diff --git a/codegen/config/binder_test.go b/codegen/config/binder_test.go
index fed3913adba..ae6b3027fbc 100644
--- a/codegen/config/binder_test.go
+++ b/codegen/config/binder_test.go
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func createBinder(cfg Config) (*Binder, *ast.Schema) {
 			Model: []string{"github.com/99designs/gqlgen/graphql.String"},
 		},
 	}
-	cfg.Packages = &code.Packages{}
+	cfg.Packages = code.NewPackages()
 
 	cfg.Schema = gqlparser.MustLoadSchema(&ast.Source{Name: "TestAutobinding.schema", Input: `
 		type Message { id: ID }
diff --git a/codegen/config/config.go b/codegen/config/config.go
index 8a7205f06bf..9f4be075ff9 100644
--- a/codegen/config/config.go
+++ b/codegen/config/config.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Models                        TypeMap                    `yaml:"models,omitempty"`
 	StructTag                     string                     `yaml:"struct_tag,omitempty"`
 	Directives                    map[string]DirectiveConfig `yaml:"directives,omitempty"`
+	GoBuildTags                   StringList                 `yaml:"go_build_tags,omitempty"`
 	GoInitialisms                 GoInitialismsConfig        `yaml:"go_initialisms,omitempty"`
 	OmitSliceElementPointers      bool                       `yaml:"omit_slice_element_pointers,omitempty"`
 	OmitGetters                   bool                       `yaml:"omit_getters,omitempty"`
@@ -211,7 +212,9 @@ func CompleteConfig(config *Config) error {
 
 func (c *Config) Init() error {
 	if c.Packages == nil {
-		c.Packages = &code.Packages{}
+		c.Packages = code.NewPackages(
+			code.WithBuildTags(c.GoBuildTags...),
+		)
 	}
 
 	if c.Schema == nil {
@@ -671,7 +674,9 @@ func (c *Config) injectBuiltins() {
 
 func (c *Config) LoadSchema() error {
 	if c.Packages != nil {
-		c.Packages = &code.Packages{}
+		c.Packages = code.NewPackages(
+			code.WithBuildTags(c.GoBuildTags...),
+		)
 	}
 
 	if err := c.check(); err != nil {
diff --git a/codegen/config/config_test.go b/codegen/config/config_test.go
index 2ed5d5ac86a..68e30d4b953 100644
--- a/codegen/config/config_test.go
+++ b/codegen/config/config_test.go
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func TestAutobinding(t *testing.T) {
 				"github.com/99designs/gqlgen/codegen/config/testdata/autobinding/chat",
 				"github.com/99designs/gqlgen/codegen/config/testdata/autobinding/scalars/model",
 			},
-			Packages: &code.Packages{},
+			Packages: code.NewPackages(),
 		}
 
 		cfg.Schema = gqlparser.MustLoadSchema(&ast.Source{Name: "TestAutobinding.schema", Input: `
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ func TestAutobinding(t *testing.T) {
 			AutoBind: []string{
 				"../chat",
 			},
-			Packages: &code.Packages{},
+			Packages: code.NewPackages(),
 		}
 
 		cfg.Schema = gqlparser.MustLoadSchema(&ast.Source{Name: "TestAutobinding.schema", Input: `
diff --git a/codegen/templates/import_test.go b/codegen/templates/import_test.go
index baf88b50ab2..483fd5ece82 100644
--- a/codegen/templates/import_test.go
+++ b/codegen/templates/import_test.go
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ func TestImports(t *testing.T) {
 	mismatch := "github.com/99designs/gqlgen/codegen/templates/testdata/pkg_mismatch"
 
 	t.Run("multiple lookups is ok", func(t *testing.T) {
-		a := Imports{destDir: wd, packages: &code.Packages{}}
+		a := Imports{destDir: wd, packages: code.NewPackages()}
 
 		require.Equal(t, "bar", a.Lookup(aBar))
 		require.Equal(t, "bar", a.Lookup(aBar))
 	})
 
 	t.Run("lookup by type", func(t *testing.T) {
-		a := Imports{destDir: wd, packages: &code.Packages{}}
+		a := Imports{destDir: wd, packages: code.NewPackages()}
 
 		pkg := types.NewPackage("github.com/99designs/gqlgen/codegen/templates/testdata/b/bar", "bar")
 		typ := types.NewNamed(types.NewTypeName(0, pkg, "Boolean", types.Typ[types.Bool]), types.Typ[types.Bool], nil)
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestImports(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("duplicates are decollisioned", func(t *testing.T) {
-		a := Imports{destDir: wd, packages: &code.Packages{}}
+		a := Imports{destDir: wd, packages: code.NewPackages()}
 
