diff --git a/wrappers/java/java_class.mustache b/wrappers/java/java_class.mustache
index b86a8b06f..28f074c8f 100644
--- a/wrappers/java/java_class.mustache
+++ b/wrappers/java/java_class.mustache
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class {{classImplName}} implements {{className}} {
 
 {{#staticMethods}}
     @Override
-    private native {{return_native}} {{name}}({{static_native_params}});
+    public native {{return_native}} {{name}}({{static_native_params}});
 
 {{/staticMethods}}
 }
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