diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/TeeTokenFilter.java b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/TeeTokenFilter.java
index 162758f0134..dcecf53662f 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/TeeTokenFilter.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/TeeTokenFilter.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ d.add(new Field("f4", final4));
 public class TeeTokenFilter extends TokenFilter {
   SinkTokenizer sink;
 
-  protected TeeTokenFilter(TokenStream input, SinkTokenizer sink) {
+  public TeeTokenFilter(TokenStream input, SinkTokenizer sink) {
     super(input);
     this.sink = sink;
   }