend {
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func newBackend(cfg ServerConfig) backend.Backend {
 }
 
 // openSnapshotBackend renames a snapshot db to the current etcd db and opens it.
-func openSnapshotBackend(cfg ServerConfig, ss *snap.Snapshotter, snapshot raftpb.Snapshot) (backend.Backend, error) {
+func openSnapshotBackend(cfg ServerConfig, ss *raftsnap.Snapshotter, snapshot raftpb.Snapshot) (backend.Backend, error) {
 	snapPath, err := ss.DBFilePath(snapshot.Metadata.Index)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("database snapshot file path error: %v", err)
@@ -77,5 +77,5 @@ func recoverSnapshotBackend(cfg ServerConfig, oldbe backend.Backend, snapshot ra
 		return oldbe, nil
 	}
 	oldbe.Close()
-	return openSnapshotBackend(cfg, snap.New(cfg.SnapDir()), snapshot)
+	return openSnapshotBackend(cfg, raftsnap.New(cfg.SnapDir()), snapshot)
 }
diff --git a/etcdserver/server.go b/etcdserver/server.go
index 780611f70fa..4bf6eded8e1 100644
--- a/etcdserver/server.go
+++ b/etcdserver/server.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import (
 	pb "github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/etcdserverpb"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/membership"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/stats"
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/raftsnap"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/lease"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/lease/leasehttp"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/mvcc"
@@ -52,7 +53,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft/raftpb"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/rafthttp"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/snap"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/store"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/version"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/wal"
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ type EtcdServer struct {
 	cluster *membership.RaftCluster
 
 	store       store.Store
-	snapshotter *snap.Snapshotter
+	snapshotter *raftsnap.Snapshotter
 
 	applyV2 ApplierV2
 
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func NewServer(cfg ServerConfig) (srv *EtcdServer, err error) {
 	if err = fileutil.TouchDirAll(cfg.SnapDir()); err != nil {
 		plog.Fatalf("create snapshot directory error: %v", err)
 	}
-	ss := snap.New(cfg.SnapDir())
+	ss := raftsnap.New(cfg.SnapDir())
 
 	bepath := cfg.backendPath()
 	beExist := fileutil.Exist(bepath)
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ func NewServer(cfg ServerConfig) (srv *EtcdServer, err error) {
 			plog.Warningf("discovery token ignored since a cluster has already been initialized. Valid log found at %q", cfg.WALDir())
 		}
 		snapshot, err = ss.Load()
-		if err != nil && err != snap.ErrNoSnapshot {
+		if err != nil && err != raftsnap.ErrNoSnapshot {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		if snapshot != nil {
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ func (s *EtcdServer) publish(timeout time.Duration) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *EtcdServer) sendMergedSnap(merged snap.Message) {
+func (s *EtcdServer) sendMergedSnap(merged raftsnap.Message) {
 	atomic.AddInt64(&s.inflightSnapshots, 1)
 
 	s.r.transport.SendSnapshot(merged)
diff --git a/etcdserver/server_test.go b/etcdserver/server_test.go
index e3ea0f9250c..6ae4f6d108b 100644
--- a/etcdserver/server_test.go
+++ b/etcdserver/server_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 
 	pb "github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/etcdserverpb"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/membership"
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/raftsnap"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/lease"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/mvcc"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/mvcc/backend"
@@ -43,7 +44,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft/raftpb"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/rafthttp"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/snap"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/store"
 )
 
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ func TestSnapshotOrdering(t *testing.T) {
 		Cfg:         ServerConfig{DataDir: testdir},
 		r:           *r,
 		store:       st,
-		snapshotter: snap.New(snapdir),
+		snapshotter: raftsnap.New(snapdir),
 		cluster:     cl,
 		SyncTicker:  &time.Ticker{},
 	}
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ func TestConcurrentApplyAndSnapshotV3(t *testing.T) {
 		Cfg:         ServerConfig{DataDir: testdir},
 		r:           *r,
 		store:       st,
-		snapshotter: snap.New(testdir),
+		snapshotter: raftsnap.New(testdir),
 		cluster:     cl,
 		SyncTicker:  &time.Ticker{},
 	}
diff --git a/etcdserver/snapshot_merge.go b/etcdserver/snapshot_merge.go
index 928aa95b6b1..b238b4c55da 100644
--- a/etcdserver/snapshot_merge.go
+++ b/etcdserver/snapshot_merge.go
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@ package etcdserver
 import (
 	"io"
 
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/raftsnap"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/mvcc/backend"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft/raftpb"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/snap"
 )
 
