diff --git a/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/Array.kt b/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/Array.kt
index 53e5b9d41f9..b1b9bf9e46d 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/Array.kt
+++ b/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/Array.kt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ private class IteratorImpl<T>(val collection: Array<T>) : Iterator<T> {
     }
 }
 
-fun <T> arrayOf(vararg elements: T) : Array<out T> = elements
+public fun <T> arrayOf(vararg elements: T) : Array<out T> = elements
 
 @kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
 public inline operator fun <T> Array<T>.plus(elements: Array<T>): Array<T> {