diff --git a/src/main/java/io/qdrant/client/QdrantClient.java b/src/main/java/io/qdrant/client/QdrantClient.java
index 2f616a6..b311843 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/qdrant/client/QdrantClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/qdrant/client/QdrantClient.java
@@ -137,6 +137,19 @@ public QdrantClient(QdrantGrpcClient grpcClient) {
 		this.grpcClient = grpcClient;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Gets the low-level gRPC client. This is exposed to
+	 * <ul>
+	 *     <li>Allow access to the underlying gRPC channel</li>
+	 *     <li>Allow access to the gRPC client to make requests using the low-level gRPC client in cases
+	 *     where functionality may not yet be exposed by the higher level client.</li>
+	 * </ul>
+	 * @return The low-level gRPC client
+	 */
+	public QdrantGrpcClient grpcClient() {
+		return grpcClient;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Gets detailed information about the qdrant cluster.
 	 *
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/qdrant/client/QdrantGrpcClient.java b/src/main/java/io/qdrant/client/QdrantGrpcClient.java
index e147e15..6a8dea8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/qdrant/client/QdrantGrpcClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/qdrant/client/QdrantGrpcClient.java
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ public static Builder newBuilder(String host, int port, boolean useTransportLaye
 		return new Builder(host, port, useTransportLayerSecurity);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Gets the channel
+	 * @return the channel
+	 */
+	public ManagedChannel channel() {
+		return channel;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Gets the client for qdrant services
 	 * @return a new instance of {@link QdrantFutureStub}
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/qdrant/client/QdrantClientTest.java b/src/test/java/io/qdrant/client/QdrantClientTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94ec215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/io/qdrant/client/QdrantClientTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package io.qdrant.client;
+
+import io.grpc.Grpc;
+import io.grpc.InsecureChannelCredentials;
+import io.grpc.ManagedChannel;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Container;
+import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Testcontainers;
+import org.testcontainers.qdrant.QdrantContainer;
+
+@Testcontainers
+class QdrantClientTest {
+
+	@Container
+	private static final QdrantContainer QDRANT_CONTAINER = new QdrantContainer(DockerImage.QDRANT_IMAGE);
+	private QdrantClient client;
+
+	@BeforeEach
+	public void setup() {
+		ManagedChannel channel = Grpc.newChannelBuilder(
+				QDRANT_CONTAINER.getGrpcHostAddress(),
+				InsecureChannelCredentials.create())
+			.build();
+		QdrantGrpcClient grpcClient = QdrantGrpcClient.newBuilder(channel, true).build();
+		client = new QdrantClient(grpcClient);
+	}
+
+	@AfterEach
+	public void teardown() {
+		client.close();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void canAccessChannelOnGrpcClient() {
+		Assertions.assertTrue(client.grpcClient().channel().authority().startsWith("localhost"));
+	}
+}