diff --git a/src/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/serializers/RecordSerializer.java b/src/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/serializers/RecordSerializer.java
index 82b4da9b8..1a8e4e698 100644
--- a/src/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/serializers/RecordSerializer.java
+++ b/src/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/serializers/RecordSerializer.java
@@ -220,7 +220,13 @@ private static <T> T invokeCanonicalConstructor (Class<T> recordType,
 			Class<?>[] paramTypes = Arrays.stream(recordComponents)
 				.map(RecordComponent::type)
 				.toArray(Class<?>[]::new);
-			Constructor<T> canonicalConstructor = recordType.getConstructor(paramTypes);
+			Constructor<T> canonicalConstructor;
+			try {
+				canonicalConstructor = recordType.getConstructor(paramTypes);
+			} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+				canonicalConstructor = recordType.getDeclaredConstructor(paramTypes);
+				canonicalConstructor.setAccessible(true);
+			}
 			return canonicalConstructor.newInstance(args);
 		} catch (Throwable t) {
 			KryoException ex = new KryoException(t);
diff --git a/test-jdk14/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/serializers/RecordSerializerTest.java b/test-jdk14/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/serializers/RecordSerializerTest.java
index 861c0f0d3..c509ef6bf 100644
--- a/test-jdk14/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/serializers/RecordSerializerTest.java
+++ b/test-jdk14/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/serializers/RecordSerializerTest.java
@@ -317,5 +317,16 @@ void testRecordWithSuperType() {
 
         roundTrip(3, r2);
     }
+
+    static record PackagePrivateRecord(int i, String s) {}
+    private static record PrivateRecord(String s, int i) {}
     
+    @Test
+    void testNonPublicRecords() {
+        kryo.register(PackagePrivateRecord.class);
+        kryo.register(PrivateRecord.class);
+
+        roundTrip(4, new PackagePrivateRecord(1, "s1"));
+        roundTrip(4, new PrivateRecord("s2",2));
+    }
 }