diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 66f2693ab30..6807041b529 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Internal
+
+- Make `SentryClient` constructor public ([#4045](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/4045))
+
 ## 8.0.0-rc.4
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/sentry/api/sentry.api b/sentry/api/sentry.api
index 5f4d618ad96..a0d559f12f5 100644
--- a/sentry/api/sentry.api
+++ b/sentry/api/sentry.api
@@ -2484,6 +2484,7 @@ public final class io/sentry/SentryBaseEvent$Serializer {
 }
 
 public final class io/sentry/SentryClient : io/sentry/ISentryClient {
+	public fun <init> (Lio/sentry/SentryOptions;)V
 	public fun captureCheckIn (Lio/sentry/CheckIn;Lio/sentry/IScope;Lio/sentry/Hint;)Lio/sentry/protocol/SentryId;
 	public fun captureEnvelope (Lio/sentry/SentryEnvelope;Lio/sentry/Hint;)Lio/sentry/protocol/SentryId;
 	public fun captureEvent (Lio/sentry/SentryEvent;Lio/sentry/IScope;Lio/sentry/Hint;)Lio/sentry/protocol/SentryId;
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryClient.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryClient.java
index b518c046c5e..1cfbf60313d 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryClient.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryClient.java
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ public boolean isEnabled() {
     return enabled;
   }
 
-  SentryClient(final @NotNull SentryOptions options) {
+  @ApiStatus.Internal
+  public SentryClient(final @NotNull SentryOptions options) {
     this.options = Objects.requireNonNull(options, "SentryOptions is required.");
     this.enabled = true;