diff --git a/src/openai/__init__.py b/src/openai/__init__.py
index fc9675a8b5..dd796a59ce 100644
--- a/src/openai/__init__.py
+++ b/src/openai/__init__.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 if not _t.TYPE_CHECKING:
     from ._utils._resources_proxy import resources as resources
 
-from .lib import azure as _azure, pydantic_function_tool as pydantic_function_tool
+from .lib import azure as _azure, pydantic_function_tool as pydantic_function_tool, to_strict_json_schema as to_strict_json_schema
 from .version import VERSION as VERSION
 from .lib.azure import AzureOpenAI as AzureOpenAI, AsyncAzureOpenAI as AsyncAzureOpenAI
 from .lib._old_api import *
diff --git a/src/openai/lib/__init__.py b/src/openai/lib/__init__.py
index 5c6cb782c0..a5ce7692da 100644
--- a/src/openai/lib/__init__.py
+++ b/src/openai/lib/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 from ._tools import pydantic_function_tool as pydantic_function_tool
+from ._pydantic import to_strict_json_schema as to_strict_json_schema
 from ._parsing import ResponseFormatT as ResponseFormatT
diff --git a/tests/lib/test_pydantic.py b/tests/lib/test_pydantic.py
index 754a15151c..d6dba7dcc3 100644
--- a/tests/lib/test_pydantic.py
+++ b/tests/lib/test_pydantic.py
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 from .schema_types.query import Query
 
 
+def test_to_strict_json_schema_public_api() -> None:
+    """Test that to_strict_json_schema is accessible as a public API via openai.to_strict_json_schema."""
+    assert openai.to_strict_json_schema is to_strict_json_schema
+
+
 def test_most_types() -> None:
     if not PYDANTIC_V1:
         assert openai.pydantic_function_tool(Query)["function"] == snapshot(