diff --git a/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/util/LocaleData.java b/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/util/LocaleData.java
index 688cf4a6bbc..e088fcd1784 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/util/LocaleData.java
+++ b/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/util/LocaleData.java
@@ -335,4 +335,22 @@ public final class LocaleData {
       String  localeSeparator = locDispBundle.getStringWithFallback(SEPARATOR);
       return localeSeparator;
     }
+    
+    private static VersionInfo gCLDRVersion = null;
+    
+    /**
+     * Returns the current CLDR version
+     * @draft ICU 4.2
+     * @provisional This API might change or be removed in a future release.
+     */
+    public static VersionInfo getCLDRVersion() {
+        // fetching this data should be idempotent.
+        if(gCLDRVersion == null) {
+            // from ZoneMeta.java
+            UResourceBundle supplementalDataBundle = UResourceBundle.getBundleInstance(ICUResourceBundle.ICU_BASE_NAME, "supplementalData", ICUResourceBundle.ICU_DATA_CLASS_LOADER);
+            UResourceBundle cldrVersionBundle = supplementalDataBundle.get("cldrVersion");
+            gCLDRVersion = VersionInfo.getInstance(cldrVersionBundle.getString());
+        }
+        return gCLDRVersion;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/util/ULocale.java b/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/util/ULocale.java
index 31b8d32c008..cd6c03614b3 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/util/ULocale.java
+++ b/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/util/ULocale.java
@@ -1000,24 +1000,6 @@ public final class ULocale implements Serializable {
     public static ULocale[] getAvailableLocales() {
         return ICUResourceBundle.getAvailableULocales();
     }
-    
-    private static VersionInfo gCLDRVersion = null;
-    
-    /**
-     * Returns the current CLDR version
-     * @draft ICU 4.2
-     * @provisional This API might change or be removed in a future release.
-     */
-    public static VersionInfo getCLDRVersion() {
-        // fetching this data should be idempotent.
-        if(gCLDRVersion == null) {
-            // from ZoneMeta.java
-            UResourceBundle supplementalDataBundle = UResourceBundle.getBundleInstance(ICUResourceBundle.ICU_BASE_NAME, "supplementalData", ICUResourceBundle.ICU_DATA_CLASS_LOADER);
-            UResourceBundle cldrVersionBundle = supplementalDataBundle.get("cldrVersion");
-            gCLDRVersion = VersionInfo.getInstance(cldrVersionBundle.getString());
-        }
-        return gCLDRVersion;
-    }
 
     /**
      * Returns a list of all 2-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166.
diff --git a/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/util/ULocaleTest.java b/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/util/ULocaleTest.java
index f3b9ac89c92..f635b600bb1 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/util/ULocaleTest.java
+++ b/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/util/ULocaleTest.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import com.ibm.icu.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import com.ibm.icu.text.NumberFormat.SimpleNumberFormatFactory;
 import com.ibm.icu.util.Calendar;
 import com.ibm.icu.util.IllformedLocaleException;
+import com.ibm.icu.util.LocaleData;
 import com.ibm.icu.util.ULocale;
 import com.ibm.icu.util.UResourceBundle;
 import com.ibm.icu.util.VersionInfo;
@@ -3714,7 +3715,7 @@ public class ULocaleTest extends TestFmwk {
         VersionInfo testCurrent;
         VersionInfo cldrVersion;
  
-        cldrVersion = ULocale.getCLDRVersion();
+        cldrVersion = LocaleData.getCLDRVersion();
         
         this.logln("uloc_getCLDRVersion() returned: '"+cldrVersion+"'");