diff --git a/src/git.rs b/src/git.rs
index 07f454c85a9..4a5a6c7f015 100644
--- a/src/git.rs
+++ b/src/git.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ pub struct Dependency {
     pub kind: Option<DependencyKind>,
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub package: Option<String>,
+    pub public: bool,
 }
 
 pub struct Repository {
diff --git a/src/models/dependency.rs b/src/models/dependency.rs
index 10b43576a54..38efaca14b9 100644
--- a/src/models/dependency.rs
+++ b/src/models/dependency.rs
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ pub fn add_dependencies(
                     target: dep.target.clone(),
                     kind: dep.kind.or(Some(DependencyKind::Normal)),
                     package,
+                    public: dep.public.unwrap_or(false)
                 },
                 (
                     version_id.eq(target_version_id),
diff --git a/src/tests/builders.rs b/src/tests/builders.rs
index 6dac66c995d..33fa697e636 100644
--- a/src/tests/builders.rs
+++ b/src/tests/builders.rs
@@ -588,6 +588,7 @@ impl DependencyBuilder {
             kind: None,
             explicit_name_in_toml: self.explicit_name_in_toml,
             registry: self.registry,
+            public: Some(false),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/views/krate_publish.rs b/src/views/krate_publish.rs
index 0fb3c496ce9..8a44cd53241 100644
--- a/src/views/krate_publish.rs
+++ b/src/views/krate_publish.rs
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ pub struct EncodableCrateDependency {
     pub kind: Option<DependencyKind>,
     pub explicit_name_in_toml: Option<EncodableCrateName>,
     pub registry: Option<String>,
+    pub public: Option<bool>,
 }
 
 impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for EncodableCrateName {