diff --git a/tensorflow/python/training/tracking/base.py b/tensorflow/python/training/tracking/base.py
index 67605c8fc67..5f6cff77a97 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/training/tracking/base.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/training/tracking/base.py
@@ -45,14 +45,19 @@ OBJECT_GRAPH_PROTO_KEY = "_CHECKPOINTABLE_OBJECT_GRAPH"
 VARIABLE_VALUE_KEY = "VARIABLE_VALUE"
 OBJECT_CONFIG_JSON_KEY = "OBJECT_CONFIG_JSON"
 
-TrackableReference = collections.namedtuple(
-    "TrackableReference",
-    [
-        # The local name for this dependency.
-        "name",
-        # The Trackable object being referenced.
-        "ref"
-    ])
+
+@tf_export("__internal__.tracking.TrackableReference", v1=[])
+class TrackableReference(
+    collections.namedtuple("TrackableReference", ["name", "ref"])):
+  """A named reference to a trackable object for use with the `Trackable` class.
+
+  These references mark named `Trackable` dependencies of a `Trackable` object
+  and should be created when overriding `Trackable._checkpoint_dependencies`.
+
+  Attributes:
+    name: The local name for this dependency.
+    ref: The `Trackable` object being referenced.
+  """
 
 
 # TODO(bfontain):  Update once sharded initialization interface is finalized.
diff --git a/tensorflow/tools/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.__internal__.tracking.-trackable-reference.pbtxt b/tensorflow/tools/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.__internal__.tracking.-trackable-reference.pbtxt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..447171bedac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tensorflow/tools/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.__internal__.tracking.-trackable-reference.pbtxt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+path: "tensorflow.__internal__.tracking.TrackableReference"
+tf_class {
+  is_instance: "<class \'tensorflow.python.training.tracking.base.TrackableReference\'>"
+  is_instance: "<class \'tensorflow.python.training.tracking.base.TrackableReference\'>"
+  is_instance: "<type \'tuple\'>"
+  member {
+    name: "name"
+    mtype: "<type \'property\'>"
+  }
+  member {
+    name: "ref"
+    mtype: "<type \'property\'>"
+  }
+  member_method {
+    name: "__init__"
+  }
+  member_method {
+    name: "count"
+  }
+  member_method {
+    name: "index"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tensorflow/tools/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.__internal__.tracking.pbtxt b/tensorflow/tools/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.__internal__.tracking.pbtxt
index 223a2472e93..97b44fd9714 100644
--- a/tensorflow/tools/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.__internal__.tracking.pbtxt
+++ b/tensorflow/tools/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.__internal__.tracking.pbtxt
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ tf_module {
     name: "Trackable"
     mtype: "<type \'type\'>"
   }
+  member {
+    name: "TrackableReference"
+    mtype: "<type \'type\'>"
+  }
   member_method {
     name: "wrap"
     argspec: "args=[\'value\'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None"