diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 83431994..26c4cbd4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 === master
+* Make rodauth.has_password? method public (enescakir) (#461)
 
 * Fix strict_unused_block warnings when running specs on Ruby 3.4 (jeremyevans)
 
diff --git a/lib/rodauth/features/base.rb b/lib/rodauth/features/base.rb
index 15e9d98d..84e66f74 100644
--- a/lib/rodauth/features/base.rb
+++ b/lib/rodauth/features/base.rb
@@ -542,6 +542,12 @@ def possible_authentication_methods
       has_password? ? ['password'] : []
     end
 
+    def has_password?
+      return @has_password if defined?(@has_password)
+      return false unless account || session_value
+      @has_password = !!get_password_hash
+    end
+
     private
 
     def _around_rodauth
@@ -718,12 +724,6 @@ def function_name(name)
       end
     end
 
-    def has_password?
-      return @has_password if defined?(@has_password)
-      return false unless account || session_value
-      @has_password = !!get_password_hash
-    end
-
     def password_hash_using_salt(password, salt)
       BCrypt::Engine.hash_secret(password, salt)
     end