diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/TransportImpl.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/TransportImpl.java
index 6e1df54ea7cdc0e1eaa51b8ef68757d78f23679f..df9f33adf560f4b16c6fb77f13c8f6da65b681e5 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/TransportImpl.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/TransportImpl.java
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ public abstract class TransportImpl implements Transport {
      *
      * @since 0.9.28 moved from UDPTransport
      */
-    protected boolean allowLocal() {
+    public boolean allowLocal() {
         return _context.getBooleanProperty("i2np.allowLocal");
     }