diff --git a/gerrit-acceptance-framework/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/LightweightPluginDaemonTest.java b/gerrit-acceptance-framework/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/LightweightPluginDaemonTest.java
index 7f932c3a73..62cc8ce489 100644
--- a/gerrit-acceptance-framework/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/LightweightPluginDaemonTest.java
+++ b/gerrit-acceptance-framework/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/LightweightPluginDaemonTest.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class LightweightPluginDaemonTest extends AbstractDaemonTest {
 
   @Rule public TemporaryFolder tempDataDir = new TemporaryFolder();
 
-  private TestServerPlugin plugin;
+  protected TestServerPlugin plugin;
 
   @Before
   public void setUp() throws Exception {