diff --git a/src/packagedcode/pypi.py b/src/packagedcode/pypi.py
index 271e98a69e..7d97dabe18 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) 
+        cls.is_private=is_private
+
         dependencies = []
         parsed_dependencies = get_requires_dependencies(
             requires=project_data.get("dependencies", []),
@@ -542,6 +546,7 @@ def parse(cls, location, package_only=False):
             keywords=get_keywords(project_data),
             parties=get_pyproject_toml_parties(project_data),
             dependencies=dependencies,
+            is_private=is_private,
             extra_data=extra_data,
             **urls,
         )
diff --git a/tests/packagedcode/data/pypi/pyproject-toml/standard/private-classifier-pyproject.toml-expected.json b/tests/packagedcode/data/pypi/pyproject-toml/standard/private-classifier-pyproject.toml-expected.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef7fe126ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/packagedcode/data/pypi/pyproject-toml/standard/private-classifier-pyproject.toml-expected.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+[
+    {
+        "datasource_id": "pypi_pyproject_toml",
+        "type": "pypi",
+        "primary_language": "Python",
+        "name": "titanic_ml",
+        "version": "0.1.0",
+        "extracted_license_statement": null,
+        "description": "titanic_ml example package",
+        "keywords": [],
+        "parties": [
+            {
+                "type": "author",
+                "name": "Niels Zeilemaker",
+                "email": "nielszeilemaker@xebia.com"
+            }
+        ],
+        "dependencies": [
+            {
+                "dependency": "pyspark[ml]",
+                "version": ""
+            },
+            {
+                "dependency": "sklearn",
+                "version": ""
+            }
+        ],
+        "is_private": true,
+        "extra_data": {},
+        "urls": {}
+    }
+]
diff --git a/tests/packagedcode/data/pypi/pyproject-toml/standard/python-private-classifier/pyproject.toml b/tests/packagedcode/data/pypi/pyproject-toml/standard/python-private-classifier/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d03383271f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/packagedcode/data/pypi/pyproject-toml/standard/python-private-classifier/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#Taken from : https://xebia.com/blog/minimal-pyproject-toml-example/
+
+[project]
+name = "titanic_ml"
+description = "titanic_ml example package"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = [
+    { name = "Niels Zeilemaker", email = "nielszeilemaker@xebia.com" }
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "pyspark[ml]",
+    "sklearn"
+]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "Private :: Do Not Upload"
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+dev = [
+    "tox",
+    "pre-commit",
+    "bump2version"
+]
+
+[build-system]
+build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"
+requires = ["flit_core >=3.2,<4"]
diff --git a/tests/packagedcode/test_pypi.py b/tests/packagedcode/test_pypi.py
index 37bd204327..56b5b4f2d2 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/standard/python-private-classifier/pyproject.toml') 
+        packages = pypi.PyprojectTomlHandler.parse(test_file)
+        expected_loc = self.get_test_loc('pypi/pyproject-toml/standard/private-classifier-pyproject.toml-expected.json') 
+        self.check_packages_data(packages, expected_loc, regen=REGEN_TEST_FIXTURES) 
+        
 
 class TestPoetryHandler(PackageTester):