diff --git a/src/chrome/chromeDebugAdapter.ts b/src/chrome/chromeDebugAdapter.ts
index 4b7c5d29b..a69df03c3 100644
--- a/src/chrome/chromeDebugAdapter.ts
+++ b/src/chrome/chromeDebugAdapter.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {IChromeDebugAdapterOpts, ChromeDebugSession} from './chromeDebugSession'
 import {ChromeConnection} from './chromeConnection';
 import * as ChromeUtils from './chromeUtils';
 import Crdp from '../../crdp/crdp';
-import {PropertyContainer, ScopeContainer, ExceptionContainer, isIndexedPropName} from './variables';
+import {PropertyContainer, ScopeContainer, ExceptionContainer, isIndexedPropName, IVariableContainer} from './variables';
 import * as variables from './variables';
 import {formatConsoleArguments, formatExceptionDetails} from './consoleHelper';
 import {StoppedEvent2, ReasonType} from './stoppedEvent';
@@ -2242,7 +2242,7 @@ export abstract class ChromeDebugAdapter implements IDebugAdapter {
         }
 
         const evaluateName = ChromeUtils.getEvaluateName(parentEvaluateName, name);
-        const variablesReference = this._variableHandles.create(new PropertyContainer(object.objectId, evaluateName), context);
+        const variablesReference = this._variableHandles.create(this.createPropertyContainer(object, evaluateName), context);
         return propCountP.then(({ indexedVariables, namedVariables }) => (<DebugProtocol.Variable>{
             name,
             value,
@@ -2254,6 +2254,10 @@ export abstract class ChromeDebugAdapter implements IDebugAdapter {
         }));
     }
 
+    protected createPropertyContainer(object: Crdp.Runtime.RemoteObject, evaluateName: string): IVariableContainer {
+        return new PropertyContainer(object.objectId, evaluateName);
+    }
+
     public createPrimitiveVariable(name: string, object: Crdp.Runtime.RemoteObject, parentEvaluateName?: string, stringify?: boolean): DebugProtocol.Variable {
         const value = variables.getRemoteObjectPreview_primitive(object, stringify);
         const variable = this.createPrimitiveVariableWithValue(name, value, parentEvaluateName);
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index e8aa479d7..70d3f0de8 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export * from './debugAdapterInterfaces';
 
 import * as utils from './utils';
 import * as telemetry from './telemetry';
+import * as variables from './chrome/variables';
 import {NullLogger} from './nullLogger';
 
 import Crdp from '../crdp/crdp';
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ export {
 
     utils,
     telemetry,
+    variables,
     NullLogger,
 
     Crdp