diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/MetadataConfig.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/MetadataConfig.java
index a285462165a5..9b1ee3ffc635 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/MetadataConfig.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/MetadataConfig.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public static String getClusterName() {
     return getAttribute("instance/attributes/cluster-name");
   }
 
-  private static String getAttribute(String attributeName) {
+  public static String getAttribute(String attributeName) {
     try {
       URL url = new URL(METADATA_URL + attributeName);
       HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();