diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8f9cff018f..3166ad3d21 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ unicase = "1.0.1"
 openssl = "0.7.6"
 url = "1.0"
 rustc-serialize = "0.3.16"
-bitflags = "0.3.3"
+bitflags = "0.6"
 rand = "0.3.12"
 byteorder = "0.5.1"
 net2 = "0.2.17"
diff --git a/src/ws/util/header.rs b/src/ws/util/header.rs
index 3cea3fbf8a..bdc845bd69 100644
--- a/src/ws/util/header.rs
+++ b/src/ws/util/header.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use byteorder::{BigEndian, ReadBytesExt, WriteBytesExt};
 
 bitflags! {
 	/// Flags relevant to a WebSocket data frame.
-	flags DataFrameFlags: u8 {
+	pub flags DataFrameFlags: u8 {
 		/// Marks this dataframe as the last dataframe
 		const FIN = 0x80,
 		/// First reserved bit