diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ServerConnector.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ServerConnector.java
index 70dab444d05..399bff510fe 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ServerConnector.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ServerConnector.java
@@ -274,6 +274,20 @@ public class ServerConnector extends AbstractNetworkConnector
         _inheritChannel = inheritChannel;
     }
 
+
+    public ServerSocketChannel getAcceptChannel()
+    {
+        return _acceptChannel;
+    }
+
+    public void setAcceptChannel(ServerSocketChannel acceptChannel)
+    {
+        if (isStarted())
+            throw new IllegalStateException(getState());
+        updateBean(_acceptChannel,acceptChannel);
+        _acceptChannel = acceptChannel;
+    }
+    
     @Override
     public void open() throws IOException
     {
@@ -288,6 +302,7 @@ public class ServerConnector extends AbstractNetworkConnector
         }
     }
 
+
     /**
      * Called by {@link #open()} to obtain the accepting channel.
      * @return ServerSocketChannel used to accept connections.