diff --git a/include/iri_base_driver/iri_base_driver_node.h b/include/iri_base_driver/iri_base_driver_node.h
index ca0677753c0463fc4a60ef053a677b1d07c98d57..eafce71a1401ee3ecfb2b95a3b69a10ba94183a0 100644
--- a/include/iri_base_driver/iri_base_driver_node.h
+++ b/include/iri_base_driver/iri_base_driver_node.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class IriBaseNodeDriver
     */
     typedef typename Driver::Config Config;
 
-  private:
+  protected:
    /**
     * \brief ros spin thread
     *