diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.java
index ea7af91ea4..1ad1d740f5 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  * @since 3.0
  * @see ConfigurationClassParser
  */
-class ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader {
+public class ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader {
 
 	private static final String CONFIGURATION_CLASS_FULL = "full";