diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular-elements/src/public_api.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular-elements/src/public_api.ts
index c026ae7d4fc..6b32e413bab 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular-elements/src/public_api.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular-elements/src/public_api.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { IgxPivotDateDimension } from 'projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/p
 import { PivotDimensionType } from 'projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/pivot-grid/pivot-grid.interface';
 import { IgxDateSummaryOperand, IgxNumberSummaryOperand, IgxSummaryOperand, IgxTimeSummaryOperand } from 'projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/summaries/grid-summary';
 import { HorizontalAlignment, VerticalAlignment } from 'projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/services/overlay/utilities';
-import { ByLevelTreeGridMergeStrategy, DefaultTreeGridMergeStrategy } from 'projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/data-operations/merge-strategy';
+import { ByLevelTreeGridMergeStrategy, DefaultMergeStrategy, DefaultTreeGridMergeStrategy } from 'projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/data-operations/merge-strategy';
 
 /** Export Public API, TODO: reorganize, Generate all w/ renames? */
 export {
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export {
 
     NoopSortingStrategy as IgcNoopSortingStrategy,
     NoopFilteringStrategy as IgcNoopFilteringStrategy,
+    DefaultMergeStrategy as IgcDefaultMergeStrategy,
     DefaultTreeGridMergeStrategy as IgcDefaultTreeGridMergeStrategy,
     ByLevelTreeGridMergeStrategy as IgcByLevelTreeGridMergeStrategy,