diff --git a/ndn-cpp/encoding/BinaryXMLElementReader.hpp b/ndn-cpp/encoding/BinaryXMLElementReader.hpp
index 7a09679..3a10ba5 100644
--- a/ndn-cpp/encoding/BinaryXMLElementReader.hpp
+++ b/ndn-cpp/encoding/BinaryXMLElementReader.hpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * An ElementListener extends an ndn_ElementListener struct to proved an abstract virtual onReceivedElement function which wraps
  * the onReceivedElement used by the ndn_ElementListener struct.  You must extend this class to override onReceivedElement.
  */
-class ElementListener : private ndn_ElementListener {
+class ElementListener : public ndn_ElementListener {
 public:
   ElementListener() 
   {