diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index ba166671b38..d2f7f698d17 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ Release 2.6.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-10430. KeyProvider Metadata should have an optional description,
     there should be a method to retrieve the metadata from all keys. (tucu)
 
+    HADOOP-10431. Change visibility of KeyStore.Options getter methods to
+    public. (tucu)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HADOOP-10838. Byte array native checksumming. (James Thomas via todd)
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/KeyProvider.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/KeyProvider.java
index b2177da753c..a8a303ce7b4 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/KeyProvider.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/KeyProvider.java
@@ -260,15 +260,15 @@ public abstract class KeyProvider {
       return this;
     }
 
-    protected String getCipher() {
+    public String getCipher() {
       return cipher;
     }
 
-    protected int getBitLength() {
+    public int getBitLength() {
       return bitLength;
     }
 
-    protected String getDescription() {
+    public String getDescription() {
       return description;
     }
   }