diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 043a51717f2..17d0cc8092a 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-06-08  Bryce McKinlay  <mckinlay@redhat.com>
+
+	* java/rmi/server/RMIClassLoader.java (getClassLoader): Make public.
+	From Gary Benson.
+
 2005-06-08  Ziga Mahkovec  <ziga.mahkovec@klika.si>
 
 	* java/text/MessageFormat.java (parse): When parsing strings, check
diff --git a/libjava/java/rmi/server/RMIClassLoader.java b/libjava/java/rmi/server/RMIClassLoader.java
index 6add274ef3e..9cc272b11c8 100644
--- a/libjava/java/rmi/server/RMIClassLoader.java
+++ b/libjava/java/rmi/server/RMIClassLoader.java
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ public class RMIClassLoader
    * 
    * @throws MalformedURLException if the codebase contains a malformed URL
    */
-  private static ClassLoader getClassLoader (String codebases) 
+  public static ClassLoader getClassLoader (String codebases) 
     throws MalformedURLException
   {
     ClassLoader loader;