diff --git a/src/NotEmpty.php b/src/NotEmpty.php
index 066fe0b2..3cc301bc 100644
--- a/src/NotEmpty.php
+++ b/src/NotEmpty.php
@@ -260,4 +260,22 @@ public function isValid(mixed $value): bool
 
         return true;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the configured message templates
+     *
+     * This method is an affordance to laminas-inputfilter.
+     * It needs to introspect configured message templates in order to provide a default error message for empty inputs.
+     *
+     * In future versions of laminas-validator, this method will likely be deprecated and removed. Please avoid.
+     *
+     * @internal
+     *
+     * @psalm-internal \Laminas
+     * @return array<string, string>
+     */
+    public function getMessageTemplates(): array
+    {
+        return $this->messageTemplates;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test/NotEmptyTest.php b/test/NotEmptyTest.php
index 799decac..c8c3268a 100644
--- a/test/NotEmptyTest.php
+++ b/test/NotEmptyTest.php
@@ -695,4 +695,13 @@ public static function arrayConfigNotationWithoutKeyProvider(): array
             [null, true],
         ];
     }
+
+    public function testRetrievalOfMessageTemplates(): void
+    {
+        /** @psalm-suppress InternalMethod */
+        $templates = (new NotEmpty())->getMessageTemplates();
+        self::assertNotSame([], $templates);
+        self::assertArrayHasKey(NotEmpty::IS_EMPTY, $templates);
+        self::assertArrayHasKey(NotEmpty::INVALID, $templates);
+    }
 }