diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractGenerator.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractGenerator.java
index 44f49c2733..77433bb77f 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractGenerator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractGenerator.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ abstract class AbstractGenerator implements Generator {
     boolean                  generateJPAAnnotations        = false;
     boolean                  generateValidationAnnotations = false;
 
-    GeneratorStrategyWrapper strategy;
+    protected GeneratorStrategyWrapper strategy;
 
     @Override
     public void setStrategy(GeneratorStrategy strategy) {