diff --git a/src/librustc_driver/lib.rs b/src/librustc_driver/lib.rs
index b97f5868079c4..4405c0aef9023 100644
--- a/src/librustc_driver/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_driver/lib.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #![recursion_limit="256"]
 
 extern crate arena;
-extern crate getopts;
+pub extern crate getopts;
 extern crate graphviz;
 extern crate env_logger;
 #[cfg(unix)]