diff --git a/src/components/createproject.vue b/src/components/createproject.vue
index c86562b..7193515 100644
--- a/src/components/createproject.vue
+++ b/src/components/createproject.vue
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@
         <input class="input" type="text" placeholder="Project name" v-model="projectName">
       </div>
     </div>
+    <div class="field">
+      <div class="control">
+        <label class="checkbox">
+          <input type="checkbox" v-model="projectIsPrivate">
+          Private
+        </label>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
     <h4 class="title is-4">Available remote repositories</h4>
     <div v-for="remoteSource in remoteSources" v-bind:key="remoteSource.id">
       <remoterepos
@@ -59,6 +68,7 @@ export default {
       remoteSources: null,
       remoteRepos: [],
       projectName: "",
+      projectIsPrivate: false,
       remoteRepoPath: null,
       selectedRemoteSource: null
     };
@@ -94,10 +104,16 @@ export default {
       }
       let parentref = refArray.join("/");
 
+      let visibility = "public";
+      if (this.projectIsPrivate) {
+        visibility = "private";
+      }
+
       this.startProjectLoading();
       let { error } = await createProject(
         parentref,
         this.projectName,
+        visibility,
         this.selectedRemoteSource.name,
         this.remoteRepoPath
       );
diff --git a/src/components/createprojectgroup.vue b/src/components/createprojectgroup.vue
index e9d3747..524aaf7 100644
--- a/src/components/createprojectgroup.vue
+++ b/src/components/createprojectgroup.vue
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@
         >
       </div>
     </div>
+    <div class="field">
+      <div class="control">
+        <label class="checkbox">
+          <input type="checkbox" v-model="projectGroupIsPrivate">
+          Private
+        </label>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
     <div class="field is-grouped">
       <div class="control">
         <button
@@ -45,7 +54,8 @@ export default {
       createProjectGroupError: null,
       createProjectGroupLoading: false,
       createProjectGroupLoadingTimeout: null,
-      projectGroupName: ""
+      projectGroupName: "",
+      projectGroupIsPrivate: false
     };
   },
   computed: {
@@ -75,10 +85,16 @@ export default {
       }
       let parentref = refArray.join("/");
 
+      let visibility = "public";
+      if (this.projectGroupIsPrivate) {
+        visibility = "private";
+      }
+
       this.startProjectGroupLoading();
       let { error } = await createProjectGroup(
         parentref,
-        this.projectGroupName
+        this.projectGroupName,
+        visibility
       );
       this.stopProjectGroupLoading();
       if (error) {
diff --git a/src/util/data.js b/src/util/data.js
index 9cc1b31..bfabe14 100644
--- a/src/util/data.js
+++ b/src/util/data.js
@@ -196,27 +196,27 @@ export async function userRemoteRepos(remotesourceid) {
     return await fetch(apiurl(path));
 }
 
-export async function createProjectGroup(parentref, name) {
+export async function createProjectGroup(parentref, name, visibility) {
     let path = "/projectgroups"
     let init = {
         method: "POST",
         body: JSON.stringify({
             name: name,
             parent_ref: parentref,
-            visibility: "public",
+            visibility: visibility
         })
     }
     return await fetch(apiurl(path), init)
 }
 
-export async function createProject(parentref, name, remotesourcename, remoterepopath) {
+export async function createProject(parentref, name, visibility, remotesourcename, remoterepopath) {
     let path = "/projects"
     let init = {
         method: "POST",
         body: JSON.stringify({
             name: name,
             parent_ref: parentref,
-            visibility: "public",
+            visibility: visibility,
             remote_source_name: remotesourcename,
             repo_path: remoterepopath,
         })