diff --git a/src/packagedcode/pypi.py b/src/packagedcode/pypi.py
index 271e98a69e..c074106a6a 100644
--- a/src/packagedcode/pypi.py
+++ b/src/packagedcode/pypi.py
@@ -517,6 +517,10 @@ def parse(cls, location, package_only=False):
         if license_file:
             extra_data['license_file'] = license_file
 
+        classifiers = project_data.get('classifiers', []) 
+        is_private = any('Private ::' in classifier for classifier in classifiers) 
+        extra_data['is_private'] = is_private
+
         dependencies = []
         parsed_dependencies = get_requires_dependencies(
             requires=project_data.get("dependencies", []),
diff --git a/tests/packagedcode/test_pypi.py b/tests/packagedcode/test_pypi.py
index 37bd204327..7d94032c6c 100644
--- a/tests/packagedcode/test_pypi.py
+++ b/tests/packagedcode/test_pypi.py
@@ -339,6 +339,12 @@ def test_parse_pyproject_toml_standard_lc0(self):
         expected_loc = self.get_test_loc('pypi/pyproject-toml/standard/lc0-pyproject.toml-expected.json')
         self.check_packages_data(package, expected_loc, regen=REGEN_TEST_FIXTURES)
 
+    def test_parse_pyproject_toml_private_package(self): 
+        test_file = self.get_test_loc('pypi/pyproject-toml/private/private_package/pyproject.toml') 
+        package = pypi.PyprojectTomlHandler.parse(test_file) 
+        expected_loc = self.get_test_loc('pypi/pyproject-toml/private/private_package-pyproject.toml-expected.json') 
+        self.check_packages_data(package, expected_loc, regen=REGEN_TEST_FIXTURES)
+
 
 class TestPoetryHandler(PackageTester):