diff --git a/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/Parser.java b/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/Parser.java
index dea19ef4b..c1b9b4620 100644
--- a/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/Parser.java
+++ b/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/Parser.java
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ public abstract class Parser extends Recognizer<Token, ParserATNSimulator<Token>
 		}
 	}
 
+	protected ANTLRErrorStrategy _errHandler = new DefaultErrorStrategy();
+
 	protected TokenStream _input;
 
 	/** The RuleContext object for the currently executing rule. This
@@ -204,6 +206,14 @@ public abstract class Parser extends Recognizer<Token, ParserATNSimulator<Token>
 		_errHandler.setTokenFactory(factory);
 	}
 
+	public ANTLRErrorStrategy getErrorHandler() {
+		return _errHandler;
+	}
+
+	public void setErrorHandler(ANTLRErrorStrategy handler) {
+		this._errHandler = handler;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public TokenStream getInputStream() { return getTokenStream(); }
 
diff --git a/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/Recognizer.java b/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/Recognizer.java
index 86ea2e64a..6498c694d 100644
--- a/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/Recognizer.java
+++ b/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/Recognizer.java
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 public abstract class Recognizer<Symbol, ATNInterpreter extends ATNSimulator> {
 	public static final int EOF=-1;
 
-	protected ANTLRErrorStrategy _errHandler = new DefaultErrorStrategy();
-
 	private List<ANTLRErrorListener<? super Symbol>> _listeners;
 
 	protected ATNInterpreter _interp;
@@ -118,10 +116,6 @@ public abstract class Recognizer<Symbol, ATNInterpreter extends ATNSimulator> {
 		return new ArrayList<ANTLRErrorListener<? super Symbol>>(_listeners);
 	}
 
-	public ANTLRErrorStrategy getErrorHandler() { return _errHandler; }
-
-	public void setErrorHandler(ANTLRErrorStrategy h) { this._errHandler = h; }
-
 	// subclass needs to override these if there are sempreds or actions
 	// that the ATN interp needs to execute
 	public boolean sempred(@Nullable RuleContext _localctx, int ruleIndex, int actionIndex) {