diff --git a/sfdx-source/apex-common/main/classes/fflib_SObjects.cls b/sfdx-source/apex-common/main/classes/fflib_SObjects.cls
index 95c48ccf017..0fe2db20a63 100644
--- a/sfdx-source/apex-common/main/classes/fflib_SObjects.cls
+++ b/sfdx-source/apex-common/main/classes/fflib_SObjects.cls
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public virtual class fflib_SObjects
 	 *
 	 * @param message The error message to add to each record
 	 */
-	protected void addError(String message)
+	public virtual void addError(String message)
 	{
 		for (SObject record : getRecords())
 		{