Mergin in the latest master

akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Props.scala

@@ -188,5 +188,10 @@ case class Props(
  * able to optimize serialization.
  */
 private[akka] case class FromClassCreator(clazz: Class[_ <: Actor]) extends Function0[Actor] {
-  def apply(): Actor = clazz.newInstance
+  def apply(): Actor = try clazz.newInstance catch {
+    case iae: IllegalAccessException ⇒
+      val ctor = clazz.getDeclaredConstructor()
+      ctor.setAccessible(true)
+      ctor.newInstance()
+  }
 }