diff --git a/kivy/properties.pxd b/kivy/properties.pxd
index 307c0c7ea..b7c19ccc1 100644
--- a/kivy/properties.pxd
+++ b/kivy/properties.pxd
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cdef class Property:
     cdef str _name
     cdef int allownone
-    cdef object defaultvalue
+    cdef public object defaultvalue
     cdef init_storage(self, object obj, dict storage)
     cpdef link(self, object obj, str name)
     cpdef link_deps(self, object obj, str name)