diff --git a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/test/SingleEMFTestCase.java b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/test/SingleEMFTestCase.java
index 1e0f33124..2b7b66bba 100644
--- a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/test/SingleEMFTestCase.java
+++ b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/test/SingleEMFTestCase.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public abstract class SingleEMFTestCase
      * set-up happens even if <code>setUp()</code> is not called from the
      * subclass.
      */
-    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
         setUp(new Object[0]);
     }