diff --git a/.changeset/famous-tigers-protect.md b/.changeset/famous-tigers-protect.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81843758e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/famous-tigers-protect.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-listing": patch
+"@pnpm/list": patch
+"pnpm": patch
+---
+
+Fix issue where `pnpm list --json pkg` shows `"private": false` for a private package [#8519](https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues/8519).
diff --git a/reviewing/list/src/index.ts b/reviewing/list/src/index.ts
index 375a5ac3fe..2732dca225 100644
--- a/reviewing/list/src/index.ts
+++ b/reviewing/list/src/index.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ export async function searchForPackages (
         return {
           name: entryPkg.name,
           version: entryPkg.version,
+          private: entryPkg.private,
 
           path: projectPath,
           ...buildDependenciesHierarchy,
diff --git a/reviewing/plugin-commands-listing/src/list.ts b/reviewing/plugin-commands-listing/src/list.ts
index 2750fcae67..f060bfe032 100644
--- a/reviewing/plugin-commands-listing/src/list.ts
+++ b/reviewing/plugin-commands-listing/src/list.ts
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ export type ListCommandOptions = Pick<Config,
   alwaysPrintRootPackage?: boolean
   depth?: number
   excludePeers?: boolean
+  json?: boolean
   lockfileDir?: string
   long?: boolean
   parseable?: boolean
diff --git a/reviewing/plugin-commands-listing/test/json.ts b/reviewing/plugin-commands-listing/test/json.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b7db77612
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reviewing/plugin-commands-listing/test/json.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { list } from '@pnpm/plugin-commands-listing'
+import { prepare } from '@pnpm/prepare'
+import { DEFAULT_OPTS } from './utils'
+
+// Covers https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues/8519
+describe('correctly report the value of the private field when arguments are provided', () => {
+  test.each([
+    [undefined, false],
+    [false, false],
+    [true, true],
+  ])('%s -> %s', async (given, expected) => {
+    prepare({
+      name: 'root',
+      version: '0.0.0',
+      private: given,
+    })
+
+    const output = await list.handler({
+      ...DEFAULT_OPTS,
+      dir: process.cwd(),
+      json: true,
+    }, ['root'])
+
+    expect(JSON.parse(output)).toStrictEqual([{
+      name: 'root',
+      version: '0.0.0',
+      private: expected,
+      path: expect.any(String),
+    }])
+  })
+})