diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/query/spi/HQLQueryPlan.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/query/spi/HQLQueryPlan.java
index cb152b16fb..f75d741ed7 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/query/spi/HQLQueryPlan.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/query/spi/HQLQueryPlan.java
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ public class HQLQueryPlan implements Serializable {
 	 * @return a reasonable size to use for allocation
 	 */
 	@SuppressWarnings("UnnecessaryUnboxing")
-	private int guessResultSize(RowSelection rowSelection) {
+	protected int guessResultSize(RowSelection rowSelection) {
 		if ( rowSelection != null ) {
 			final int maxReasonableAllocation = rowSelection.getFetchSize() != null ? rowSelection.getFetchSize().intValue() : 100;
 			if ( rowSelection.getMaxRows() != null && rowSelection.getMaxRows().intValue() > 0 ) {
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/QueryTranslatorImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/QueryTranslatorImpl.java
index 7f655e9613..3660c55eb1 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/QueryTranslatorImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/QueryTranslatorImpl.java
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ public class QueryTranslatorImpl implements FilterTranslator {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private void errorIfDML() throws HibernateException {
+	protected void errorIfDML() throws HibernateException {
 		if ( sqlAst.needsExecutor() ) {
 			throw new QueryExecutionRequestException( "Not supported for DML operations", hql );
 		}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/loader/Loader.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/loader/Loader.java
index 6afa106f52..6b32fd46c2 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/loader/Loader.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/loader/Loader.java
@@ -2710,7 +2710,7 @@ public abstract class Loader {
 		return getResultList( result, queryParameters.getResultTransformer() );
 	}
 
-	private QueryKey generateQueryKey(
+	protected QueryKey generateQueryKey(
 			SharedSessionContractImplementor session,
 			QueryParameters queryParameters) {
 		return QueryKey.generateQueryKey(
@@ -2722,7 +2722,7 @@ public abstract class Loader {
 		);
 	}
 
-	private CacheableResultTransformer createCacheableResultTransformer(QueryParameters queryParameters) {
+	protected CacheableResultTransformer createCacheableResultTransformer(QueryParameters queryParameters) {
 		return CacheableResultTransformer.create(
 				queryParameters.getResultTransformer(),
 				getResultRowAliases(),
@@ -2730,7 +2730,7 @@ public abstract class Loader {
 		);
 	}
 
-	private List getResultFromQueryCache(
+	protected List getResultFromQueryCache(
 			final SharedSessionContractImplementor session,
 			final QueryParameters queryParameters,
 			final Set<Serializable> querySpaces,
@@ -2786,7 +2786,7 @@ public abstract class Loader {
 		return result;
 	}
 
-	private EntityPersister getEntityPersister(EntityType entityType) {
+	protected EntityPersister getEntityPersister(EntityType entityType) {
 		return factory.getMetamodel().entityPersister( entityType.getAssociatedEntityName() );
 	}
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/loader/hql/QueryLoader.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/loader/hql/QueryLoader.java
index eb2f93b67a..b9a8222a68 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/loader/hql/QueryLoader.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/loader/hql/QueryLoader.java
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ public class QueryLoader extends BasicLoader {
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	private boolean hasSelectNew() {
+	protected boolean hasSelectNew() {
 		return aggregatedSelectExpression != null && aggregatedSelectExpression.getResultTransformer() != null;
 	}
 
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ public class QueryLoader extends BasicLoader {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private HolderInstantiator buildHolderInstantiator(ResultTransformer queryLocalResultTransformer) {
+	protected HolderInstantiator buildHolderInstantiator(ResultTransformer queryLocalResultTransformer) {
 		final ResultTransformer implicitResultTransformer = aggregatedSelectExpression == null
 				? null
 				: aggregatedSelectExpression.getResultTransformer();
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ public class QueryLoader extends BasicLoader {
 		return list( session, queryParameters, queryTranslator.getQuerySpaces(), queryReturnTypes );
 	}
 
-	private void checkQuery(QueryParameters queryParameters) {
+	protected void checkQuery(QueryParameters queryParameters) {
 		if ( hasSelectNew() && queryParameters.getResultTransformer() != null ) {
 			throw new QueryException( "ResultTransformer is not allowed for 'select new' queries." );
 		}