diff --git a/rmp-serde/src/decode.rs b/rmp-serde/src/decode.rs
index e7a659e0..968f02c4 100644
--- a/rmp-serde/src/decode.rs
+++ b/rmp-serde/src/decode.rs
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ pub trait Read<'de>: io::Read {
     fn read_slice<'a>(&'a mut self, len: usize) -> Result<Reference<'de, 'a, [u8]>, io::Error>;
 }
 
-struct SliceReader<'a> {
+pub struct SliceReader<'a> {
     inner: &'a [u8],
 }