diff --git a/app/views/settings/_mattermost_settings.html.erb b/app/views/settings/_mattermost_settings.html.erb
index b2e802c..8f1d06f 100644
--- a/app/views/settings/_mattermost_settings.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/settings/_mattermost_settings.html.erb
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@
 	<input type="checkbox" id="settings_post_updates" value="1" name="settings[post_updates]" <%= settings['post_updates'] == '1' ? 'checked="checked"' : '' %> />
 </p>
 
+<p>
+	<label for="settings_post_updates">Post updates for private issues?</label>
+	<input type="checkbox" id="settings_post_private_issues" value="1" name="settings[post_private_issues]" <%= settings['post_private_issues'] == '1' ? 'checked="checked"' : '' %> />
+</p>
+
+<p>
+	<label for="settings_post_updates">Post private notes?</label>
+	<input type="checkbox" id="settings_post_private_notes" value="1" name="settings[post_private_notes]" <%= settings['post_private_notes'] == '1' ? 'checked="checked"' : '' %> />
+</p>
+
 <p>
 	<label for="settings_post_wiki_updates">Post Wiki Updates?</label>
 	<input type="checkbox" id="settings_post_wiki_updates" value="1" name="settings[post_wiki_updates]" <%= settings['post_wiki_updates'] == '1' ? 'checked="checked"' : '' %> />
diff --git a/init.rb b/init.rb
index d92eae2..e65108f 100644
--- a/init.rb
+++ b/init.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ Redmine::Plugin.register :redmine_mattermost do
 			'channel' => nil,
 			'icon' => 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/altsol/redmine_mattermost/assets/icon.png',
 			'username' => 'redmine',
-			'display_watchers' => 'no'
+			'display_watchers' => 'no',
+			'post_updates' => '1',
+      'post_private_issues' => '1',
+      'post_private_notes' => '1'
 		},
 		:partial => 'settings/mattermost_settings'
 end
diff --git a/lib/redmine_mattermost/listener.rb b/lib/redmine_mattermost/listener.rb
index e55f6b3..d9b2082 100644
--- a/lib/redmine_mattermost/listener.rb
+++ b/lib/redmine_mattermost/listener.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class MattermostListener < Redmine::Hook::Listener
 		url = url_for_project issue.project
 
 		return unless channels.any? and url
-		return if issue.is_private?
+		return if issue.is_private? and Setting.plugin_redmine_mattermost[:post_private_issues] != '1'
 
 		msg = "[#{escape issue.project}] #{escape issue.author} created <#{object_url issue}|#{escape issue}>#{mentions issue.description}"
 
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ class MattermostListener < Redmine::Hook::Listener
 		url = url_for_project issue.project
 
 		return unless channels.any? and url and Setting.plugin_redmine_mattermost[:post_updates] == '1'
-		return if issue.is_private?
-		return if journal.private_notes?
+		return if issue.is_private?	and Setting.plugin_redmine_mattermost[:post_private_issues] != '1'
+		return if journal.private_notes? and Setting.plugin_redmine_mattermost[:post_private_notes] != '1'
 
 		msg = "[#{escape issue.project}] #{escape journal.user.to_s} updated <#{object_url issue}|#{escape issue}>#{mentions journal.notes}"
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class MattermostListener < Redmine::Hook::Listener
 		url = url_for_project issue.project
 
 		return unless channels.any? and url and issue.save
-		return if issue.is_private?
+		return if issue.is_private? and Setting.plugin_redmine_mattermost[:post_private_issues] != '1'
 
 		msg = "[#{escape issue.project}] #{escape journal.user.to_s} updated <#{object_url issue}|#{escape issue}>"