diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 88b93f4de358..7710a2e9eb23 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -114,3 +114,6 @@ doc = false
 deny-warnings = []
 vendored-openssl = ["openssl/vendored"]
 pretty-env-logger = ["pretty_env_logger"]
+
+[package.metadata.docs.rs]
+rustdoc-args = ["--document-private-items"]