diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/mod.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/mod.rs
index 24dd1daaa..25d128ed8 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/mod.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/mod.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pub mod num_parser;
 mod spec;
 
 pub use argument::*;
-use spec::Spec;
+pub use spec::Spec;
 use std::{
     error::Error,
     fmt::Display,