diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassAnnotation.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassAnnotation.java
index 1dc085e2e6ffff7ec626a902fc1ab6fd2779fd64..710ea6364076c60ba8fd5bb13d7a669fe4c859a8 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassAnnotation.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassAnnotation.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
  * @see ConfigurationClassAnnotationVisitor
  * @see ConfigurationClassReaderUtils#createMutableAnnotation
  */
-interface ConfigurationClassAnnotation extends Annotation {
+public interface ConfigurationClassAnnotation extends Annotation {
 
 	void setAttributeValue(String attribName, Object attribValue);