diff --git a/cmd/climc/shell/k8s/repos.go b/cmd/climc/shell/k8s/repos.go
index 5744130ccb..d61e07045b 100644
--- a/cmd/climc/shell/k8s/repos.go
+++ b/cmd/climc/shell/k8s/repos.go
@@ -67,4 +67,22 @@ func initRepo() {
 		printObject(repo)
 		return nil
 	})
+
+	R(&o.RepoGetOptions{}, cmdN("public"), "Make repository public", func(s *mcclient.ClientSession, args *o.RepoGetOptions) error {
+		repo, err := k8s.Repos.PerformAction(s, args.NAME, "public", nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		printObject(repo)
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	R(&o.RepoGetOptions{}, cmdN("private"), "Make repository private", func(s *mcclient.ClientSession, args *o.RepoGetOptions) error {
+		repo, err := k8s.Repos.PerformAction(s, args.NAME, "private", nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		printObject(repo)
+		return nil
+	})
 }
diff --git a/pkg/mcclient/options/k8s/repo.go b/pkg/mcclient/options/k8s/repo.go
index 5c42277134..52d0b890ec 100644
--- a/pkg/mcclient/options/k8s/repo.go
+++ b/pkg/mcclient/options/k8s/repo.go
@@ -16,13 +16,17 @@ type RepoGetOptions struct {
 
 type RepoCreateOptions struct {
 	RepoGetOptions
-	URL string `help:"Repository url"`
+	URL    string `help:"Repository url"`
+	Public bool   `help:"Make repostitory public"`
 }
 
 func (o RepoCreateOptions) Params() *jsonutils.JSONDict {
 	params := jsonutils.NewDict()
 	params.Add(jsonutils.NewString(o.NAME), "name")
 	params.Add(jsonutils.NewString(o.URL), "url")
+	if o.Public {
+		params.Add(jsonutils.JSONTrue, "is_public")
+	}
 	return params
 }