diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/tribe/tribe-socket/index.ts b/frontend/src/ts/tribe/tribe-socket/index.ts
index 2f3e3f9c5..3166c9a82 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/tribe/tribe-socket/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/tribe/tribe-socket/index.ts
@@ -43,4 +43,5 @@ export default {
   connect,
   getId,
   disconnect,
+  ...(isDevEnvironment() ? { socket: Socket } : {}),
 };