diff --git a/src/loaders/bitmapFontParser.js b/src/loaders/bitmapFontParser.js
index b283ef4..94a7cbc 100644
--- a/src/loaders/bitmapFontParser.js
+++ b/src/loaders/bitmapFontParser.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import { Resource } from 'resource-loader';
 import { BitmapText } from '../extras';
 
-function parse(resource, texture)
+export function parse(resource, texture)
 {
     const data = {};
     const info = resource.data.getElementsByTagName('info')[0];

diff --git a/src/loaders/bitmapFontParser.js b/src/loaders/bitmapFontParser.js
index b283ef4..94a7cbc 100644
--- a/src/loaders/bitmapFontParser.js
+++ b/src/loaders/bitmapFontParser.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import { Resource } from 'resource-loader';
 import { BitmapText } from '../extras';
 
-function parse(resource, texture)
+export function parse(resource, texture)
 {
     const data = {};
     const info = resource.data.getElementsByTagName('info')[0];
diff --git a/src/loaders/index.js b/src/loaders/index.js
index 0dc8a67..8942436 100644
--- a/src/loaders/index.js
+++ b/src/loaders/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * @namespace PIXI.loaders
  */
 export { default as Loader } from './loader';
-export { default as bitmapFontParser } from './bitmapFontParser';
+export { default as bitmapFontParser, parse as parseBitmapFontData } from './bitmapFontParser';
 export { default as spritesheetParser } from './spritesheetParser';
 export { default as textureParser } from './textureParser';
 export { Resource } from 'resource-loader';