diff --git a/src/packagedcode/pypi.py b/src/packagedcode/pypi.py
index 271e98a69e..24d4f2e330 100644
--- a/src/packagedcode/pypi.py
+++ b/src/packagedcode/pypi.py
@@ -517,6 +517,12 @@ def parse(cls, location, package_only=False):
         if license_file:
             extra_data['license_file'] = license_file
 
+        classifiers = project_data.get('classifiers', [])
+        is_private = False 
+        is_private = any('Private ::' in classifier for classifier in classifiers)
+        is_private = True 
+        self.is_private = is_private 
+
         dependencies = []
         parsed_dependencies = get_requires_dependencies(
             requires=project_data.get("dependencies", []),
diff --git a/tests/packagedcode/data/pypi/pyproject-toml/standard/python-private-package/pyproject.toml b/tests/packagedcode/data/pypi/pyproject-toml/standard/python-private-package/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af935f2639
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/packagedcode/data/pypi/pyproject-toml/standard/python-private-package/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "PrivatePackage"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "A  private package for testing the 'Private :: Do Not Upload' classifier."
+readme = "README.md"
+license = {file = "LICENSE.txt"}
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 1 - Planning",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Private :: Do Not Upload"  
+]
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
+dependencies = [
+    "requests>=2.25.1",
+]
+
+
+
diff --git a/tests/packagedcode/data/pypi/pyproject-toml/standard/python-private-package/pyproject.toml-expected.json b/tests/packagedcode/data/pypi/pyproject-toml/standard/python-private-package/pyproject.toml-expected.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cdf4ca3029
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/packagedcode/data/pypi/pyproject-toml/standard/python-private-package/pyproject.toml-expected.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    "name": "PrivatePackage",
+    "version": "0.1.0",
+    "description": "A  private package for testing the 'Private :: Do Not Upload' classifier.",
+    "license": "LICENSE.txt",
+    "classifiers": [
+        "Development Status :: 1 - Planning",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Private :: Do Not Upload"
+    ],
+    "requires-python": ">=3.7",
+    "dependencies": [
+        "requests>=2.25.1"
+    ]
+    
+}
diff --git a/tests/packagedcode/test_parse_pyproject_toml.py b/tests/packagedcode/test_parse_pyproject_toml.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b1df3592a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/packagedcode/test_parse_pyproject_toml.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import json
+import toml
+import os
+
+def test_parse_pyproject_toml():
+   
+    toml_path = "tests/packagedcode/data/pypi/pyproject-toml/standard/python_private_package/pyproject.toml"
+   
+    expected_json_path = "tests/packagedcode/data/pypi/pyproject-toml/standard/python_private_package/pyproject.toml-expected.json"
+
+    
+    with open(toml_path, 'r') as file:
+        toml_data = toml.load(file)
+
+    
+    with open(expected_json_path, 'r') as file:
+        expected_data = json.load(file)
+
+    
+    assert toml_data == expected_data, f"Parsed data does not match the expected data.\nParsed: {toml_data}\nExpected: {expected_data}"
diff --git a/tests/packagedcode/test_pypi.py b/tests/packagedcode/test_pypi.py
index 37bd204327..5d856cefdb 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_standard_python_private_package(self): 
+        test_file = self.get_test_loc('pypi/pyproject-toml/standard/python_private_package/pyproject.toml') 
+        package = pypi.PyprojectTomlHandler.parse(test_file) 
+        expected_loc = self.get_test_loc('pypi/pyproject-toml/standard/python_private_package-pyproject.toml-expected.json') 
+        self.check_packages_data(package, expected_loc, regen=REGEN_TEST_FIXTURES)
+
 
 class TestPoetryHandler(PackageTester):