diff --git a/akka-actor-testkit-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/testkit/typed/CapturedLogEvent.scala b/akka-actor-testkit-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/testkit/typed/CapturedLogEvent.scala
index e20b453f69..499384449d 100644
--- a/akka-actor-testkit-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/testkit/typed/CapturedLogEvent.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-testkit-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/testkit/typed/CapturedLogEvent.scala
@@ -31,6 +31,34 @@ final case class CapturedLogEvent(
     this(logLevel, message, errorCause.asScala, marker.asScala, mdc.asScala.toMap)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Constructor for Java API
+   */
+  def this(logLevel: LogLevel, message: String) {
+    this(logLevel, message, Option.empty, Option.empty, Map.empty[String, Any])
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructor for Java API
+   */
+  def this(logLevel: LogLevel, message: String, errorCause: Throwable) {
+    this(logLevel, message, Some(errorCause), Option.empty[LogMarker], Map.empty[String, Any])
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructor for Java API
+   */
+  def this(logLevel: LogLevel, message: String, marker: LogMarker) {
+    this(logLevel, message, Option.empty[Throwable], Some(marker), Map.empty[String, Any])
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructor for Java API
+   */
+  def this(logLevel: LogLevel, message: String, errorCause: Throwable, marker: LogMarker) {
+    this(logLevel, message, Some(errorCause), Some(marker), Map.empty[String, Any])
+  }
+
   def getMdc: java.util.Map[String, Any] = mdc.asJava
 
   def getErrorCause: Optional[Throwable] = cause.asJava
diff --git a/akka-actor-testkit-typed/src/test/java/akka/actor/testkit/typed/javadsl/BehaviorTestKitTest.java b/akka-actor-testkit-typed/src/test/java/akka/actor/testkit/typed/javadsl/BehaviorTestKitTest.java
index 2ae292f9a7..37bfff6b0f 100644
--- a/akka-actor-testkit-typed/src/test/java/akka/actor/testkit/typed/javadsl/BehaviorTestKitTest.java
+++ b/akka-actor-testkit-typed/src/test/java/akka/actor/testkit/typed/javadsl/BehaviorTestKitTest.java
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ public class BehaviorTestKitTest extends JUnitSuite {
     test.run(new Log(what));
     final List<CapturedLogEvent> allLogEntries = test.getAllLogEntries();
     assertEquals(1, allLogEntries.size());
-    assertEquals(new CapturedLogEvent(Logging.InfoLevel(), what, Optional.empty(), Optional.empty(), new HashMap<>()), allLogEntries.get(0));
+    assertEquals(new CapturedLogEvent(Logging.InfoLevel(), what), allLogEntries.get(0));
   }
 
   @Test