diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Api/AuthContext.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Api/AuthContext.cs
index 90887887f2d..fbec5001f6d 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Api/AuthContext.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Api/AuthContext.cs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ namespace Grpc.Core
///
/// Peer identity property name.
/// Multimap of auth properties by name.
- internal AuthContext(string peerIdentityPropertyName, Dictionary> properties)
+ public AuthContext(string peerIdentityPropertyName, Dictionary> properties)
{
this.peerIdentityPropertyName = peerIdentityPropertyName;
this.properties = GrpcPreconditions.CheckNotNull(properties);