 // createMergedSnapshotMessage creates a snapshot message that contains: raft status (term, conf),
 // a snapshot of v2 store inside raft.Snapshot as []byte, a snapshot of v3 KV in the top level message
 // as ReadCloser.
-func (s *EtcdServer) createMergedSnapshotMessage(m raftpb.Message, snapt, snapi uint64, confState raftpb.ConfState) snap.Message {
+func (s *EtcdServer) createMergedSnapshotMessage(m raftpb.Message, snapt, snapi uint64, confState raftpb.ConfState) raftsnap.Message {
 	// get a snapshot of v2 store as []byte
 	clone := s.store.Clone()
 	d, err := clone.SaveNoCopy()
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (s *EtcdServer) createMergedSnapshotMessage(m raftpb.Message, snapt, snapi
 	}
 	m.Snapshot = snapshot
 
-	return *snap.NewMessage(m, rc, dbsnap.Size())
+	return *raftsnap.NewMessage(m, rc, dbsnap.Size())
 }
 
 func newSnapshotReaderCloser(snapshot backend.Snapshot) io.ReadCloser {
diff --git a/etcdserver/storage.go b/etcdserver/storage.go
index 55c2dd4b6a4..b567c518ce0 100644
--- a/etcdserver/storage.go
+++ b/etcdserver/storage.go
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ import (
 	"io"
 
 	pb "github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/etcdserverpb"
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/raftsnap"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/pbutil"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/types"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft/raftpb"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/snap"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/wal"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/wal/walpb"
 )
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ type Storage interface {
 
 type storage struct {
 	*wal.WAL
-	*snap.Snapshotter
+	*raftsnap.Snapshotter
 }
 
-func NewStorage(w *wal.WAL, s *snap.Snapshotter) Storage {
+func NewStorage(w *wal.WAL, s *raftsnap.Snapshotter) Storage {
 	return &storage{w, s}
 }
 
diff --git a/etcdserver/util_test.go b/etcdserver/util_test.go
index 79edabd1220..7c07bcd19e1 100644
--- a/etcdserver/util_test.go
+++ b/etcdserver/util_test.go
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/membership"
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/raftsnap"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/types"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft/raftpb"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/rafthttp"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/snap"
 )
 
 func TestLongestConnected(t *testing.T) {
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func newNopTransporterWithActiveTime(memberIDs []types.ID) rafthttp.Transporter
 func (s *nopTransporterWithActiveTime) Start() error                        { return nil }
 func (s *nopTransporterWithActiveTime) Handler() http.Handler               { return nil }
 func (s *nopTransporterWithActiveTime) Send(m []raftpb.Message)             {}
-func (s *nopTransporterWithActiveTime) SendSnapshot(m snap.Message)         {}
+func (s *nopTransporterWithActiveTime) SendSnapshot(m raftsnap.Message)     {}
 func (s *nopTransporterWithActiveTime) AddRemote(id types.ID, us []string)  {}
 func (s *nopTransporterWithActiveTime) AddPeer(id types.ID, us []string)    {}
 func (s *nopTransporterWithActiveTime) RemovePeer(id types.ID)              {}
diff --git a/snap/db.go b/internal/raftsnap/db.go
similarity index 99%
rename from snap/db.go
rename to internal/raftsnap/db.go
index 01d897ae861..cf9ffccb05d 100644
--- a/snap/db.go
+++ b/internal/raftsnap/db.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-package snap
+package raftsnap
 
 import (
 	"errors"
diff --git a/internal/raftsnap/doc.go b/internal/raftsnap/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..68026689e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/raftsnap/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The etcd Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// Package raftsnap handles Raft nodes' states with snapshots.
+// The snapshot logic is internal to etcd server and raft package.
+package raftsnap
diff --git a/snap/message.go b/internal/raftsnap/message.go
similarity index 99%
rename from snap/message.go
rename to internal/raftsnap/message.go
index d73713ff169..3826b2cb2e1 100644
--- a/snap/message.go
+++ b/internal/raftsnap/message.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-package snap
+package raftsnap
 
 import (
 	"io"
diff --git a/snap/metrics.go b/internal/raftsnap/metrics.go
similarity index 98%
rename from snap/metrics.go
rename to internal/raftsnap/metrics.go
index 433ef09d4ba..9ed7fa871eb 100644
--- a/snap/metrics.go
+++ b/internal/raftsnap/metrics.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-package snap
+package raftsnap
 
