diff --git a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/impl/JDKTimeZone.java b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/impl/JDKTimeZone.java
index 2a5de44b71e..021f0e731e5 100644
--- a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/impl/JDKTimeZone.java
+++ b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/impl/JDKTimeZone.java
@@ -64,8 +64,11 @@ public class JDKTimeZone extends TimeZone {
      * Constructs a JDKTimeZone given a java.util.TimeZone reference
      * which must not be null.
      * @param tz the time zone to wrap
+     * 
+     * @internal
+     * @deprecated This is an internal API and should not be used by client code.
      */
-    protected JDKTimeZone(java.util.TimeZone tz) {
+    public JDKTimeZone(java.util.TimeZone tz) {
         zone = tz;
         super.setID(zone.getID());
     }
diff --git a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/impl/TimeZoneAdapter.java b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/impl/TimeZoneAdapter.java
index 5e91f524c07..b0198302356 100644
--- a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/impl/TimeZoneAdapter.java
+++ b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/impl/TimeZoneAdapter.java
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ import java.util.Date;
  */
 public class TimeZoneAdapter extends java.util.TimeZone {
  
+    // Generated by serialver from JDK 1.4.1_01
+    static final long serialVersionUID = -2040072218820018557L;
+    
     /**
      * The contained com.ibm.icu.util.TimeZone object.  Must not be null.
      * We delegate all methods to this object.
@@ -58,8 +61,11 @@ public class TimeZoneAdapter extends java.util.TimeZone {
 
     /**
      * Constructs an adapter for a com.ibm.icu.util.TimeZone object.
+     * 
+     * @internal
+     * @deprecated This is an internal and should not be used by client code.
      */
-    private TimeZoneAdapter(TimeZone zone) {
+    public TimeZoneAdapter(TimeZone zone) {
         this.zone = zone;
         super.setID(zone.getID());
     }