 		require.Equal(t, "bar", a.Lookup(aBar))
 		require.Equal(t, "bar1", a.Lookup(bBar))
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func TestImports(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("duplicates above 10 are decollisioned", func(t *testing.T) {
-		a := Imports{destDir: wd, packages: &code.Packages{}}
+		a := Imports{destDir: wd, packages: code.NewPackages()}
 		for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
 			cBar := fmt.Sprintf("github.com/99designs/gqlgen/codegen/templates/testdata/%d/bar", i)
 			if i > 0 {
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ func TestImports(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("package name defined in code will be used", func(t *testing.T) {
-		a := Imports{destDir: wd, packages: &code.Packages{}}
+		a := Imports{destDir: wd, packages: code.NewPackages()}
 
 		require.Equal(t, "turtles", a.Lookup(mismatch))
 	})
 
 	t.Run("string printing for import block", func(t *testing.T) {
-		a := Imports{destDir: wd, packages: &code.Packages{}}
+		a := Imports{destDir: wd, packages: code.NewPackages()}
 		a.Lookup(aBar)
 		a.Lookup(bBar)
 		a.Lookup(mismatch)
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ turtles "github.com/99designs/gqlgen/codegen/templates/testdata/pkg_mismatch"`,
 	})
 
 	t.Run("aliased imports will not collide", func(t *testing.T) {
-		a := Imports{destDir: wd, packages: &code.Packages{}}
+		a := Imports{destDir: wd, packages: code.NewPackages()}
 
 		_, _ = a.Reserve(aBar, "abar")
 		_, _ = a.Reserve(bBar, "bbar")
diff --git a/codegen/templates/templates_test.go b/codegen/templates/templates_test.go
index 2f57fc9ca15..12ccbb23c10 100644
--- a/codegen/templates/templates_test.go
+++ b/codegen/templates/templates_test.go
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ func TestTemplateOverride(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
 	defer os.RemoveAll(f.Name())
-	err = Render(Options{Template: "hello", Filename: f.Name(), Packages: &code.Packages{}})
+	err = Render(Options{Template: "hello", Filename: f.Name(), Packages: code.NewPackages()})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ func TestRenderFS(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
 	defer os.RemoveAll(f.Name())
-	err = Render(Options{TemplateFS: templateFS, Filename: f.Name(), Packages: &code.Packages{}})
+	err = Render(Options{TemplateFS: templateFS, Filename: f.Name(), Packages: code.NewPackages()})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/docs/content/config.md b/docs/content/config.md
index 1d167e2ef0e..547c62b8d81 100644
--- a/docs/content/config.md
+++ b/docs/content/config.md
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ resolver:
 # Optional: set to skip running `go mod tidy` when generating server code
 # skip_mod_tidy: true
 
+# Optional: set build tags that will be used to load packages
+# go_build_tags:
+#  - private
+#  - enterprise
+
 # Optional: set to modify the initialisms regarded for Go names
 # go_initialisms:
 #   replace_defaults: false # if true, the default initialisms will get dropped in favor of the new ones instead of being added
diff --git a/internal/code/packages.go b/internal/code/packages.go
index 6cb6ef2323f..e7f8655aa01 100644
--- a/internal/code/packages.go
+++ b/internal/code/packages.go
@@ -28,15 +28,37 @@ var mode = packages.NeedName |
 	packages.NeedModule |
 	packages.NeedDeps
 
-// Packages is a wrapper around x/tools/go/packages that maintains a (hopefully prewarmed) cache of packages
-// that can be invalidated as writes are made and packages are known to change.
-type Packages struct {
-	packages     map[string]*packages.Package
-	importToName map[string]string
-	loadErrors   []error
-
-	numLoadCalls int // stupid test steam. ignore.
-	numNameCalls int // stupid test steam. ignore.
+type (
+	// Packages is a wrapper around x/tools/go/packages that maintains a (hopefully prewarmed) cache of packages
+	// that can be invalidated as writes are made and packages are known to change.
+	Packages struct {
+		packages     map[string]*packages.Package
+		importToName map[string]string
+		loadErrors   []error
+		buildFlags   []string
+
+		numLoadCalls int // stupid test steam. ignore.
+		numNameCalls int // stupid test steam. ignore.
+	}
+	// Option is a function that can be passed to NewPackages to configure the package loader
+	Option func(p *Packages)
+)
+
+// WithBuildTags adds build tags to the packages.Load call
+func WithBuildTags(tags ...string) func(p *Packages) {
+	return func(p *Packages) {
+		p.buildFlags = append(p.buildFlags, "-tags", strings.Join(tags, ","))
+	}
+}
+
+// NewPackages creates a new packages cache
+// It will load all packages in the current module, and any packages that are passed to Load or LoadAll
+func NewPackages(opts ...Option) *Packages {
+	p := &Packages{}
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		opt(p)
+	}
+	return p
 }
 
