diff --git a/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/ContentExchange.java b/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/ContentExchange.java
index 05c6b772d81..9adf9a48df0 100644
--- a/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/ContentExchange.java
+++ b/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/ContentExchange.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class ContentExchange extends CachedExchange
 {
     int _contentLength = 1024;
     String _encoding = "utf-8";
-    ByteArrayOutputStream _responseContent;
+    protected ByteArrayOutputStream _responseContent;
 
     File _fileForUpload;