diff --git a/MAPL_Base/MAPL_Generic.F90 b/MAPL_Base/MAPL_Generic.F90
index 78b093ea8fb0..e01cecada90d 100644
--- a/MAPL_Base/MAPL_Generic.F90
+++ b/MAPL_Base/MAPL_Generic.F90
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ module MAPL_GenericMod
   public MAPL_DoNotAllocateInternal
   public MAPL_GCGet
   public MAPL_CheckpointState
+  public MAPL_ESMFStateReadFromFile
 
 !BOP  
   ! !PUBLIC TYPES: