diff --git a/sdk/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/io/bigtable/BigtableIO.java b/sdk/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/io/bigtable/BigtableIO.java
index 81a85fad37a5..7d59b09c8d80 100644
--- a/sdk/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/io/bigtable/BigtableIO.java
+++ b/sdk/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/io/bigtable/BigtableIO.java
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ public Read withBigtableOptions(BigtableOptions.Builder optionsBuilder) {
      *
      * <p>Does not modify this object.
      */
-    Read withRowFilter(RowFilter filter) {
+    public Read withRowFilter(RowFilter filter) {
       checkNotNull(filter, "filter");
       return new Read(options, tableId, filter, bigtableService);
     }