diff --git a/codec-http2/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http2/DefaultHttp2ConnectionDecoder.java b/codec-http2/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http2/DefaultHttp2ConnectionDecoder.java
index 310e10a8b4..ee4c0da8ac 100644
--- a/codec-http2/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http2/DefaultHttp2ConnectionDecoder.java
+++ b/codec-http2/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http2/DefaultHttp2ConnectionDecoder.java
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ public class DefaultHttp2ConnectionDecoder implements Http2ConnectionDecoder {
         return connection;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Http2FrameListener listener() {
+        return listener;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean prefaceReceived() {
         return prefaceReceived;
diff --git a/codec-http2/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http2/Http2ConnectionDecoder.java b/codec-http2/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http2/Http2ConnectionDecoder.java
index a28da4fcdb..547a142b74 100644
--- a/codec-http2/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http2/Http2ConnectionDecoder.java
+++ b/codec-http2/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http2/Http2ConnectionDecoder.java
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ public interface Http2ConnectionDecoder extends Closeable {
      */
     Http2Connection connection();
 
+    /**
+     * Provides direct access to the underlying frame listener.
+     */
+    Http2FrameListener listener();
+
     /**
      * Called by the {@link Http2ConnectionHandler} to decode the next frame from the input buffer.
      */