diff --git a/File.zig b/File.zig
index 74c3566249fcb44babf9df893d1973601a67a138..b2bec3614d73ab00dfce8355d8fe029a4cf9c444 100644
--- a/File.zig
+++ b/File.zig
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ pub const readUntilDelimitersAlloc = R.readUntilDelimitersAlloc;
 pub const readUntilDelimiter = R.readUntilDelimiter;
 pub const readUntilDelimiterOrEof = R.readUntilDelimiterOrEof;
 pub const readExpected = R.readExpected;
+pub const readType = R.readType;
 pub const skipBytes = R.skipBytes;
 pub const skipUntilDelimiterOrEof = R.skipUntilDelimiterOrEof;