diff --git a/src/librarybackend.h b/src/librarybackend.h
index c24ac0b65..73076ab8e 100644
--- a/src/librarybackend.h
+++ b/src/librarybackend.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ class LibraryBackend : public QObject {
   };
   typedef QList<Album> AlbumList;
 
+  static const int kSchemaVersion;
+
   // This actually refers to the location of the sqlite database
   static QString DefaultDatabaseDirectory();
 
@@ -100,7 +102,6 @@ class LibraryBackend : public QObject {
 
  private:
   static const char* kDatabaseName;
-  static const int kSchemaVersion;
 
   QString directory_;
   QMutex connect_mutex_;
diff --git a/tests/librarybackend_test.cpp b/tests/librarybackend_test.cpp
index b66239d18..bb061d7ce 100644
--- a/tests/librarybackend_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/librarybackend_test.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ TEST_F(LibraryBackendTest, DatabaseInitialises) {
   QSqlQuery q("SELECT version FROM schema_version", database_);
   ASSERT_TRUE(q.exec());
   ASSERT_TRUE(q.next());
-  EXPECT_EQ(2, q.value(0).toInt());
+  EXPECT_EQ(LibraryBackend::kSchemaVersion, q.value(0).toInt());
   EXPECT_FALSE(q.next());
 }