diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractBufferingClientHttpRequest.java b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractBufferingClientHttpRequest.java
index 3048b76009..0fbba880fb 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractBufferingClientHttpRequest.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractBufferingClientHttpRequest.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
  * @since 3.0.6
  */
-abstract class AbstractBufferingClientHttpRequest extends AbstractClientHttpRequest {
+public abstract class AbstractBufferingClientHttpRequest extends AbstractClientHttpRequest {
 
 	private ByteArrayOutputStream bufferedOutput = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractClientHttpRequest.java b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractClientHttpRequest.java
index 9af76020ae..74545bab50 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractClientHttpRequest.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractClientHttpRequest.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
  * @since 3.0
  */
-abstract class AbstractClientHttpRequest implements ClientHttpRequest {
+public abstract class AbstractClientHttpRequest implements ClientHttpRequest {
 
 	private boolean executed = false;