diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVFormat.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVFormat.java
index 8eb80689..c2486474 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVFormat.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVFormat.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import java.io.StringWriter;
 public class CSVFormat implements Serializable {
 
     /** According to RFC 4180, line breaks are delimited by CRLF */
-    private static final String CRLF = "\r\n";
+    public static final String CRLF = "\r\n";
     
     private final char delimiter;
     private final char encapsulator;