diff --git a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/DefaultLoadErrorHandlingPolicy.java b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/DefaultLoadErrorHandlingPolicy.java
index 4eec495cab..e2c5f3ef88 100644
--- a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/DefaultLoadErrorHandlingPolicy.java
+++ b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/DefaultLoadErrorHandlingPolicy.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.HttpDataSource.InvalidResponseCode
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 /** Default implementation of {@link LoadErrorHandlingPolicy}. */
-public final class DefaultLoadErrorHandlingPolicy implements LoadErrorHandlingPolicy {
+public class DefaultLoadErrorHandlingPolicy implements LoadErrorHandlingPolicy {
 
   /** The default minimum number of times to retry loading data prior to propagating the error. */
   public static final int DEFAULT_MIN_LOADABLE_RETRY_COUNT = 3;