diff --git a/flink-clients/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/client/program/PackagedProgram.java b/flink-clients/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/client/program/PackagedProgram.java
index c25d94304f8aed2958060197a43644cb2ed50ca9..bb3d294330e0859a4334cc0cc95155d4361895e1 100644
--- a/flink-clients/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/client/program/PackagedProgram.java
+++ b/flink-clients/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/client/program/PackagedProgram.java
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ public class PackagedProgram {
 		}
 	}
 
-	PackagedProgram(Class<?> entryPointClass, String... args) throws ProgramInvocationException {
+	public PackagedProgram(Class<?> entryPointClass, String... args) throws ProgramInvocationException {
 		this.jarFile = null;
 		this.args = args == null ? new String[0] : args;