diff --git a/querydsl-jpa/src/main/java/com/querydsl/jpa/impl/AbstractJPAQuery.java b/querydsl-jpa/src/main/java/com/querydsl/jpa/impl/AbstractJPAQuery.java
index 0832e9fe6..bc1186fe3 100644
--- a/querydsl-jpa/src/main/java/com/querydsl/jpa/impl/AbstractJPAQuery.java
+++ b/querydsl-jpa/src/main/java/com/querydsl/jpa/impl/AbstractJPAQuery.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractJPAQuery<T, Q extends AbstractJPAQuery<T, Q>> exte
         return createQuery(getMetadata().getModifiers(), false);
     }
 
-    private Query createQuery(@Nullable QueryModifiers modifiers, boolean forCount) {
+    protected Query createQuery(@Nullable QueryModifiers modifiers, boolean forCount) {
         JPQLSerializer serializer = serialize(forCount);
         String queryString = serializer.toString();
         logQuery(queryString, serializer.getConstantToLabel());