diff --git a/change/@fluentui-web-components-852cd0ad-a106-434a-87ea-eb0d0eaf191a.json b/change/@fluentui-web-components-852cd0ad-a106-434a-87ea-eb0d0eaf191a.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ee79cbc5ee5dbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/@fluentui-web-components-852cd0ad-a106-434a-87ea-eb0d0eaf191a.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "prerelease",
+  "comment": "fix: make setItems method on accordion protected to support extensibility",
+  "packageName": "@fluentui/web-components",
+  "email": "13071055+chrisdholt@users.noreply.github.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
diff --git a/packages/web-components/src/accordion/accordion.ts b/packages/web-components/src/accordion/accordion.ts
index 6e498d46ea9c90..e97a31b3669df8 100644
--- a/packages/web-components/src/accordion/accordion.ts
+++ b/packages/web-components/src/accordion/accordion.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export class Accordion extends FASTElement {
    * then rebinds event listeners to each non-disabled item
    * @returns {void}
    */
-  private setItems = (): void => {
+  protected setItems(): void {
     if (this.slottedAccordionItems.length === 0) {
       return;
     }
@@ -128,13 +128,13 @@ export class Accordion extends FASTElement {
       const expandedItem = this.findExpandedItem() as BaseAccordionItem;
       this.setSingleExpandMode(expandedItem);
     }
-  };
+  }
 
   /**
    * Checks if the accordion is in single expand mode
    * @returns {boolean}
    */
-  private isSingleExpandMode(): boolean {
+  protected isSingleExpandMode(): boolean {
     return this.expandmode === AccordionExpandMode.single;
   }
 
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export class Accordion extends FASTElement {
    * @param expandedItem The item to expand in single expand mode
    * @returns {void}
    */
-  private setSingleExpandMode(expandedItem: Element): void {
+  protected setSingleExpandMode(expandedItem: Element): void {
     if (this.accordionItems.length === 0) {
       return;
     }
@@ -170,20 +170,20 @@ export class Accordion extends FASTElement {
    * Removes event listeners from the previous accordion items
    * @param oldValue An array of the previous accordion items
    */
-  private removeItemListeners = (oldValue: any): void => {
+  protected removeItemListeners(oldValue: any): void {
     oldValue.forEach((item: HTMLElement, index: number) => {
       Observable.getNotifier(item).unsubscribe(this, 'disabled');
       Observable.getNotifier(item).unsubscribe(this, 'expanded');
       item.removeEventListener('click', this.expandedChangedHandler);
     });
-  };
+  }
 
   /**
    * Changes the expanded state of the accordion item
    * @param evt Click event
    * @returns
    */
-  private expandedChangedHandler: EventListener = (evt: Event): void => {
+  protected expandedChangedHandler: EventListener = (evt: Event): void => {
     const item = evt.target as HTMLElement;
 
     if (item instanceof BaseAccordionItem) {