diff --git a/sbt-twirl/src/main/scala/play/twirl/sbt/TemplateCompiler.scala b/sbt-twirl/src/main/scala/play/twirl/sbt/TemplateCompiler.scala
index 467d34ca..4dfb9ed6 100644
--- a/sbt-twirl/src/main/scala/play/twirl/sbt/TemplateCompiler.scala
+++ b/sbt-twirl/src/main/scala/play/twirl/sbt/TemplateCompiler.scala
@@ -11,6 +11,29 @@ import sbt.internal.inc.LoggedReporter
 
 object TemplateCompiler {
 
+  def compile(
+      sourceDirectories: Seq[File],
+      targetDirectory: File,
+      templateFormats: Map[String, String],
+      templateImports: Seq[String],
+      constructorAnnotations: Seq[String],
+      includeFilter: FileFilter,
+      excludeFilter: FileFilter,
+      codec: Codec,
+      log: Logger
+  ): Seq[File] = compile(
+    sourceDirectories,
+    targetDirectory,
+    templateFormats,
+    templateImports,
+    constructorAnnotations,
+    includeFilter,
+    excludeFilter,
+    codec,
+    log,
+    "2.13.x" // using a dummy scala version (not starting with "3." to generate Scala 2 code by default)
+  )
+
   def compile(
       sourceDirectories: Seq[File],
       targetDirectory: File,