diff --git a/src/huggingface_hub/snapshot_download.py b/src/huggingface_hub/snapshot_download.py
index 888fcc1d8c..7e44925507 100644
--- a/src/huggingface_hub/snapshot_download.py
+++ b/src/huggingface_hub/snapshot_download.py
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@
 )
 
 from ._snapshot_download import *  # noqa
+from .constants import REPO_ID_SEPARATOR  # noqa
diff --git a/tests/test_snapshot_download.py b/tests/test_snapshot_download.py
index 09a4c75b26..89714ad3c9 100644
--- a/tests/test_snapshot_download.py
+++ b/tests/test_snapshot_download.py
@@ -358,3 +358,7 @@ def test_snapshot_download_import():
         from huggingface_hub.snapshot_download import snapshot_download as x  # noqa
 
     assert x is snapshot_download
+
+
+def test_snapshot_download_import_constant_not_raise():
+    from huggingface_hub.snapshot_download import REPO_ID_SEPARATOR  # noqa