diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/SideBandInputStream.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/SideBandInputStream.java
index 25486cb64..15338a3a3 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/SideBandInputStream.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/SideBandInputStream.java
@@ -76,8 +76,9 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.util.RawParseUtils;
  * an unrecoverable error.
  *
  * @see SideBandOutputStream
+ * @since 4.11
  */
-class SideBandInputStream extends InputStream {
+public class SideBandInputStream extends InputStream {
 	static final int CH_DATA = 1;
 	static final int CH_PROGRESS = 2;
 	static final int CH_ERROR = 3;