diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/Executor.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/Executor.scala
index 1f56a3d7ad091..dd3fb2f172d58 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/Executor.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/Executor.scala
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ private[spark] class Executor(
 
   // Create our ClassLoader
   // do this after SparkEnv creation so can access the SecurityManager
-  private val urlClassLoader = createClassLoader()
+  protected val urlClassLoader = createClassLoader()
   private val replClassLoader = addReplClassLoaderIfNeeded(urlClassLoader)
 
   // Set the classloader for serializer
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ private[spark] class Executor(
    * Download any missing dependencies if we receive a new set of files and JARs from the
    * SparkContext. Also adds any new JARs we fetched to the class loader.
    */
-  private def updateDependencies(newFiles: HashMap[String, Long], newJars: HashMap[String, Long]) {
+  protected def updateDependencies(newFiles: HashMap[String, Long], newJars: HashMap[String, Long]) {
     lazy val hadoopConf = SparkHadoopUtil.get.newConfiguration(conf)
     synchronized {
       // Fetch missing dependencies