diff --git a/src/Fs.php b/src/Fs.php
index 97ad6f5..5910bf0 100644
--- a/src/Fs.php
+++ b/src/Fs.php
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 use League\Flysystem\FilesystemAdapter;
 use League\Flysystem\GoogleCloudStorage\GoogleCloudStorageAdapter;
 use League\Flysystem\GoogleCloudStorage\PortableVisibilityHandler;
+use League\Flysystem\Visibility;
 
 /**
  * Class Fs
@@ -73,6 +74,12 @@ public static function displayName(): string
      */
     public string $bucketSelectionMode = 'choose';
 
+    /**
+     * @var ?string Default object visibility (null, 'public', 'private')
+     *              If null, visibility will be determined by self::$hasUrls
+     */
+    public ?string $visibility = null;
+
     /**
      * @inheritdoc
      */
@@ -112,10 +119,24 @@ public function rules(): array
     {
         $rules = parent::rules();
         $rules[] = [['bucket', 'projectId'], 'required'];
-
+        $rules[] = [
+            ['visibility'],
+            'in',
+            'range' => array_keys($this->getVisibilityOptions()),
+            'strict' => true,
+        ];
         return $rules;
     }
 
+    public function getVisibilityOptions(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            null => Craft::t('google-cloud', 'Automatic'),
+            Visibility::PUBLIC => Craft::t('google-cloud', 'Public'),
+            Visibility::PRIVATE => Craft::t('google-cloud', 'Private'),
+        ];
+    }
+
     /**
      * @inheritdoc
      */
@@ -316,4 +337,9 @@ private static function _buildConfigArray(string $projectId, string $keyFileCont
 
         return $config;
     }
+
+    protected function visibility(): string
+    {
+        return $this->visibility ?? parent::visibility();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/templates/fsSettings.html b/src/templates/fsSettings.html
index 5289a44..66a8b5c 100644
--- a/src/templates/fsSettings.html
+++ b/src/templates/fsSettings.html
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         toggle: true,
         targetPrefix: '.bsm-'
         }) }}
-    
+
         <div class="bsm-choose{% if fs.bucketSelectionMode == 'manual' %} hidden{% endif %}">
             {{ forms.select({
             id: 'bucket',
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         <div class="bsm-choose{% if fs.bucketSelectionMode == 'manual' %} hidden{% endif %}">
             <div class="spinner hidden"></div>
         </div>
-    
+
         <div class="bsm-manual{% if fs.bucketSelectionMode == 'choose' %} hidden{% endif %} flex-grow">
             {{ forms.autosuggest({
             label: "Bucket"|t('google-cloud'),
@@ -120,8 +120,19 @@
 
 {{ forms.field({
     label: "Cache Duration"|t('google-cloud'),
-    instructions: "The Cache-Control duration that assets should be uploaded to the cloud with.",
+    instructions: 'The Cache-Control duration that assets should be uploaded with.'|t('google-cloud'),
     id: 'cacheDuration',
 }, cacheInput) }}
 
+{{ forms.selectField({
+    label: 'Visibility'|t('google-cloud'),
+    instructions: 'The default visibility that assets should be uploaded with.'|t('google-cloud'),
+    id: 'visibility',
+    name: 'visibility',
+    errors: fs.getErrors('visibility'),
+    value: fs.visibility,
+    options: fs.getVisibilityOptions(),
+    tip: "If automatic, the value will be determined by whether this filesystem has public URLs."
+}) }}
+
 {% do view.registerAssetBundle("craft\\googlecloud\\GoogleCloudBundle") %}