diff --git a/lib/commons-api/src/main/java/org/apache/olingo/commons/api/edm/provider/CsdlEdmProvider.java b/lib/commons-api/src/main/java/org/apache/olingo/commons/api/edm/provider/CsdlEdmProvider.java
index 8d6cdae32..0bcb1ccc4 100644
--- a/lib/commons-api/src/main/java/org/apache/olingo/commons/api/edm/provider/CsdlEdmProvider.java
+++ b/lib/commons-api/src/main/java/org/apache/olingo/commons/api/edm/provider/CsdlEdmProvider.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.olingo.commons.api.edm.FullQualifiedName;
 /**
  * The interface Csdl edm provider.
  */
-interface CsdlEdmProvider {
+public interface CsdlEdmProvider {
 
   /**
    * This method should return an {@link CsdlEnumType} or <b>null</b> if nothing is found