diff --git a/include/boost/aligned_storage.hpp b/include/boost/aligned_storage.hpp
index 890d29b..ce277ab 100644
--- a/include/boost/aligned_storage.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/aligned_storage.hpp
@@ -70,7 +70,13 @@ template <
       std::size_t size_
     , std::size_t alignment_ = std::size_t(-1)
 >
-class aligned_storage : private detail::aligned_storage::aligned_storage_imp<size_, alignment_> 
+class aligned_storage : 
+#ifndef __BORLANDC__
+   private 
+#else
+   public
+#endif
+   detail::aligned_storage::aligned_storage_imp<size_, alignment_> 
 {
  
 public: // constants
diff --git a/test/aligned_storage_empy_test.cpp b/test/aligned_storage_empy_test.cpp
index 79c8519..6772cc0 100644
--- a/test/aligned_storage_empy_test.cpp
+++ b/test/aligned_storage_empy_test.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,13 @@ namespace
     };
     
     template< unsigned N, unsigned Alignment >
-    struct alignment_implementation2 : private boost::detail::aligned_storage::aligned_storage_imp<N,Alignment>
+    struct alignment_implementation2 : 
+#ifndef __BORLANDC__
+       private 
+#else
+       public
+#endif
+       boost::detail::aligned_storage::aligned_storage_imp<N,Alignment>
     {
         typedef boost::detail::aligned_storage::aligned_storage_imp<N,Alignment> type;
         const void* address() const { return static_cast<const type*>(this)->address(); }
diff --git a/test/aligned_storage_test.cpp b/test/aligned_storage_test.cpp
index e15cf9f..9f531ee 100644
--- a/test/aligned_storage_test.cpp
+++ b/test/aligned_storage_test.cpp
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ void check(const T&)
 #ifndef BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION
    BOOST_CHECK(::tt::is_pod<t3>::value == true);
 #endif
+   BOOST_CHECK(as3.address() == &as3);
+   const t3 as4 = { 0, };
+   BOOST_CHECK(as4.address() == static_cast<const void*>(&as4));
 #endif
 }