diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 77d16f22..be73d5ff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Changes in 3.9.3:
 - Switch from the legacy Date API to Java's new Time API
 - Time is now specified in 24-hour format in XML export
 - Enable exporting very long lines as .txt
+- Allow plugins to merge multiple ping results
 
 Changes in 3.9.2:
 - Linux: specify Java 17 as minimum required version in .deb and .rpm packages
diff --git a/src/net/azib/ipscan/core/net/PingResult.java b/src/net/azib/ipscan/core/net/PingResult.java
index 55c62a6f..05197534 100644
--- a/src/net/azib/ipscan/core/net/PingResult.java
+++ b/src/net/azib/ipscan/core/net/PingResult.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public boolean isTimeoutAdaptationAllowed() {
 		return timeoutAdaptationAllowed;
 	}
 
-	PingResult merge(PingResult result) {
+	public PingResult merge(PingResult result) {
 		this.packetCount += result.packetCount;
 		this.replyCount += result.replyCount;
 		return this;