diff --git a/src/protocol/parser/tokens.rs b/src/protocol/parser/tokens.rs
index ccf6982e268efdeaf5a532c9644a6803fd9d148a..f3f61764315b9abefdef709ab89cea174e080af6 100644
--- a/src/protocol/parser/tokens.rs
+++ b/src/protocol/parser/tokens.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ pub enum TokenKind {
 impl TokenKind {
     /// Returns true if the next expected token is the special `TokenKind::SpanEnd` token. This is
     /// the case for tokens of variable length (e.g. an identifier).
-    fn has_span_end(&self) -> bool {
+    pub(crate) fn has_span_end(&self) -> bool {
         return *self <= TokenKind::BlockComment
     }