diff --git a/tools/import-trace/AdvancedMemoryImporter.hpp b/tools/import-trace/AdvancedMemoryImporter.hpp
index cb0ed43a..6491c8d2 100644
--- a/tools/import-trace/AdvancedMemoryImporter.hpp
+++ b/tools/import-trace/AdvancedMemoryImporter.hpp
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ class AdvancedMemoryImporter : public MemoryImporter {
 
 public:
 	AdvancedMemoryImporter() : m_last_was_conditional_branch(false) {}
+
+protected:
 	virtual std::string database_additional_columns();
 	virtual void database_insert_columns(std::string& sql, unsigned& num_columns);
 	virtual bool database_insert_data(Trace_Event &ev, MYSQL_BIND *bind, unsigned num_columns, bool is_fake);
diff --git a/tools/import-trace/Importer.hpp b/tools/import-trace/Importer.hpp
index 2cb20df4..ccbdad91 100644
--- a/tools/import-trace/Importer.hpp
+++ b/tools/import-trace/Importer.hpp
@@ -64,17 +64,7 @@ protected:
 	instruction_count_t m_last_instr;
 	fail::simtime_t m_last_time;
 
-public:
-	Importer() : m_sanitychecks(false), m_extended_trace(false), m_row_count(0), m_time_trace_start(0) {}
-	bool init(const std::string &variant, const std::string &benchmark, fail::Database *db);
-
-	/**
-	 * Callback function that can be used to add command line options
-	 * to the cmd interface
-	 */
-	virtual bool cb_commandline_init() { return true; }
-
-	virtual bool create_database();
+protected:
 	/**
 	 * Allows specialized importers to add more table columns instead of
 	 * completely overriding create_database().  The returned SQL CREATE TABLE
@@ -95,8 +85,6 @@ public:
 	 * columns specified by database_insert_columns().
 	 */
 	virtual bool database_insert_data(Trace_Event &ev, MYSQL_BIND *bind, unsigned num_columns, bool is_fake) { return true; }
-	virtual bool copy_to_database(fail::ProtoIStream &ps);
-	virtual bool clear_database();
 	/**
 	 * Use this variant if passing through the IP/MEM event does not make any
 	 * sense for your Importer implementation.
@@ -122,6 +110,20 @@ public:
 	 */
 	virtual bool trace_end_reached() { return true; }
 
+public:
+	Importer() : m_sanitychecks(false), m_extended_trace(false), m_row_count(0), m_time_trace_start(0) {}
+	bool init(const std::string &variant, const std::string &benchmark, fail::Database *db);
+
+	/**
+	 * Callback function that can be used to add command line options
+	 * to the cmd interface
+	 */
+	virtual bool cb_commandline_init() { return true; }
+
+	virtual bool create_database();
+	virtual bool copy_to_database(fail::ProtoIStream &ps);
+	virtual bool clear_database();
+
 	void set_elf(fail::ElfReader *elf) { m_elf = elf; }
 
 	void set_memorymap(fail::MemoryMap *mm) { m_mm = mm; }
diff --git a/tools/import-trace/InstructionImporter.hpp b/tools/import-trace/InstructionImporter.hpp
index cc5f933b..53fc9af7 100644
--- a/tools/import-trace/InstructionImporter.hpp
+++ b/tools/import-trace/InstructionImporter.hpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class InstructionImporter : public Importer {
 	llvm::OwningPtr<llvm::object::Binary> binary;
 	llvm::OwningPtr<fail::LLVMDisassembler> disas;
 
-public:
+protected:
 	virtual bool handle_ip_event(fail::simtime_t curtime, instruction_count_t instr,
 								 Trace_Event &ev);
 	virtual bool handle_mem_event(fail::simtime_t curtime, instruction_count_t instr,
diff --git a/tools/import-trace/MemoryImporter.hpp b/tools/import-trace/MemoryImporter.hpp
index 1688ff10..33b24436 100644
--- a/tools/import-trace/MemoryImporter.hpp
+++ b/tools/import-trace/MemoryImporter.hpp
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 
 class MemoryImporter : public Importer {
 
-public:
-
+protected:
 	virtual bool handle_ip_event(fail::simtime_t curtime, instruction_count_t instr,
 								 Trace_Event &ev);
 	virtual bool handle_mem_event(fail::simtime_t curtime, instruction_count_t instr,
diff --git a/tools/import-trace/RandomJumpImporter.hpp b/tools/import-trace/RandomJumpImporter.hpp
index 4c9b1304..b18105a0 100644
--- a/tools/import-trace/RandomJumpImporter.hpp
+++ b/tools/import-trace/RandomJumpImporter.hpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public:
 	 */
 	virtual bool cb_commandline_init();
 
+protected:
 	virtual bool handle_ip_event(fail::simtime_t curtime, instruction_count_t instr,
 								 Trace_Event &ev);
 	virtual bool handle_mem_event(fail::simtime_t curtime, instruction_count_t instr,
diff --git a/tools/import-trace/RegisterImporter.hpp b/tools/import-trace/RegisterImporter.hpp
index 422b336a..b5b15062 100644
--- a/tools/import-trace/RegisterImporter.hpp
+++ b/tools/import-trace/RegisterImporter.hpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public:
 	 */
 	virtual bool cb_commandline_init();
 
+protected:
 	virtual bool handle_ip_event(fail::simtime_t curtime, instruction_count_t instr,
 								 Trace_Event &ev);
 	virtual bool handle_mem_event(fail::simtime_t curtime, instruction_count_t instr,