diff --git a/docs/src/reference/package.md b/docs/src/reference/package.md
index d9ce76f950..ffc4ae723d 100644
--- a/docs/src/reference/package.md
+++ b/docs/src/reference/package.md
@@ -84,13 +84,14 @@ Note that `ValueType`s are not themselves values, but rather types of values. Fo
 
 The `package` section contains metadata about the package itself, such as its name and version.
 
-| Property      | Type                  | Description                                                                                   |
-| ------------- | --------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `id`          | `SnakeCaseIdentifier` | _Required_. The package's snake-cased ID.                                                     |
-| `name`        | `String`              | _Optional_. A human-readable name for the package.                                            |
-| `description` | `String`              | _Optional_. A human-readable description of the package.                                      |
-| `version`     | `String`              | _Optional_. The package's version, in `(major, minor, patch)` format. Semantically versioned. |
-| `content`     | `PackageContent`      | A description of the content of this Package. See below.                                      |
+| Property      | Type                  | Description                                                                                       |
+| ------------- | --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `id`          | `SnakeCaseIdentifier` | _Required_. The package's snake-cased ID.                                                         |
+| `name`        | `String`              | _Optional_. A human-readable name for the package.                                                |
+| `description` | `String`              | _Optional_. A human-readable description of the package.                                          |
+| `version`     | `String`              | _Optional_. The package's version, in `(major, minor, patch)` format. Semantically versioned.     |
+| `content`     | `PackageContent`      | _Required_. A description of the content of this Package. See below.                              |
+| `public`      | `Bool`                | _Optional_. Indicates if this package will be publicly available when deployed. Defaults to true. |
 
 #### `PackageContent`
 
diff --git a/shared_crates/package/src/manifest.rs b/shared_crates/package/src/manifest.rs
index 489d9b46d8..231d08f214 100644
--- a/shared_crates/package/src/manifest.rs
+++ b/shared_crates/package/src/manifest.rs
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ pub struct Package {
     #[serde(default)]
     pub authors: Vec<String>,
     pub content: PackageContent,
+    #[serde(default = "return_true")]
+    pub public: bool,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub includes: Vec<PathBuf>,
 }
@@ -194,6 +196,7 @@ mod tests {
         name = "Test"
         version = "0.0.1"
         content = { type = "Playable" }
+        public = false
         "#;
 
         assert_eq!(
@@ -233,6 +236,7 @@ mod tests {
         name = "Tic Tac Toe"
         version = "0.0.1"
         content = { type = "Playable" }
+        public = false
 
         [components]
         cell = { type = "i32", name = "Cell", description = "The ID of the cell this player is in", attributes = ["store"] }
@@ -292,6 +296,7 @@ mod tests {
         name = "Tic Tac Toe"
         version = "0.0.1"
         content = { type = "Playable" }
+        public = false
 
         [build.rust]
         feature-multibuild = ["client"]
@@ -326,6 +331,7 @@ mod tests {
         name = "My Package"
         version = "0.0.1"
         content = { type = "Playable" }
+        public = false
 
         [components]
         "core::transform::rotation" = { type = "quat", name = "Rotation", description = "" }
@@ -467,6 +473,7 @@ mod tests {
         name = "Tic Tac Toe"
         version = "0.0.1"
         content = { type = "Playable" }
+        public = false
 
         [enums.CellState]
         description = "The current cell state"
@@ -511,6 +518,7 @@ mod tests {
         name = "Test"
         version = "0.0.1"
         content = { type = "Playable" }
+        public = false
 
         [components]
         test = { type = "I32", name = "Test", description = "Test" }
@@ -587,6 +595,7 @@ mod tests {
         name = "dependencies"
         version = "0.0.1"
         content = { type = "Playable" }
+        public = false
 
         [dependencies]
         deps_assets = { path = "deps/assets" }