 import "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 
diff --git a/snap/snappb/snap.pb.go b/internal/raftsnap/snappb/snap.pb.go
similarity index 100%
rename from snap/snappb/snap.pb.go
rename to internal/raftsnap/snappb/snap.pb.go
diff --git a/snap/snappb/snap.proto b/internal/raftsnap/snappb/snap.proto
similarity index 100%
rename from snap/snappb/snap.proto
rename to internal/raftsnap/snappb/snap.proto
diff --git a/snap/snapshotter.go b/internal/raftsnap/snapshotter.go
similarity index 97%
rename from snap/snapshotter.go
rename to internal/raftsnap/snapshotter.go
index 00755592129..7ebd6fd3efc 100644
--- a/snap/snapshotter.go
+++ b/internal/raftsnap/snapshotter.go
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-// Package snap stores raft nodes' states with snapshots.
-package snap
+package raftsnap
 
 import (
 	"errors"
@@ -26,11 +25,11 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/raftsnap/snappb"
 	pioutil "github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/ioutil"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/pbutil"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft/raftpb"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/snap/snappb"
 
 	"github.com/coreos/pkg/capnslog"
 )
diff --git a/snap/snapshotter_test.go b/internal/raftsnap/snapshotter_test.go
similarity index 99%
rename from snap/snapshotter_test.go
rename to internal/raftsnap/snapshotter_test.go
index 6af823f03bf..368154e2314 100644
--- a/snap/snapshotter_test.go
+++ b/internal/raftsnap/snapshotter_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-package snap
+package raftsnap
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
diff --git a/rafthttp/http.go b/rafthttp/http.go
index cc89e171ee2..c3c095f7cb3 100644
--- a/rafthttp/http.go
+++ b/rafthttp/http.go
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/raftsnap"
 	pioutil "github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/ioutil"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/types"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft/raftpb"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/snap"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/version"
 )
 
@@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ func (h *pipelineHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 type snapshotHandler struct {
 	tr          Transporter
 	r           Raft
-	snapshotter *snap.Snapshotter
+	snapshotter *raftsnap.Snapshotter
 	cid         types.ID
 }
 
-func newSnapshotHandler(tr Transporter, r Raft, snapshotter *snap.Snapshotter, cid types.ID) http.Handler {
+func newSnapshotHandler(tr Transporter, r Raft, snapshotter *raftsnap.Snapshotter, cid types.ID) http.Handler {
 	return &snapshotHandler{
 		tr:          tr,
 		r:           r,
diff --git a/rafthttp/http_test.go b/rafthttp/http_test.go
index e7f6e034f1e..44622c8143a 100644
--- a/rafthttp/http_test.go
+++ b/rafthttp/http_test.go
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/raftsnap"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/pbutil"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/types"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft/raftpb"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/snap"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/version"
 )
 
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ func (pg *fakePeerGetter) Get(id types.ID) Peer { return pg.peers[id] }
 
 type fakePeer struct {
 	msgs     []raftpb.Message
-	snapMsgs []snap.Message
+	snapMsgs []raftsnap.Message
 	peerURLs types.URLs
 	connc    chan *outgoingConn
 	paused   bool
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ func (pr *fakePeer) send(m raftpb.Message) {
 	pr.msgs = append(pr.msgs, m)
 }
 
-func (pr *fakePeer) sendSnap(m snap.Message) {
+func (pr *fakePeer) sendSnap(m raftsnap.Message) {
 	if pr.paused {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/rafthttp/peer.go b/rafthttp/peer.go
index 9aee4dbc919..7cf64a0247b 100644
--- a/rafthttp/peer.go
+++ b/rafthttp/peer.go
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/stats"
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/raftsnap"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/types"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft/raftpb"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/snap"
 
 	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 )
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ type Peer interface {
 
 	// sendSnap sends the merged snapshot message to the remote peer. Its behavior
 	// is similar to send.
-	sendSnap(m snap.Message)
+	sendSnap(m raftsnap.Message)
 
 	// update updates the urls of remote peer.
 	update(urls types.URLs)
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func (p *peer) send(m raftpb.Message) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (p *peer) sendSnap(m snap.Message) {
+func (p *peer) sendSnap(m raftsnap.Message) {
 	go p.snapSender.send(m)
 }
 
diff --git a/rafthttp/snapshot_sender.go b/rafthttp/snapshot_sender.go
index 52273c9d195..342a79a1c86 100644
--- a/rafthttp/snapshot_sender.go
+++ b/rafthttp/snapshot_sender.go
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/raftsnap"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/httputil"
 	pioutil "github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/ioutil"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/types"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/snap"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func newSnapshotSender(tr *Transport, picker *urlPicker, to types.ID, status *pe
 
 func (s *snapshotSender) stop() { close(s.stopc) }
 
-func (s *snapshotSender) send(merged snap.Message) {
+func (s *snapshotSender) send(merged raftsnap.Message) {
 	m := merged.Message
 
 	body := createSnapBody(merged)
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func (s *snapshotSender) post(req *http.Request) (err error) {
 	}
 }
 
