diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/SessionFactoryImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/SessionFactoryImpl.java
index c1cfa3bc8a..a402ef86fc 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/SessionFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/SessionFactoryImpl.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import javax.naming.Reference;
 import javax.naming.StringRefAddr;
@@ -197,9 +198,13 @@ public class SessionFactoryImpl implements SessionFactoryImplementor {
 	private final transient SessionBuilder defaultSessionOpenOptions;
 	private final transient SessionBuilder temporarySessionOpenOptions;
 
-	public SessionFactoryImpl(
+	public SessionFactoryImpl(final MetadataImplementor metadata, SessionFactoryOptions options) {
+		this( metadata, options, QueryPlanCache::new );
+	}
+
+	protected SessionFactoryImpl(
 			final MetadataImplementor metadata,
-			SessionFactoryOptions options) {
+			SessionFactoryOptions options, Function<SessionFactoryImplementor, QueryPlanCache> queryPlanCacheFunction) {
 		LOG.debug( "Building session factory" );
 
 		this.sessionFactoryOptions = options;
@@ -260,7 +265,7 @@ public class SessionFactoryImpl implements SessionFactoryImplementor {
 		LOG.debugf( "Session factory constructed with filter configurations : %s", filters );
 		LOG.debugf( "Instantiating session factory with properties: %s", properties );
 
-		this.queryPlanCache = new QueryPlanCache( this );
+		this.queryPlanCache = queryPlanCacheFunction.apply( this );
 
 		class IntegratorObserver implements SessionFactoryObserver {
 			private ArrayList<Integrator> integrators = new ArrayList<>();