diff --git a/TechTalk.SpecFlow/Infrastructure/TestExecutionEngine.cs b/TechTalk.SpecFlow/Infrastructure/TestExecutionEngine.cs
index 67a61b837..18e4b5bc1 100644
--- a/TechTalk.SpecFlow/Infrastructure/TestExecutionEngine.cs
+++ b/TechTalk.SpecFlow/Infrastructure/TestExecutionEngine.cs
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public virtual void OnTestRunEnd()
             FireEvents(HookType.AfterTestRun);
         }
 
-        public void OnFeatureStart(FeatureInfo featureInfo)
+        public virtual void OnFeatureStart(FeatureInfo featureInfo)
         {
             // if the unit test provider would execute the fixture teardown code 
             // only delayed (at the end of the execution), we automatically close 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public void OnFeatureStart(FeatureInfo featureInfo)
             FireEvents(HookType.BeforeFeature);
         }
 
-        public void OnFeatureEnd()
+        public virtual void OnFeatureEnd()
         {
             // if the unit test provider would execute the fixture teardown code 
             // only delayed (at the end of the execution), we ignore the 
@@ -166,18 +166,18 @@ public void OnFeatureEnd()
             _contextManager.CleanupFeatureContext();
         }
 
-        public void OnScenarioInitialize(ScenarioInfo scenarioInfo)
+        public virtual void OnScenarioInitialize(ScenarioInfo scenarioInfo)
         {
             _contextManager.InitializeScenarioContext(scenarioInfo);
         }
 
-        public void OnScenarioStart()
+        public virtual void OnScenarioStart()
         {
             _cucumberMessageSender.SendTestCaseStarted(_contextManager.ScenarioContext.ScenarioInfo);
             FireScenarioEvents(HookType.BeforeScenario);
         }
 
-        public void OnAfterLastStep()
+        public virtual void OnAfterLastStep()
         {
             HandleBlockSwitch(ScenarioBlock.None);
 
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ public void OnAfterLastStep()
             throw _contextManager.ScenarioContext.TestError;
         }
 
-        public void OnScenarioEnd()
+        public virtual void OnScenarioEnd()
         {
             if (_contextManager.ScenarioContext.ScenarioExecutionStatus != ScenarioExecutionStatus.Skipped)
             {
@@ -245,14 +245,14 @@ public void OnScenarioEnd()
             _contextManager.CleanupScenarioContext();
         }
 
-        public void OnScenarioSkipped()
+        public virtual void OnScenarioSkipped()
         {
             // after discussing the placement of message sending points, this placement causes far less effort than rewriting the whole logic
             _cucumberMessageSender.SendTestCaseStarted(_contextManager.ScenarioContext.ScenarioInfo);
             _contextManager.ScenarioContext.ScenarioExecutionStatus = ScenarioExecutionStatus.Skipped;
         }
 
-        public void Pending()
+        public virtual void Pending()
         {
             throw _errorProvider.GetPendingStepDefinitionError();
         }