diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageNotifier.cs b/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageNotifier.cs
index 4d371f655d..9f14a0fc21 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageNotifier.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageNotifier.cs
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.Chat
         /// Checks if <paramref name="message"/> contains <paramref name="username"/>, if not, retries making spaces into underscores.
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns>If the <paramref name="message"/> mentions the <paramref name="username"/></returns>
-        private bool isMentioning(string message, string username)
+        public bool IsMentioning(string message, string username)
         {
             // sanitize input to handle casing
             message = message.ToLower();