diff --git a/lib/std/crypto.zig b/lib/std/crypto.zig
index e00e331b46..f052b0bb4f 100644
--- a/lib/std/crypto.zig
+++ b/lib/std/crypto.zig
@@ -109,9 +109,11 @@ pub const pwhash = struct {
         crypt,
     };
     pub const KdfError = errors.Error || std.mem.Allocator.Error;
-    pub const HasherError = KdfError || @import("crypto/phc_encoding.zig").Error;
+    pub const HasherError = KdfError || phc_format.Error;
     pub const Error = HasherError || error{AllocatorRequired};
 
+    pub const phc_format = @import("crypto/phc_encoding.zig");
+
     pub const bcrypt = @import("crypto/bcrypt.zig");
     pub const scrypt = @import("crypto/scrypt.zig");
     pub const pbkdf2 = @import("crypto/pbkdf2.zig").pbkdf2;