diff --git a/api/index.js b/api/index.js
index 6ea4ffe0c20e7..2d477c337196a 100644
--- a/api/index.js
+++ b/api/index.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export default async (req, res) => {
     hide_rank,
     show_icons,
     include_all_commits,
+    count_private,
     commits_year,
     line_height,
     title_color,
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ export default async (req, res) => {
       showStats.includes("discussions_started"),
       showStats.includes("discussions_answered"),
       parseInt(commits_year, 10),
+      parseBoolean(count_private),
     );
     const cacheSeconds = resolveCacheSeconds({
       requested: parseInt(cache_seconds, 10),
diff --git a/src/fetchers/stats.js b/src/fetchers/stats.js
index 376a15816144e..1371702993ad9 100644
--- a/src/fetchers/stats.js
+++ b/src/fetchers/stats.js
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ const GRAPHQL_STATS_QUERY = `
       login
       commits: contributionsCollection (from: $startTime) {
         totalCommitContributions,
+        restrictedContributionsCount,
       }
       reviews: contributionsCollection {
         totalPullRequestReviewContributions
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ const fetchStats = async (
   include_discussions = false,
   include_discussions_answers = false,
   commits_year,
+  count_private = false,
 ) => {
   if (!username) {
     throw new MissingParamError(["username"]);
@@ -290,6 +292,9 @@ const fetchStats = async (
     stats.totalCommits = await totalCommitsFetcher(username);
   } else {
     stats.totalCommits = user.commits.totalCommitContributions;
+    if (count_private) {
+      stats.totalCommits += user.commits.restrictedContributionsCount;
+    }
   }
 
   stats.totalPRs = user.pullRequests.totalCount;