diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index aac02cc516..d9801be5c7 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -317,6 +317,8 @@ Trunk (Unreleased)
 
     HADOOP-10488. TestKeyProviderFactory fails randomly. (tucu)
 
+    HADOOP-10431. Change visibility of KeyStore.Options getter methods to public. (tucu)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HADOOP-7761. Improve the performance of raw comparisons. (todd)
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/KeyProvider.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/KeyProvider.java
index b2177da753..a8a303ce7b 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/KeyProvider.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/KeyProvider.java
@@ -260,15 +260,15 @@ public abstract class KeyProvider {
       return this;
     }
 
-    protected String getCipher() {
+    public String getCipher() {
       return cipher;
     }
 
-    protected int getBitLength() {
+    public int getBitLength() {
       return bitLength;
     }
 
-    protected String getDescription() {
+    public String getDescription() {
       return description;
     }
   }