diff --git a/include/firrtl.xml b/include/firrtl.xml
index 14d76c44..b67b3eb3 100644
--- a/include/firrtl.xml
+++ b/include/firrtl.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
       <item>invalidate</item>
       <item>intrinsic</item>
       <item>propassign</item>
-      <item>private</item>
+      <item>public</item>
     </list>
     <list name="types">
       <item>UInt</item>