diff --git a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Exporters/MarkdownExporter.cs b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Exporters/MarkdownExporter.cs
index 1d3bc5171b..096ae84b52 100644
--- a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Exporters/MarkdownExporter.cs
+++ b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Exporters/MarkdownExporter.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public enum MarkdownHighlightStrategy
         protected override string FileExtension => "md";
         protected override string FileNameSuffix => $"-{Dialect.ToLower()}";
 
-        private string Dialect { get; set; }
+        protected string Dialect { get; set; }
 
         public static readonly IExporter Default = new MarkdownExporter
         {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public enum MarkdownHighlightStrategy
         [PublicAPI] protected string BoldMarkupFormat = "**{0}**";
         [PublicAPI] protected bool EscapeHtml;
 
-        private MarkdownExporter() { }
+        protected MarkdownExporter() { }
 
         public override void ExportToLog(Summary summary, ILogger logger)
         {