diff --git a/include/qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.hh b/include/qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.hh
index b181bd7..978cddf 100644
--- a/include/qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.hh
+++ b/include/qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.hh
@@ -1028,6 +1028,7 @@ class QPDFObjectHandle
 
     class Members
     {
+        friend class ObjAccessor;
         friend class QPDFObjectHandle;
 
       public: