diff --git a/remote/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/remote/transport/netty/NettyTransport.scala b/remote/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/remote/transport/netty/NettyTransport.scala
index c45d2d671b9..4016c99bcc3 100644
--- a/remote/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/remote/transport/netty/NettyTransport.scala
+++ b/remote/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/remote/transport/netty/NettyTransport.scala
@@ -167,16 +167,7 @@ class NettyTransportSettings(config: Config) {
     case _                 => getBoolean("tcp-reuse-addr")
   }
 
-  val ByteBufAllocator: ByteBufAllocator = getString("bytebuf-allocator-type") match {
-    case "pooled"        => PooledByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT
-    case "unpooled"      => UnpooledByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT
-    case "unpooled-heap" => new UnpooledByteBufAllocator(false)
-    case "adaptive"      => new AdaptiveByteBufAllocator()
-    case "adaptive-heap" => new AdaptiveByteBufAllocator(false)
-    case other => throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-        "Unknown 'bytebuf-allocator-type' [" + other + "]," +
-        " supported values are 'pooled', 'unpooled', 'unpooled-heap', 'adaptive', 'adaptive-heap'.")
-  }
+  val ByteBufAllocator: ByteBufAllocator = NettyTransport.deriveByteBufAllocator(getString("bytebuf-allocator-type"))
 
   val Hostname: String = getString("hostname") match {
     case ""    => InetAddress.getLocalHost.getHostAddress
@@ -336,6 +327,17 @@ private[transport] object NettyTransport {
       systemName: String,
       hostName: Option[String]): Option[Address] =
     addressFromSocketAddress(addr, schemeIdentifier, systemName, hostName, port = None)
+
+  def deriveByteBufAllocator(allocatorType: String): ByteBufAllocator = allocatorType match {
+    case "pooled"        => PooledByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT
+    case "unpooled"      => UnpooledByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT
+    case "unpooled-heap" => new UnpooledByteBufAllocator(false)
+    case "adaptive"      => new AdaptiveByteBufAllocator()
+    case "adaptive-heap" => new AdaptiveByteBufAllocator(false)
+    case other => throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+        "Unknown 'bytebuf-allocator-type' [" + other + "]," +
+        " supported values are 'pooled', 'unpooled', 'unpooled-heap', 'adaptive', 'adaptive-heap'.")
+  }
 }
 
 @deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "Akka 2.6.0")
diff --git a/remote/src/test/scala/org/apache/pekko/remote/artery/BindCanonicalAddressSpec.scala b/remote/src/test/scala/org/apache/pekko/remote/artery/BindCanonicalAddressSpec.scala
index 5f44b956521..58a6c222b7d 100644
--- a/remote/src/test/scala/org/apache/pekko/remote/artery/BindCanonicalAddressSpec.scala
+++ b/remote/src/test/scala/org/apache/pekko/remote/artery/BindCanonicalAddressSpec.scala
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import org.scalatest.wordspec.AnyWordSpec
 
 import org.apache.pekko
 import pekko.actor.{ ActorSystem, Address }
-import pekko.remote.classic.transport.netty.NettyTransportSpec._
+import pekko.remote.transport.NettyTransportSpec._
 import pekko.testkit.SocketUtil
 
 trait BindCanonicalAddressBehaviors {
diff --git a/remote/src/test/scala/org/apache/pekko/remote/classic/transport/netty/NettyTransportSpec.scala b/remote/src/test/scala/org/apache/pekko/remote/transport/NettyTransportSpec.scala
similarity index 85%
rename from remote/src/test/scala/org/apache/pekko/remote/classic/transport/netty/NettyTransportSpec.scala
rename to remote/src/test/scala/org/apache/pekko/remote/transport/NettyTransportSpec.scala
index 3f84936b8d0..436994de582 100644
--- a/remote/src/test/scala/org/apache/pekko/remote/classic/transport/netty/NettyTransportSpec.scala
+++ b/remote/src/test/scala/org/apache/pekko/remote/transport/NettyTransportSpec.scala
@@ -11,23 +11,25 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2018-2022 Lightbend Inc. <https://www.lightbend.com>
  */
 
-package org.apache.pekko.remote.classic.transport.netty
-
-import java.net.{ InetAddress, InetSocketAddress }
-import java.nio.channels.ServerSocketChannel
-
-import scala.concurrent.Await
-import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
+package org.apache.pekko.remote.transport
 
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
-import org.scalatest.matchers.should.Matchers
-import org.scalatest.wordspec.AnyWordSpec
+import io.netty.buffer.{ AdaptiveByteBufAllocator, PooledByteBufAllocator, UnpooledByteBufAllocator }
 
 import org.apache.pekko
 import pekko.actor.{ ActorSystem, Address, ExtendedActorSystem }
 import pekko.remote.BoundAddressesExtension
+import pekko.remote.transport.netty.NettyTransport.deriveByteBufAllocator
 import pekko.testkit.SocketUtil
 
+import org.scalatest.matchers.should.Matchers
+import org.scalatest.wordspec.AnyWordSpec
+
+import java.net.{ InetAddress, InetSocketAddress }
+import java.nio.channels.ServerSocketChannel
+import scala.concurrent.Await
+import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
+
 object NettyTransportSpec {
   val commonConfig = ConfigFactory.parseString("""
     pekko.actor.provider = remote
@@ -132,6 +134,30 @@ class NettyTransportSpec extends AnyWordSpec with Matchers with BindBehavior {
 
       Await.result(sys.terminate(), Duration.Inf)
     }
+
+    "be able to specify byte buffer allocator" in {
+      deriveByteBufAllocator("pooled") should ===(PooledByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT)
+      deriveByteBufAllocator("unpooled") should ===(UnpooledByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT)
+
+      {
+        val allocator = deriveByteBufAllocator("unpooled-heap")
+        allocator shouldBe a[UnpooledByteBufAllocator]
+        allocator.toString.contains("directByDefault: false") should ===(true)
+      }
+
+      {
+        val allocator = deriveByteBufAllocator("adaptive")
+        allocator shouldBe a[AdaptiveByteBufAllocator]
+        allocator.toString.contains("directByDefault: true") should ===(true)
+      }
+
+      {
+        val allocator = deriveByteBufAllocator("adaptive-heap")
+        allocator shouldBe a[AdaptiveByteBufAllocator]
+        allocator.toString.contains("directByDefault: false") should ===(true)
+      }
+
+    }
   }
 }