diff --git a/apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/xml/DescribeInstancesResponseHandler.java b/apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/xml/DescribeInstancesResponseHandler.java
index 17bc5c47d5..68f35fd634 100644
--- a/apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/xml/DescribeInstancesResponseHandler.java
+++ b/apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/xml/DescribeInstancesResponseHandler.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class DescribeInstancesResponseHandler extends
    private Set<Reservation<? extends RunningInstance>> reservations = Sets.newLinkedHashSet();
 
    @Inject
-   DescribeInstancesResponseHandler(DateCodecFactory dateCodecFactory,
+   public DescribeInstancesResponseHandler(DateCodecFactory dateCodecFactory,
             @Region Supplier<String> defaultRegion, Provider<RunningInstance.Builder> builderProvider) {
       super(dateCodecFactory, defaultRegion, builderProvider);
    }
diff --git a/apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/xml/RunInstancesResponseHandler.java b/apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/xml/RunInstancesResponseHandler.java
index affbca1cc6..9f9e3f2285 100644
--- a/apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/xml/RunInstancesResponseHandler.java
+++ b/apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/xml/RunInstancesResponseHandler.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import com.google.inject.Provider;
 public class RunInstancesResponseHandler extends BaseReservationHandler<Reservation<? extends RunningInstance>> {
 
    @Inject
-   RunInstancesResponseHandler(DateCodecFactory dateCodecFactory, @Region Supplier<String> defaultRegion,
+   public RunInstancesResponseHandler(DateCodecFactory dateCodecFactory, @Region Supplier<String> defaultRegion,
             Provider<RunningInstance.Builder> builderProvider) {
       super(dateCodecFactory, defaultRegion, builderProvider);
    }