diff --git a/client/src/rpc_client.rs b/client/src/rpc_client.rs
index ee1a311093..152a78e59a 100644
--- a/client/src/rpc_client.rs
+++ b/client/src/rpc_client.rs
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ impl RpcClient {
     /// `RpcSender`. Most applications should use one of the other constructors,
     /// such as [`new`] and [`new_mock`], which create an `RpcClient`
     /// encapsulating an [`HttpSender`] and [`MockSender`] respectively.
-    fn new_sender<T: RpcSender + Send + Sync + 'static>(
+    pub fn new_sender<T: RpcSender + Send + Sync + 'static>(
         sender: T,
         config: RpcClientConfig,
     ) -> Self {
diff --git a/client/src/rpc_sender.rs b/client/src/rpc_sender.rs
index c71f17d730..68b71dc2ef 100644
--- a/client/src/rpc_sender.rs
+++ b/client/src/rpc_sender.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub struct RpcTransportStats {
 /// [`HttpSender`]: crate::http_sender::HttpSender
 /// [`MockSender`]: crate::mock_sender::MockSender
 #[async_trait]
-pub(crate) trait RpcSender {
+pub trait RpcSender {
     async fn send(
         &self,
         request: RpcRequest,