diff --git a/gix-index/src/lib.rs b/gix-index/src/lib.rs
index 1e157bdc0d5..86261c3539f 100644
--- a/gix-index/src/lib.rs
+++ b/gix-index/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ use bstr::{BStr, ByteSlice};
 use std::{ops::Range, path::PathBuf};
 
 use filetime::FileTime;
+/// `gix_hash` is made available as it's part of the public API in various places.
 pub use gix_hash as hash;
+/// A re-export to allow calling [`State::from_tree()`].
+pub use gix_validate as validate;
 
 ///
 #[allow(clippy::empty_docs)]
diff --git a/gix/src/lib.rs b/gix/src/lib.rs
index f193ecd74aa..e34fea34387 100644
--- a/gix/src/lib.rs
+++ b/gix/src/lib.rs
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ pub use gix_url as url;
 #[doc(inline)]
 pub use gix_url::Url;
 pub use gix_utils as utils;
+pub use gix_validate as validate;
 pub use hash::{oid, ObjectId};
 
 pub mod interrupt;