diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/httpd/init/WebAppInitializer.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/httpd/init/WebAppInitializer.java
index 0073ec2..df2c5cb 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/httpd/init/WebAppInitializer.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/httpd/init/WebAppInitializer.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.server.account.externalids.ExternalIdCaseSensitivityMigrator;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.api.GerritApiModule;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.api.PluginApiModule;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.api.projects.ProjectQueryBuilderModule;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.audit.AuditModule;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.cache.h2.H2CacheModule;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.cache.mem.DefaultMemoryCacheModule;
@@ -308,6 +309,7 @@
     modules.add(new MimeUtil2Module());
     modules.add(cfgInjector.getInstance(GerritGlobalModule.class));
     modules.add(new GerritApiModule());
+    modules.add(new ProjectQueryBuilderModule());
     modules.add(new PluginApiModule());
     modules.add(new SearchingChangeCacheImplModule());
     modules.add(new InternalAccountDirectoryModule());
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/Daemon.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/Daemon.java
index 75891fe..0342fe5 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/Daemon.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/Daemon.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.server.account.externalids.ExternalIdCaseSensitivityMigrator;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.api.GerritApiModule;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.api.PluginApiModule;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.api.projects.ProjectQueryBuilderModule;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.audit.AuditModule;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.cache.h2.H2CacheModule;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.cache.mem.DefaultMemoryCacheModule;
@@ -446,6 +447,7 @@
     modules.add(new MimeUtil2Module());
     modules.add(cfgInjector.getInstance(GerritGlobalModule.class));
     modules.add(new GerritApiModule());
+    modules.add(new ProjectQueryBuilderModule());
     modules.add(new PluginApiModule());
 
     modules.add(new SearchingChangeCacheImplModule(replica));
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/api/projects/ProjectQueryBuilderModule.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/api/projects/ProjectQueryBuilderModule.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ed1175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/api/projects/ProjectQueryBuilderModule.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2023 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package com.google.gerrit.server.api.projects;
+
+import com.google.gerrit.server.query.project.ProjectQueryBuilder;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.query.project.ProjectQueryBuilderImpl;
+import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
+
+public class ProjectQueryBuilderModule extends AbstractModule {
+  @Override
+  protected void configure() {
+    bind(ProjectQueryBuilder.class).to(ProjectQueryBuilderImpl.class);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/project/ProjectQueryBuilder.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/project/ProjectQueryBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edb12ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/project/ProjectQueryBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2023 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package com.google.gerrit.server.query.project;
+
+import com.google.gerrit.index.project.ProjectData;
+import com.google.gerrit.index.query.Predicate;
+import com.google.gerrit.index.query.QueryParseException;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Provides methods required for parsing projects queries.
+ *
+ * <p>Internally (at google), this interface has a different implementation, comparing to upstream.
+ */
+public interface ProjectQueryBuilder {
+  String FIELD_LIMIT = "limit";
+
+  /** See {@link com.google.gerrit.index.query.QueryBuilder#parse(String)}. */
+  Predicate<ProjectData> parse(String query) throws QueryParseException;
+  /** See {@link com.google.gerrit.index.query.QueryBuilder#parse(List<String>)}. */
+  List<Predicate<ProjectData>> parse(List<String> queries) throws QueryParseException;
+}
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/project/ProjectQueryBuilderImpl.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/project/ProjectQueryBuilderImpl.java
index d234546..f7135982 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/project/ProjectQueryBuilderImpl.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/project/ProjectQueryBuilderImpl.java
@@ -28,14 +28,13 @@
 import java.util.List;
 
 /** Parses a query string meant to be applied to project objects. */
-public class ProjectQueryBuilder extends QueryBuilder<ProjectData, ProjectQueryBuilder> {
-  public static final String FIELD_LIMIT = "limit";
-
-  private static final QueryBuilder.Definition<ProjectData, ProjectQueryBuilder> mydef =
-      new QueryBuilder.Definition<>(ProjectQueryBuilder.class);
+public class ProjectQueryBuilderImpl extends QueryBuilder<ProjectData, ProjectQueryBuilderImpl>
+    implements ProjectQueryBuilder {
+  private static final QueryBuilder.Definition<ProjectData, ProjectQueryBuilderImpl> mydef =
+      new QueryBuilder.Definition<>(ProjectQueryBuilderImpl.class);
 
   @Inject
-  ProjectQueryBuilder() {
+  ProjectQueryBuilderImpl() {
     super(mydef, null);
   }
 
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/testing/InMemoryModule.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/testing/InMemoryModule.java
index aadf6d4..b828037 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/testing/InMemoryModule.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/testing/InMemoryModule.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.server.account.GroupBackend;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.api.GerritApiModule;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.api.PluginApiModule;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.api.projects.ProjectQueryBuilderModule;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.audit.AuditModule;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.cache.h2.H2CacheModule;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.cache.mem.DefaultMemoryCacheModule;
@@ -191,6 +192,7 @@
     AuthConfig authConfig = cfgInjector.getInstance(AuthConfig.class);
     install(new AuthModule(authConfig));
     install(new GerritApiModule());
+    install(new ProjectQueryBuilderModule());
     factory(PluginUser.Factory.class);
     install(new PluginApiModule());
     install(new DefaultPermissionBackendModule());