diff --git a/ops/testing.py b/ops/testing.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1cebb2fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ops/testing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# Copyright 2021 Canonical Ltd.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Infrastructure to build unit tests for charms using the ops library."""
+
+from ._private.harness import (
+    ActionFailed,
+    ActionOutput,
+    AppUnitOrName,
+    CharmBase,
+    CharmMeta,
+    CharmType,
+    Container,
+    ExecArgs,
+    ExecHandler,
+    ExecProcess,
+    ExecResult,
+    Harness,
+    ReadableBuffer,
+    RelationNotFoundError,
+    RelationRole,
+    YAMLStringOrFile,
+    charm,
+    framework,
+    model,
+    pebble,
+    storage,
+)
+
+# The Harness testing framework.
+_ = ActionFailed
+_ = ActionOutput
+_ = AppUnitOrName
+_ = CharmType
+_ = ExecArgs
+_ = ExecHandler
+_ = ExecResult
+_ = Harness
+_ = ReadableBuffer
+_ = YAMLStringOrFile
+
+# Names exposed for backwards compatibility
+_ = CharmBase
+_ = CharmMeta
+_ = Container
+_ = ExecProcess
+_ = RelationNotFoundError
+_ = RelationRole
+_ = charm
+_ = framework
+_ = model
+_ = pebble
+_ = storage
diff --git a/test/test_testing.py b/test/test_testing.py
index e9e34f34d..4c88f232b 100644
--- a/test/test_testing.py
+++ b/test/test_testing.py
@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@
 import ops
 import ops.testing
 from ops import pebble
+from ops._private.harness import _TestingPebbleClient
 from ops.jujuversion import JujuVersion
 from ops.model import _ModelBackend
 from ops.pebble import FileType
-from ops.testing import ExecResult, _TestingPebbleClient
+from ops.testing import ExecResult
 
 is_linux = platform.system() == 'Linux'
 
@@ -6888,7 +6889,7 @@ def get_change(_: ops.pebble.Client, change_id: str):
                 'spawn-time': '2021-02-10T04:36:22.118970777Z',
             })
 
-        monkeypatch.setattr(ops.testing._TestingPebbleClient, 'get_change', get_change)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(_TestingPebbleClient, 'get_change', get_change)
         harness.pebble_notify(
             'foo',
             '123',