diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bc1c17f0e6..188123390a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Features
+
+- Make `DebugImagesLoader` public ([#2993](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/2993))
+
 ### Fixes
 
 - Set export flag on Android receivers on API 33+ ([#2990](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/2990))
diff --git a/sentry-android-ndk/api/sentry-android-ndk.api b/sentry-android-ndk/api/sentry-android-ndk.api
index afd7baf890..1dd8cda502 100644
--- a/sentry-android-ndk/api/sentry-android-ndk.api
+++ b/sentry-android-ndk/api/sentry-android-ndk.api
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ public final class io/sentry/android/ndk/BuildConfig {
 	public fun <init> ()V
 }
 
+public final class io/sentry/android/ndk/DebugImagesLoader : io/sentry/android/core/IDebugImagesLoader {
+	public fun <init> (Lio/sentry/android/core/SentryAndroidOptions;Lio/sentry/android/ndk/NativeModuleListLoader;)V
+	public fun clearDebugImages ()V
+	public fun loadDebugImages ()Ljava/util/List;
+}
+
 public final class io/sentry/android/ndk/NdkScopeObserver : io/sentry/IScopeObserver {
 	public fun <init> (Lio/sentry/SentryOptions;)V
 	public fun addBreadcrumb (Lio/sentry/Breadcrumb;)V
diff --git a/sentry-android-ndk/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/ndk/DebugImagesLoader.java b/sentry-android-ndk/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/ndk/DebugImagesLoader.java
index 3567b2fa0e..cb38db498a 100644
--- a/sentry-android-ndk/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/ndk/DebugImagesLoader.java
+++ b/sentry-android-ndk/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/ndk/DebugImagesLoader.java
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 
-final class DebugImagesLoader implements IDebugImagesLoader {
+/**
+ * Class used for loading the list of debug images from sentry-native. Using this class requires
+ * manually initializing the SDK.
+ */
+public final class DebugImagesLoader implements IDebugImagesLoader {
 
   private final @NotNull SentryOptions options;
 
@@ -23,7 +27,7 @@ final class DebugImagesLoader implements IDebugImagesLoader {
   /** we need to lock it because it could be called from different threads */
   private static final @NotNull Object debugImagesLock = new Object();
 
-  DebugImagesLoader(
+  public DebugImagesLoader(
       final @NotNull SentryAndroidOptions options,
       final @NotNull NativeModuleListLoader moduleListLoader) {
     this.options = Objects.requireNonNull(options, "The SentryAndroidOptions is required.");