-func createSnapBody(merged snap.Message) io.ReadCloser {
+func createSnapBody(merged raftsnap.Message) io.ReadCloser {
 	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	enc := &messageEncoder{w: buf}
 	// encode raft message
diff --git a/rafthttp/snapshot_test.go b/rafthttp/snapshot_test.go
index fbf482d0999..ed8220fad64 100644
--- a/rafthttp/snapshot_test.go
+++ b/rafthttp/snapshot_test.go
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/raftsnap"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/types"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft/raftpb"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/snap"
 )
 
 type strReaderCloser struct{ *strings.Reader }
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func TestSnapshotSend(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for i, tt := range tests {
-		sent, files := testSnapshotSend(t, snap.NewMessage(tt.m, tt.rc, tt.size))
+		sent, files := testSnapshotSend(t, raftsnap.NewMessage(tt.m, tt.rc, tt.size))
 		if tt.wsent != sent {
 			t.Errorf("#%d: snapshot expected %v, got %v", i, tt.wsent, sent)
 		}
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func TestSnapshotSend(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func testSnapshotSend(t *testing.T, sm *snap.Message) (bool, []os.FileInfo) {
+func testSnapshotSend(t *testing.T, sm *raftsnap.Message) (bool, []os.FileInfo) {
 	d, err := ioutil.TempDir(os.TempDir(), "snapdir")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func testSnapshotSend(t *testing.T, sm *snap.Message) (bool, []os.FileInfo) {
 	r := &fakeRaft{}
 	tr := &Transport{pipelineRt: &http.Transport{}, ClusterID: types.ID(1), Raft: r}
 	ch := make(chan struct{}, 1)
-	h := &syncHandler{newSnapshotHandler(tr, r, snap.New(d), types.ID(1)), ch}
+	h := &syncHandler{newSnapshotHandler(tr, r, raftsnap.New(d), types.ID(1)), ch}
 	srv := httptest.NewServer(h)
 	defer srv.Close()
 
diff --git a/rafthttp/transport.go b/rafthttp/transport.go
index 51574ba5eda..6a127d972d1 100644
--- a/rafthttp/transport.go
+++ b/rafthttp/transport.go
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/stats"
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/raftsnap"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/logutil"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/transport"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/types"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft/raftpb"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/snap"
 
 	"github.com/coreos/pkg/capnslog"
 	"github.com/xiang90/probing"
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ type Transporter interface {
 	Send(m []raftpb.Message)
 	// SendSnapshot sends out the given snapshot message to a remote peer.
 	// The behavior of SendSnapshot is similar to Send.
-	SendSnapshot(m snap.Message)
+	SendSnapshot(m raftsnap.Message)
 	// AddRemote adds a remote with given peer urls into the transport.
 	// A remote helps newly joined member to catch up the progress of cluster,
 	// and will not be used after that.
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ type Transport struct {
 	URLs        types.URLs // local peer URLs
 	ClusterID   types.ID   // raft cluster ID for request validation
 	Raft        Raft       // raft state machine, to which the Transport forwards received messages and reports status
-	Snapshotter *snap.Snapshotter
+	Snapshotter *raftsnap.Snapshotter
 	ServerStats *stats.ServerStats // used to record general transportation statistics
 	// used to record transportation statistics with followers when
 	// performing as leader in raft protocol
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ func (t *Transport) ActiveSince(id types.ID) time.Time {
 	return time.Time{}
 }
 
-func (t *Transport) SendSnapshot(m snap.Message) {
+func (t *Transport) SendSnapshot(m raftsnap.Message) {
 	t.mu.Lock()
 	defer t.mu.Unlock()
 	p := t.peers[types.ID(m.To)]
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ func NewNopTransporter() Transporter {
 func (s *nopTransporter) Start() error                        { return nil }
 func (s *nopTransporter) Handler() http.Handler               { return nil }
 func (s *nopTransporter) Send(m []raftpb.Message)             {}
-func (s *nopTransporter) SendSnapshot(m snap.Message)         {}
+func (s *nopTransporter) SendSnapshot(m raftsnap.Message)     {}
 func (s *nopTransporter) AddRemote(id types.ID, us []string)  {}
 func (s *nopTransporter) AddPeer(id types.ID, us []string)    {}
 func (s *nopTransporter) RemovePeer(id types.ID)              {}
@@ -397,18 +397,18 @@ func (s *nopTransporter) Resume()                             {}
 
 type snapTransporter struct {
 	nopTransporter
-	snapDoneC chan snap.Message
+	snapDoneC chan raftsnap.Message
 	snapDir   string
 }
 
-func NewSnapTransporter(snapDir string) (Transporter, <-chan snap.Message) {
-	ch := make(chan snap.Message, 1)
+func NewSnapTransporter(snapDir string) (Transporter, <-chan raftsnap.Message) {
+	ch := make(chan raftsnap.Message, 1)
 	tr := &snapTransporter{snapDoneC: ch, snapDir: snapDir}
 	return tr, ch
 }
 
-func (s *snapTransporter) SendSnapshot(m snap.Message) {
-	ss := snap.New(s.snapDir)
+func (s *snapTransporter) SendSnapshot(m raftsnap.Message) {
+	ss := raftsnap.New(s.snapDir)
 	ss.SaveDBFrom(m.ReadCloser, m.Snapshot.Metadata.Index+1)
 	m.CloseWithError(nil)
 	s.snapDoneC <- m
diff --git a/scripts/genproto.sh b/scripts/genproto.sh
index 004079570e8..253c5a6c4aa 100755
--- a/scripts/genproto.sh
+++ b/scripts/genproto.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if [[ $(protoc --version | cut -f2 -d' ') != "3.5.1" ]]; then
 fi
 
 # directories containing protos to be built
-DIRS="./wal/walpb ./etcdserver/etcdserverpb ./snap/snappb ./raft/raftpb ./mvcc/mvccpb ./lease/leasepb ./auth/authpb ./etcdserver/api/v3lock/v3lockpb ./etcdserver/api/v3election/v3electionpb"
+DIRS="./wal/walpb ./etcdserver/etcdserverpb ./raftsnap/snappb ./raft/raftpb ./mvcc/mvccpb ./lease/leasepb ./auth/authpb ./etcdserver/api/v3lock/v3lockpb ./etcdserver/api/v3election/v3electionpb"
 
 # exact version of packages to build
 GOGO_PROTO_SHA="41168f6614b7bb144818ec8967b8c702705df564"
diff --git a/snapshot/v3_snapshot.go b/snapshot/v3_snapshot.go
index fdde5dace55..045f95312b0 100644
--- a/snapshot/v3_snapshot.go
+++ b/snapshot/v3_snapshot.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/etcdserverpb"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/membership"
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/raftsnap"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/lease"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/mvcc"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/mvcc/backend"
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/types"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft/raftpb"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/snap"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/store"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/wal"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/wal/walpb"
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ func (s *v3Manager) saveWALAndSnap() error {
 			},
 		},
 	}
-	sn := snap.New(s.snapDir)
+	sn := raftsnap.New(s.snapDir)
 	if err := sn.SaveSnap(raftSnap); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/tools/etcd-dump-logs/main.go b/tools/etcd-dump-logs/main.go
index fb72be10050..e586d1bb413 100644
--- a/tools/etcd-dump-logs/main.go
+++ b/tools/etcd-dump-logs/main.go
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/etcdserverpb"
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/raftsnap"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/pbutil"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/types"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft/raftpb"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/snap"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/wal"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/wal/walpb"
 )
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ func main() {
 		walsnap.Index = *index
 	} else {
 		if *snapfile == "" {
-			ss := snap.New(snapDir(dataDir))
+			ss := raftsnap.New(snapDir(dataDir))
 			snapshot, err = ss.Load()
 		} else {
-			snapshot, err = snap.Read(filepath.Join(snapDir(dataDir), *snapfile))
+			snapshot, err = raftsnap.Read(filepath.Join(snapDir(dataDir), *snapfile))
 		}
 
 		switch err {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func main() {
 			nodes := genIDSlice(snapshot.Metadata.ConfState.Nodes)
 			fmt.Printf("Snapshot:\nterm=%d index=%d nodes=%s\n",
 				walsnap.Term, walsnap.Index, nodes)
-		case snap.ErrNoSnapshot:
+		case raftsnap.ErrNoSnapshot:
 			fmt.Printf("Snapshot:\nempty\n")
 		default:
 			log.Fatalf("Failed loading snapshot: %v", err)