diff --git a/spine-flutter/lib/spine_dart.dart b/spine-flutter/lib/spine_dart.dart
index c25ba6d23..07e1f0692 100644
--- a/spine-flutter/lib/spine_dart.dart
+++ b/spine-flutter/lib/spine_dart.dart
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import 'generated/skeleton_data.dart';
 // Export generated classes
 export 'generated/api.dart';
 
-Future<void> initSpineFlutter({bool useStaticLinkage = false, bool enableMemoryDebugging = false}) async {
+Future<void> initSpineDart({bool useStaticLinkage = false, bool enableMemoryDebugging = false}) async {
   final ffi = await initSpineDartFFI(useStaticLinkage);
   final bindings = SpineDartBindings(ffi.dylib);
   if (enableMemoryDebugging) bindings.spine_enable_debug_extension(true);
diff --git a/spine-flutter/lib/spine_flutter.dart b/spine-flutter/lib/spine_flutter.dart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f202f26cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spine-flutter/lib/spine_flutter.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import 'spine_dart.dart';
+
+// Backwards compatibility
+Future<void> initSpineFlutter({bool useStaticLinkage = false, bool enableMemoryDebugging = false}) async {
+  await initSpineDart(useStaticLinkage: useStaticLinkage, enableMemoryDebugging: enableMemoryDebugging);
+  return;
+}
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diff --git a/spine-flutter/test/headless_test.dart b/spine-flutter/test/headless_test.dart
index 7df26d050..2162c761c 100644
--- a/spine-flutter/test/headless_test.dart
+++ b/spine-flutter/test/headless_test.dart
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ void main() async {
   print('Testing atlas and skeleton data loading...');
 
   // Initialize with debug extension enabled
-  await initSpineFlutter(enableMemoryDebugging: true);
+  await initSpineDart(enableMemoryDebugging: true);
 
   // Load atlas
   final atlasData = File('../example/assets/spineboy.atlas').readAsStringSync();