diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlecode/objectify/ObjectifyFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/googlecode/objectify/ObjectifyFactory.java
index 3f51c8ea..6a601209 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlecode/objectify/ObjectifyFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlecode/objectify/ObjectifyFactory.java
@@ -371,19 +371,30 @@ public Objectify ofy() {
 	 * <p>This will be removed from the public API in the future.</p>
 	 */
 	private ObjectifyImpl open() {
-		final ObjectifyImpl objectify = new ObjectifyImpl(this);
+		final ObjectifyImpl objectify = createObjectify();
 		stacks.get().add(objectify);
 		return objectify;
 	}
 
 	/** This is for internal housekeeping and is not part of the public API */
 	public ObjectifyImpl open(final ObjectifyOptions opts, final Transactor transactor) {
-		final ObjectifyImpl objectify = new ObjectifyImpl(this, opts, transactor);
+		final ObjectifyImpl objectify = createObjectify(opts, transactor);
 		stacks.get().add(objectify);
 		return objectify;
 	}
 
-	/** This is for internal housekeeping and is not part of the public API */
+    /** Can be overridden if you want to subclass ObjectifyImpl */
+    protected ObjectifyImpl createObjectify() {
+        return new ObjectifyImpl(this);
+    }
+
+    /** This is only public because it is used from the impl package, and is not part of the
+     * public API. However, it can be overridden if you want to subclass ObjectifyImpl. */
+    public ObjectifyImpl createObjectify(final ObjectifyOptions opts, final Transactor transactor) {
+        return new ObjectifyImpl(this, opts, transactor);
+    }
+
+    /** This is for internal housekeeping and is not part of the public API */
 	public void close(final Objectify ofy) {
 		final Deque<Objectify> stack = stacks.get();
 		if (stack.isEmpty())
@@ -527,4 +538,4 @@ public <T> Ref<T> ref(final Key<T> key) {
 	public <T> Ref<T> ref(final T value) {
 		return ref(key(value));
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlecode/objectify/impl/ObjectifyImpl.java b/src/main/java/com/googlecode/objectify/impl/ObjectifyImpl.java
index 2392db12..df412489 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlecode/objectify/impl/ObjectifyImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlecode/objectify/impl/ObjectifyImpl.java
@@ -133,17 +133,12 @@ public Objectify mandatoryTransactions(boolean value) {
 
 	/** Same transactor, different options */
 	ObjectifyImpl options(final ObjectifyOptions opts) {
-		return makeNew(opts, transactor);
+		return factory().createObjectify(opts, transactor);
 	}
 
 	/** Same options, different transactor */
 	ObjectifyImpl transactor(final Transactor transactor) {
-		return makeNew(options, transactor);
-	}
-
-	/** Can be overriden if you want to subclass the ObjectifyImpl */
-	protected ObjectifyImpl makeNew(final ObjectifyOptions opts, final Transactor transactor) {
-		return new ObjectifyImpl(factory, opts, transactor);
+		return factory().createObjectify(options, transactor);
 	}
 
 	/* (non-Javadoc)
@@ -356,4 +351,4 @@ public void close() {
 
 		factory().close(this);
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}