diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/WindowsGetSpaceUsed.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/WindowsGetSpaceUsed.java
index deb1343bc63..27960890ac9 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/WindowsGetSpaceUsed.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/WindowsGetSpaceUsed.java
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 public class WindowsGetSpaceUsed extends CachingGetSpaceUsed {
 
 
-  WindowsGetSpaceUsed(CachingGetSpaceUsed.Builder builder) throws IOException {
+  public WindowsGetSpaceUsed(CachingGetSpaceUsed.Builder builder)
+      throws IOException {
     super(builder.getPath(), builder.getInterval(), builder.getInitialUsed());
   }