diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 30478fb..6462596 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ If spaCy is already installed in the same environment, this package automaticall
 ### `push`
 
 ```bash
-python -m spacy huggingface-hub push [whl_path] [--org] [--msg] [--local-repo] [--verbose]
+python -m spacy huggingface-hub push [whl_path] [--org] [--msg] [--local-repo] [--verbose] [--private]
 ```
 
 ```bash
-python -m spacy_huggingface_hub push [whl_path] [--org] [--msg] [--local-repo] [--verbose]
+python -m spacy_huggingface_hub push [whl_path] [--org] [--msg] [--local-repo] [--verbose] [--private]
 ```
 
 | Argument             | Type         | Description                                                                                                                   |
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ python -m spacy_huggingface_hub push [whl_path] [--org] [--msg] [--local-repo] [
 | `--org`, `-o`        | str          | Optional name of organization to which the pipeline should be uploaded.                                                       |
 | `--msg`, `-m`        | str          | Commit message to use for update. Defaults to `"Update spaCy pipeline"`.                                                      |
 | `--verbose`, `-V`    | bool         | Output additional info for debugging, e.g. the full generated hub metadata.                                                   |
+| `--private`         | bool         | Make the repository private.                                                                                                  |
 
 ### Usage from Python
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 2518fce..a51110a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [metadata]
-version = 0.0.10
+version = 0.0.11
 description = Quickly push your spaCy pipelines to the Hugging Face Hub
 url = https://spacy.io
 author = Explosion and Hugging Face
diff --git a/spacy_huggingface_hub/push.py b/spacy_huggingface_hub/push.py
index 3583a2b..6046fa3 100644
--- a/spacy_huggingface_hub/push.py
+++ b/spacy_huggingface_hub/push.py
@@ -45,12 +45,13 @@ def huggingface_hub_push_cli(
     organization: Optional[str] = typer.Option(None, "--org", "-o", help="Name of organization to which the pipeline should be uploaded"),
     commit_msg: str = typer.Option("Update spaCy pipeline", "--msg", "-m", help="Commit message to use for update"),
     verbose: bool = typer.Option(False, "--verbose", "-V", help="Output additional info for debugging, e.g. the full generated hub metadata"),
+    private: bool = typer.Option(False, "--private", "-p", help="Make the repository private"),
     # fmt: on
 ):
     """
     Push a spaCy pipeline (.whl) to the Hugging Face Hub.
     """
-    push(whl_path, organization, commit_msg, verbose=verbose)
+    push(whl_path, organization, commit_msg, verbose=verbose, private=private)
 
 
 def push(
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ def push(
     *,
     silent: bool = False,
     verbose: bool = False,
+    private: bool = False,
 ) -> Dict[str, str]:
     msg = Printer(no_print=silent)
     whl_path = Path(whl_path)
@@ -81,8 +83,7 @@ def push(
     # Create the repo (or clone its content if it's nonempty)
     HfApi().create_repo(
         repo_id=repo_id,
-        # TODO: Can we support private packages as well via a flag?
-        private=False,
+        private=private,
         exist_ok=True,
     )
     msg.info(f"Publishing to repository '{repo_id}'")