diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 89b02cba..1d5afd35 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ AssetSync.configure do |config|
   # Increase upload performance by configuring your region
   # config.fog_region = 'eu-west-1'
   #
+  # Set `public` option when uploading file depending on value,
+  # Setting to "default" makes asset sync skip setting the option
+  # Possible values: true, false, "default" (default: true)
+  # config.fog_public = true
+  #
   # Change AWS signature version. Default is 4
   # config.aws_signature_version = 4
   #
diff --git a/lib/asset_sync/config.rb b/lib/asset_sync/config.rb
index 719d151f..8ff502d4 100644
--- a/lib/asset_sync/config.rb
+++ b/lib/asset_sync/config.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class Invalid < StandardError; end
     attr_accessor :fog_provider          # Currently Supported ['AWS', 'Rackspace']
     attr_accessor :fog_directory         # e.g. 'the-bucket-name'
     attr_accessor :fog_region            # e.g. 'eu-west-1'
+    attr_reader   :fog_public            # e.g. true, false, "default"
 
     # Amazon AWS
     attr_accessor :aws_access_key_id, :aws_secret_access_key, :aws_reduced_redundancy, :aws_iam_roles, :aws_signature_version
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ class Invalid < StandardError; end
 
     def initialize
       self.fog_region = nil
+      self.fog_public = true
       self.existing_remote_files = 'keep'
       self.gzip_compression = false
       self.manifest = false
@@ -163,6 +165,7 @@ def load_yml!
       self.fog_host               = yml["fog_host"]
       self.fog_directory          = yml["fog_directory"]
       self.fog_region             = yml["fog_region"]
+      self.fog_public             = yml["fog_public"] if yml.has_key?("fog_public")
       self.fog_path_style         = yml["fog_path_style"]
       self.fog_scheme             = yml["fog_scheme"]
       self.aws_access_key_id      = yml["aws_access_key_id"]
@@ -249,7 +252,7 @@ def fog_options
         raise ArgumentError, "AssetSync Unknown provider: #{fog_provider} only AWS, Rackspace and Google are supported currently."
       end
 
-      return options
+      options
     end
 
     # @api
@@ -275,6 +278,10 @@ def file_ext_to_mime_type_overrides
       @file_ext_to_mime_type_overrides ||= FileExtToMimeTypeOverrides.new
     end
 
+    def fog_public=(new_val)
+      @fog_public = FogPublicValue.new(new_val)
+    end
+
   private
 
     # This is a proc to get additional local files paths
@@ -320,7 +327,21 @@ def key?(key)
       def fetch(key)
         @overrides.fetch(key)
       end
+    end
 
+    # @api private
+    class FogPublicValue
+      def initialize(val)
+        @value = val
+      end
+
+      def use_explicit_value?
+        @value.to_s != "default"
+      end
+
+      def to_bool
+        !@value.nil?
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/asset_sync/storage.rb b/lib/asset_sync/storage.rb
index 0d75d5ac..d8342952 100644
--- a/lib/asset_sync/storage.rb
+++ b/lib/asset_sync/storage.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def ignored_files
 
     def get_manifest_path
       return [] unless self.config.include_manifest
-        
+
       if ActionView::Base.respond_to?(:assets_manifest)
         manifest = Sprockets::Manifest.new(ActionView::Base.assets_manifest.environment, ActionView::Base.assets_manifest.dir)
         manifest_path = manifest.filename
@@ -148,10 +148,17 @@ def upload_file(f)
       file = {
         :key => f,
         :body => file_handle,
-        :public => true,
         :content_type => mime
       }
 
+      # region fog_public
+
+      if config.fog_public.use_explicit_value?
+        file[:public] = config.fog_public.to_bool
+      end
+
+      # endregion fog_public
+
       uncompressed_filename = f.sub(/\.gz\z/, '')
       basename = File.basename(uncompressed_filename, File.extname(uncompressed_filename))
 
diff --git a/lib/generators/asset_sync/templates/asset_sync.rb b/lib/generators/asset_sync/templates/asset_sync.rb
index cf7cf973..b87f0546 100644
--- a/lib/generators/asset_sync/templates/asset_sync.rb
+++ b/lib/generators/asset_sync/templates/asset_sync.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@
     # Increase upload performance by configuring your region
     # config.fog_region = 'eu-west-1'
     #
+    # Set `public` option when uploading file depending on value,
+    # Setting to "default" makes asset sync skip setting the option
+    # Possible values: true, false, "default" (default: true)
+    # config.fog_public = true
+    #
     # Don't delete files from the store
     # config.existing_remote_files = "keep"
     #
diff --git a/lib/generators/asset_sync/templates/asset_sync.yml b/lib/generators/asset_sync/templates/asset_sync.yml
index 8e8991d5..21591484 100644
--- a/lib/generators/asset_sync/templates/asset_sync.yml
+++ b/lib/generators/asset_sync/templates/asset_sync.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ defaults: &defaults
   fog_provider: 'AWS'
   aws_access_key_id: "<%= aws_access_key_id %>"
   aws_secret_access_key: "<%= aws_secret_access_key %>"
+
   # To use AWS reduced redundancy storage.
   # aws_reduced_redundancy: true
   #
@@ -32,15 +33,25 @@ defaults: &defaults
   # fog_directory specifies container name of Azure Blob storage
   <%- end -%>
   fog_directory: "<%= app_name %>-assets"
+
   # You may need to specify what region your storage bucket is in
   # fog_region: "eu-west-1"
+
+  # Set `public` option when uploading file depending on value,
+  # Setting to "default" makes asset sync skip setting the option
+  # Possible values: true, false, "default" (default: true)
+  # config.fog_public = true
+
   existing_remote_files: keep
   # To delete existing remote files.
   # existing_remote_files: delete
+
   # Automatically replace files with their equivalent gzip compressed version
   # gzip_compression: true
+
   # Fail silently.  Useful for environments such as Heroku
   # fail_silently: true
+
   # Allow custom assets to be cacheable. Note: The base filename will be matched
   # cache_asset_regexps: ['cache_me.js', !ruby/regexp '/cache_some\.\d{8}\.css/']