diff --git a/src/SDL2.cs b/src/SDL2.cs
index 789158d..f636285 100644
--- a/src/SDL2.cs
+++ b/src/SDL2.cs
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ namespace SDL2
/// the structure that contains the version information
/// This function may be called safely at any time, even before SDL_Init().
[DllImport(nativeLibName, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
- private static extern void SDL_GetVersion(out SDL_version ver);
+ public static extern void SDL_GetVersion(out SDL_version ver);
///
/// Use this function to get the code revision of SDL that is linked against your program.