diff --git a/daemonize/src/error.rs b/daemonize/src/error.rs
index 0156d150..577c91e1 100644
--- a/daemonize/src/error.rs
+++ b/daemonize/src/error.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pub type Errno = libc::c_int;
 /// This error type for `Daemonize` `start` method.
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Clone)]
 pub struct Error {
-    kind: ErrorKind,
+    pub kind: ErrorKind,
 }
 
 /// This error type for `Daemonize` `start` method.
diff --git a/daemonize/src/lib.rs b/daemonize/src/lib.rs
index 5b7eb93e..f4e1055c 100644
--- a/daemonize/src/lib.rs
+++ b/daemonize/src/lib.rs
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::exit;
 
-use self::error::{check_err, errno, ErrorKind};
+use self::error::{check_err, errno};
 
-pub use self::error::Error;
+pub use self::error::{Error, ErrorKind};
 
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Clone)]
 enum UserImpl {