diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/track/kitsu/Kitsu.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/track/kitsu/Kitsu.kt
index a99ba58a9..d0dda8b91 100755
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/track/kitsu/Kitsu.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/track/kitsu/Kitsu.kt
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.track.model.TrackMangaMetadata
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.track.model.TrackSearch
 import kotlinx.collections.immutable.ImmutableList
 import kotlinx.collections.immutable.toImmutableList
-import kotlinx.serialization.encodeToString
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
 import tachiyomi.i18n.MR
 import uy.kohesive.injekt.injectLazy
@@ -30,6 +29,8 @@ class Kitsu(id: Long) : BaseTracker(id, "Kitsu"), DeletableTracker {
 
     override val supportsReadingDates: Boolean = true
 
+    override val supportsPrivateTracking: Boolean = true
+
     private val json: Json by injectLazy()
 
     private val interceptor by lazy { KitsuInterceptor(this) }
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ class Kitsu(id: Long) : BaseTracker(id, "Kitsu"), DeletableTracker {
     override suspend fun bind(track: Track, hasReadChapters: Boolean): Track {
         val remoteTrack = api.findLibManga(track, getUserId())
         return if (remoteTrack != null) {
-            track.copyPersonalFrom(remoteTrack)
+            track.copyPersonalFrom(remoteTrack, copyRemotePrivate = false)
             track.remote_id = remoteTrack.remote_id
 
             if (track.status != COMPLETED) {
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ class Kitsu(id: Long) : BaseTracker(id, "Kitsu"), DeletableTracker {
     fun restoreToken(): KitsuOAuth? {
         return try {
             json.decodeFromString<KitsuOAuth>(trackPreferences.trackToken(this).get())
-        } catch (e: Exception) {
+        } catch (_: Exception) {
             null
         }
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/track/kitsu/KitsuApi.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/track/kitsu/KitsuApi.kt
index c9cf952e3..e3d7ec76b 100755
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/track/kitsu/KitsuApi.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/track/kitsu/KitsuApi.kt
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class KitsuApi(private val client: OkHttpClient, interceptor: KitsuInterceptor)
                     putJsonObject("attributes") {
                         put("status", track.toApiStatus())
                         put("progress", track.last_chapter_read.toInt())
+                        put("private", track.private)
                     }
                     putJsonObject("relationships") {
                         putJsonObject("user") {
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ class KitsuApi(private val client: OkHttpClient, interceptor: KitsuInterceptor)
                         put("ratingTwenty", track.toApiScore())
                         put("startedAt", KitsuDateHelper.convert(track.started_reading_date))
                         put("finishedAt", KitsuDateHelper.convert(track.finished_reading_date))
+                        put("private", track.private)
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/track/kitsu/dto/KitsuListSearch.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/track/kitsu/dto/KitsuListSearch.kt
index 8f26162b8..4fc8437da 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/track/kitsu/dto/KitsuListSearch.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/track/kitsu/dto/KitsuListSearch.kt
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ data class KitsuListSearchResult(
             }
             score = userDataAttrs.ratingTwenty?.let { it / 2.0 } ?: 0.0
             last_chapter_read = userDataAttrs.progress.toDouble()
+            private = userDataAttrs.private
         }
     }
 }
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ data class KitsuListSearchItemDataAttributes(
     val finishedAt: String?,
     val ratingTwenty: Int?,
     val progress: Int,
+    val private: Boolean,
 )
 
 @Serializable