diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/CallTarget.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/CallTarget.java
index b94b4a699..7bbea21b1 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/CallTarget.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/CallTarget.java
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public class CallTarget extends Task {
      *
      * @since Ant 1.5
      */
-    protected void handleOutput(String line) {
+    public void handleOutput(String line) {
         if (callee != null) {
             callee.handleOutput(line);
         } else {
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ public class CallTarget extends Task {
      *
      * @since Ant 1.5
      */
-    protected void handleErrorOutput(String line) {
+    public void handleErrorOutput(String line) {
         if (callee != null) {
             callee.handleErrorOutput(line);
         } else {