diff --git a/pkg/ruler/manager/compat.go b/pkg/ruler/manager/compat.go
index c98dcb27a4e54..4772ed14cac73 100644
--- a/pkg/ruler/manager/compat.go
+++ b/pkg/ruler/manager/compat.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func MemstoreTenantManager(
 			OutageTolerance: cfg.OutageTolerance,
 			ForGracePeriod:  cfg.ForGracePeriod,
 			ResendDelay:     cfg.ResendDelay,
-			GroupLoader:     groupLoader{},
+			GroupLoader:     GroupLoader{},
 		})
 
 		// initialize memStore, bound to the manager's alerting rules
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ func MemstoreTenantManager(
 	}
 }
 
-type groupLoader struct{}
+type GroupLoader struct{}
 
-func (groupLoader) Parse(query string) (parser.Expr, error) {
+func (GroupLoader) Parse(query string) (parser.Expr, error) {
 	expr, err := logql.ParseExpr(query)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func (groupLoader) Parse(query string) (parser.Expr, error) {
 	return exprAdapter{expr}, nil
 }
 
-func (g groupLoader) Load(identifier string) (*rulefmt.RuleGroups, []error) {
+func (g GroupLoader) Load(identifier string) (*rulefmt.RuleGroups, []error) {
 	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(identifier)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, []error{errors.Wrap(err, identifier)}
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func (g groupLoader) Load(identifier string) (*rulefmt.RuleGroups, []error) {
 	return rgs, errs
 }
 
-func (groupLoader) parseRules(content []byte) (*rulefmt.RuleGroups, []error) {
+func (GroupLoader) parseRules(content []byte) (*rulefmt.RuleGroups, []error) {
 	var (
 		groups rulefmt.RuleGroups
 		errs   []error
diff --git a/pkg/ruler/manager/compat_test.go b/pkg/ruler/manager/compat_test.go
index e5305723a84f2..04076d92208d9 100644
--- a/pkg/ruler/manager/compat_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ruler/manager/compat_test.go
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ groups:
 		},
 	} {
 		t.Run(tc.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
-			var loader groupLoader
+			var loader GroupLoader
 			f, err := ioutil.TempFile(os.TempDir(), "rules")
 			require.Nil(t, err)
 			defer os.Remove(f.Name())