diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/quoted/QuoteContext.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/quoted/QuoteContext.scala
index b9e762c7001b..b6b2d269ce67 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/quoted/QuoteContext.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/quoted/QuoteContext.scala
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import dotty.tools.dotc.tastyreflect.ReflectionImpl
 object QuoteContext {
 
   def apply()(using Context): scala.quoted.QuoteContext =
-    new scala.quoted.QuoteContext(ReflectionImpl(summon[Context]))
+    new QuoteContext(ReflectionImpl(summon[Context]))
 
   type ScopeId = Int
 
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@ object QuoteContext {
   private[dotty] def scopeId(using Context): ScopeId =
     summon[Context].outersIterator.toList.last.hashCode()
 }
+
+class QuoteContext(val tasty: scala.tasty.Reflection) extends scala.quoted.QuoteContext
diff --git a/library/src/scala/quoted/QuoteContext.scala b/library/src/scala/quoted/QuoteContext.scala
index 957beebbea24..046294257ae4 100644
--- a/library/src/scala/quoted/QuoteContext.scala
+++ b/library/src/scala/quoted/QuoteContext.scala
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ import scala.quoted.show.SyntaxHighlight
  *
  *  @param tasty Typed AST API. Usage: `def f(qctx: QuoteContext) = { import qctx.tasty._; ... }`.
  */
-class QuoteContext(val tasty: scala.tasty.Reflection) { self =>
+trait QuoteContext { self =>
+
+  /** Low-level Typed AST API `tasty` meta-programming API.
+   *  This API does not have the static type guarantiees that `Expr` and `Type` provide.
+   */
+  val tasty: scala.tasty.Reflection
 
   /** Type of a QuoteContext provided by a splice within a quote that took this context.
    *  It is only required if working with the reflection API.