diff --git a/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/fsm/PersistentFSM.scala b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/fsm/PersistentFSM.scala
index ca9be50ef0..17fcdd48bb 100644
--- a/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/fsm/PersistentFSM.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/fsm/PersistentFSM.scala
@@ -194,8 +194,7 @@ object PersistentFSM {
    * @param stateIdentifier FSM state identifier
    * @param timeout FSM state timeout
    */
-  @InternalApi
-  private[persistence] case class StateChangeEvent(stateIdentifier: String, timeout: Option[FiniteDuration]) extends PersistentFsmEvent
+  case class StateChangeEvent(stateIdentifier: String, timeout: Option[FiniteDuration]) extends PersistentFsmEvent
 
   /**
    * FSM state and data snapshot
diff --git a/akka-persistence/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/fsm/PersistentFSMSpec.scala b/akka-persistence/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/fsm/PersistentFSMSpec.scala
index 377b2c2b77..a415e84b41 100644
--- a/akka-persistence/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/fsm/PersistentFSMSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/fsm/PersistentFSMSpec.scala
@@ -278,6 +278,13 @@ abstract class PersistentFSMSpec(config: Config) extends PersistenceSpec(config)
       expectTerminated(persistentEventsStreamer)
     }
 
+    "can extract state name" in {
+      StateChangeEvent("xxx", None) match {
+        case StateChangeEvent(name, _) ⇒ name should equal("xxx")
+        case _                         ⇒ fail("unable to extract state name")
+      }
+    }
+
     "persist snapshot" in {
       val persistenceId = name