diff --git a/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/PersistentActor.scala b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/PersistentActor.scala
index 1059e91cc8..d7a0d81a2d 100644
--- a/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/PersistentActor.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/PersistentActor.scala
@@ -530,3 +530,7 @@ abstract class AbstractPersistentActor extends AbstractActor with Eventsourced {
 
 }
 
+/**
+ * Java API: Combination of [[AbstractPersistentActor]] and [[akka.actor.AbstractActorWithTimers]].
+ */
+abstract class AbstractPersistentActorWithTimers extends AbstractPersistentActor with Timers