diff --git a/XmlSchemaClassGenerator/NamingProvider.cs b/XmlSchemaClassGenerator/NamingProvider.cs
index a9de595e..87bdd163 100644
--- a/XmlSchemaClassGenerator/NamingProvider.cs
+++ b/XmlSchemaClassGenerator/NamingProvider.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     public class NamingProvider
         : INamingProvider
     {
-        private readonly NamingScheme _namingScheme;
+        protected readonly NamingScheme _namingScheme;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="NamingProvider"/> class.
@@ -163,4 +163,4 @@ protected virtual string QualifiedNameToTitleCase(XmlQualifiedName qualifiedName
             return qualifiedName.Name.ToTitleCase(_namingScheme);
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}