diff --git a/src/libfilecheck/lib.rs b/src/libfilecheck/lib.rs
index c38efe0890..8d61a1dfbf 100644
--- a/src/libfilecheck/lib.rs
+++ b/src/libfilecheck/lib.rs
@@ -246,4 +246,4 @@ mod pattern;
 mod checker;
 
 /// The range of a match in the input text.
-type MatchRange = (usize, usize);
+pub type MatchRange = (usize, usize);