diff --git a/Cantera/src/importCTML.cpp b/Cantera/src/importCTML.cpp
index 6d443d4ff..42e243cee 100755
--- a/Cantera/src/importCTML.cpp
+++ b/Cantera/src/importCTML.cpp
@@ -422,8 +422,8 @@ namespace Cantera {
      * This function will check a specific reaction to see if it the
      * elements balance.
      */
-    static void checkRxnElementBalance(Kinetics& kin, 
-				       const ReactionData &rdata) {
+    void checkRxnElementBalance(Kinetics& kin, 
+				const ReactionData &rdata) {
 	int index, klocal, n, kp, kr, m, nel;
         double kstoich;
         map<string, double> bal, balr, balp;
diff --git a/Cantera/src/importCTML.h b/Cantera/src/importCTML.h
index 2ce1db88e..802378160 100755
--- a/Cantera/src/importCTML.h
+++ b/Cantera/src/importCTML.h
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ namespace Cantera {
     bool installReactionArrays(const XML_Node& parent, Kinetics& kin, 
         string default_phase, bool check_for_duplicates = false);
 
+    /***
+     * This function will check a specific reaction to see if it the
+     * elements balance.
+     */
+    void checkRxnElementBalance(Kinetics& kin, 
+				const ReactionData &rdata);
     /**
      * Extract the rate coefficient for a reaction from the xml node, kf.
      * kf should point to a XML element named "rateCoeff".