diff --git a/include/wx/anidecod.h b/include/wx/anidecod.h
index 4a112410c8..8e50d0a60c 100644
--- a/include/wx/anidecod.h
+++ b/include/wx/anidecod.h
@@ -53,11 +53,12 @@ public:
     wxAnimationType GetType() const wxOVERRIDE
         { return wxANIMATION_TYPE_ANI; }
 
-private:
+protected:   
     // wxAnimationDecoder pure virtual:
     virtual bool DoCanRead( wxInputStream& stream ) const wxOVERRIDE;
             // modifies current stream position (see wxAnimationDecoder::CanRead)
 
+private:
     // frames stored as wxImage(s): ANI files are meant to be used mostly for animated
     // cursors and thus they do not use any optimization to encode differences between
     // two frames: they are just a list of images to display sequentially.
diff --git a/include/wx/gifdecod.h b/include/wx/gifdecod.h
index b0de4669e6..4e878ba61e 100644
--- a/include/wx/gifdecod.h
+++ b/include/wx/gifdecod.h
@@ -85,11 +85,12 @@ public:
     wxAnimationType GetType() const wxOVERRIDE
         { return wxANIMATION_TYPE_GIF; }
 
-private:
+protected:
     // wxAnimationDecoder pure virtual
     virtual bool DoCanRead( wxInputStream& stream ) const wxOVERRIDE;
         // modifies current stream position (see wxAnimationDecoder::CanRead)
 
+private:  
     int getcode(wxInputStream& stream, int bits, int abfin);
     wxGIFErrorCode dgif(wxInputStream& stream,
                         GIFImage *img, int interl, int bits);