diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala
index 131b5d76be..42aa1cf148 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import scala.concurrent.Future
 /**
  * Remote ActorRefProvider. Starts up actor on remote node and creates a RemoteActorRef representing it.
  */
-private[akka] class RemoteActorRefProvider(
+class RemoteActorRefProvider(
   val systemName: String,
   val settings: ActorSystem.Settings,
   val eventStream: EventStream,