diff --git a/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/NonBlockingStatsDClient.java b/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/NonBlockingStatsDClient.java
index f394890b..6014e55a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/NonBlockingStatsDClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/NonBlockingStatsDClient.java
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ private NonBlockingStatsDClient(final String prefix, final int queueSize, final
      *
      * @see NonBlockingStatsDClientBuilder#resolve()
      */
-    NonBlockingStatsDClient(final NonBlockingStatsDClientBuilder builder) throws StatsDClientException {
+    public NonBlockingStatsDClient(final NonBlockingStatsDClientBuilder builder) throws StatsDClientException {
         this(builder.prefix, builder.queueSize, builder.constantTags, builder.errorHandler,
             builder.addressLookup, builder.telemetryAddressLookup, builder.timeout,
             builder.socketBufferSize, builder.maxPacketSizeBytes, builder.entityID,
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/NonBlockingStatsDClientBuilder.java b/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/NonBlockingStatsDClientBuilder.java
index f0d75e86..e72c2f6c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/NonBlockingStatsDClientBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/NonBlockingStatsDClientBuilder.java
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public NonBlockingStatsDClient build() throws StatsDClientException {
      * Creates a copy of this builder with any implicit elements resolved.
      * @return the resolved copy of the builder.
      */
-    NonBlockingStatsDClientBuilder resolve() {
+    protected NonBlockingStatsDClientBuilder resolve() {
         NonBlockingStatsDClientBuilder resolved;
 
         try {