 func (p *Packages) CleanupUserPackages() {
@@ -47,8 +69,8 @@ func (p *Packages) CleanupUserPackages() {
 			modInfo = nil
 		}
 	})
-
-	// Don't cleanup github.com/99designs/gqlgen prefixed packages, they haven't changed and do not need to be reloaded
+	// Don't cleanup github.com/99designs/gqlgen prefixed packages,
+	// they haven't changed and do not need to be reloaded
 	if modInfo != nil {
 		var toRemove []string
 		for k := range p.packages {
@@ -56,7 +78,6 @@ func (p *Packages) CleanupUserPackages() {
 				toRemove = append(toRemove, k)
 			}
 		}
-
 		for _, k := range toRemove {
 			delete(p.packages, k)
 		}
@@ -91,7 +112,10 @@ func (p *Packages) LoadAll(importPaths ...string) []*packages.Package {
 
 	if len(missing) > 0 {
 		p.numLoadCalls++
-		pkgs, err := packages.Load(&packages.Config{Mode: mode}, missing...)
+		pkgs, err := packages.Load(&packages.Config{
+			Mode:       mode,
+			BuildFlags: p.buildFlags,
+		}, missing...)
 		if err != nil {
 			p.loadErrors = append(p.loadErrors, err)
 		}
@@ -140,7 +164,10 @@ func (p *Packages) LoadWithTypes(importPath string) *packages.Package {
 	pkg := p.Load(importPath)
 	if pkg == nil || pkg.TypesInfo == nil {
 		p.numLoadCalls++
-		pkgs, err := packages.Load(&packages.Config{Mode: mode}, importPath)
+		pkgs, err := packages.Load(&packages.Config{
+			Mode:       mode,
+			BuildFlags: p.buildFlags,
+		}, importPath)
 		if err != nil {
 			p.loadErrors = append(p.loadErrors, err)
 			return nil
@@ -173,7 +200,10 @@ func (p *Packages) NameForPackage(importPath string) string {
 	if pkg == nil {
 		// otherwise do a name only lookup for it but don't put it in the package cache.
 		p.numNameCalls++
-		pkgs, err := packages.Load(&packages.Config{Mode: packages.NeedName}, importPath)
+		pkgs, err := packages.Load(&packages.Config{
+			Mode:       packages.NeedName,
+			BuildFlags: p.buildFlags,
+		}, importPath)
 		if err != nil {
 			p.loadErrors = append(p.loadErrors, err)
 		} else {
diff --git a/internal/code/packages_test.go b/internal/code/packages_test.go
index 2fbf780c55e..1d67419eaea 100644
--- a/internal/code/packages_test.go
+++ b/internal/code/packages_test.go
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ func TestPackages(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Equal(t, "b", p.Load("github.com/99designs/gqlgen/internal/code/testdata/b").Name)
 		require.Equal(t, 3, p.numLoadCalls)
 	})
+	t.Run("able to load private package with build tags", func(t *testing.T) {
+		p := initialState(t, WithBuildTags("private"))
+		p.Evict("github.com/99designs/gqlgen/internal/code/testdata/a")
+		require.Equal(t, "a", p.Load("github.com/99designs/gqlgen/internal/code/testdata/a").Name)
+		require.Equal(t, 2, p.numLoadCalls)
+		require.Equal(t, "p", p.Load("github.com/99designs/gqlgen/internal/code/testdata/p").Name)
+		require.Equal(t, 3, p.numLoadCalls)
+	})
 }
 
 func TestNameForPackage(t *testing.T) {
@@ -50,8 +58,8 @@ func TestNameForPackage(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "github_com", p.NameForPackage("github.com"))
 }
 
-func initialState(t *testing.T) *Packages {
-	p := &Packages{}
+func initialState(t *testing.T, opts ...Option) *Packages {
+	p := NewPackages(opts...)
 	pkgs := p.LoadAll(
 		"github.com/99designs/gqlgen/internal/code/testdata/a",
 		"github.com/99designs/gqlgen/internal/code/testdata/b",
diff --git a/internal/code/testdata/p/p.go b/internal/code/testdata/p/p.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bf516e9813f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/code/testdata/p/p.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+//go:build private
+// +build private
+
+// This file is excluded from the build unless the "private" build tag is set.
+// This is used to test loading private packages.
+// See internal/code/packages_test.go for more details.
+package p
+
+import (
+	"github.com/99designs/gqlgen/internal/code/testdata/b"
+)
+
+var P = b.C + " P"
diff --git a/internal/imports/prune_test.go b/internal/imports/prune_test.go
index 15af13dcd2b..0006aec9ac0 100644
--- a/internal/imports/prune_test.go
+++ b/internal/imports/prune_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 func TestPrune(t *testing.T) {
 	// prime the packages cache so that it's not considered uninitialized
 
-	b, err := Prune("testdata/unused.go", mustReadFile("testdata/unused.go"), &code.Packages{})
+	b, err := Prune("testdata/unused.go", mustReadFile("testdata/unused.go"), code.NewPackages())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, strings.ReplaceAll(string(mustReadFile("testdata/unused.expected.go")), "\r\n", "\n"), string(b))
 }