diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestibleFileFilter.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestibleFileFilter.java
index 853e4fb294..994491375b 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestibleFileFilter.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestibleFileFilter.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class IngestibleFileFilter {
      *
      * @return
      */
-    static boolean isIngestible(AbstractFile candidateFile, boolean excludeUnallocSpaceFiles) {
+    public static boolean isIngestible(AbstractFile candidateFile, boolean excludeUnallocSpaceFiles) {
         /*
          * Filter out synthesized unallocated space files.
          */