diff --git a/lib/std/fmt.zig b/lib/std/fmt.zig
index 4a28daf4b7b46df41ecfec2a7ae996f43e9176cd..da0cfd4318c58c34317ed56b00e6c8e27357a3eb 100644
--- a/lib/std/fmt.zig
+++ b/lib/std/fmt.zig
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ test "parseInt" {
     std.testing.expect(if (parseInt(u8, "256", 10)) |_| false else |err| err == error.Overflow);
 }
 
-const ParseUnsignedError = error{
+pub const ParseUnsignedError = error{
     /// The result cannot fit in the type specified
     Overflow,