diff --git a/api/funkwhale_api/instance/dynamic_preferences_registry.py b/api/funkwhale_api/instance/dynamic_preferences_registry.py
index 03555b0be57bde18f4fe13ba1b62d852ffd93ae4..20679fd3dcff4cec208477487b6d245219abc273 100644
--- a/api/funkwhale_api/instance/dynamic_preferences_registry.py
+++ b/api/funkwhale_api/instance/dynamic_preferences_registry.py
@@ -85,6 +85,20 @@ class InstanceNodeinfoEnabled(types.BooleanPreference):
     )
 
 
+@global_preferences_registry.register
+class InstanceNodeinfoPrivate(types.BooleanPreference):
+    show_in_api = False
+    section = instance
+    name = 'nodeinfo_private'
+    default = False
+    verbose_name = 'Enable nodeinfo endpoint'
+    help_text = (
+        'Indicate in the nodeinfo endpoint that you do not want your instance'
+        'to be tracked by third-party services.'
+        'There is no guarantee these tools will honor this setting though.'
+    )
+
+
 @global_preferences_registry.register
 class InstanceNodeinfoStatsEnabled(types.BooleanPreference):
     show_in_api = False
diff --git a/api/funkwhale_api/instance/nodeinfo.py b/api/funkwhale_api/instance/nodeinfo.py
index e267f197d17ce7c317128c684f1db8f72a1a47ba..dbc005af7b965b55a62abf7f47eb099174a88eac 100644
--- a/api/funkwhale_api/instance/nodeinfo.py
+++ b/api/funkwhale_api/instance/nodeinfo.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ memo = memoize.Memoizer(store, namespace='instance:stats')
 
 def get():
     share_stats = preferences.get('instance__nodeinfo_stats_enabled')
+    private = preferences.get('instance__nodeinfo_private')
     data = {
         'version': '2.0',
         'software': {
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ def get():
             }
         },
         'metadata': {
+            'private': preferences.get('instance__nodeinfo_private'),
             'shortDescription': preferences.get('instance__short_description'),
             'longDescription': preferences.get('instance__long_description'),
             'nodeName': preferences.get('instance__name'),
diff --git a/api/tests/instance/test_nodeinfo.py b/api/tests/instance/test_nodeinfo.py
index 4ca1c43a5835f94a6db20018a76e456c5e1b7e28..87b8882880752d14a5572ca7a324d399688974e7 100644
--- a/api/tests/instance/test_nodeinfo.py
+++ b/api/tests/instance/test_nodeinfo.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ def test_nodeinfo_dump(preferences, mocker):
             }
         },
         'metadata': {
+            'private': preferences['instance__nodeinfo_private'],
             'shortDescription': preferences['instance__short_description'],
             'longDescription': preferences['instance__long_description'],
             'nodeName': preferences['instance__name'],
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ def test_nodeinfo_dump_stats_disabled(preferences, mocker):
             }
         },
         'metadata': {
+            'private': preferences['instance__nodeinfo_private'],
             'shortDescription': preferences['instance__short_description'],
             'longDescription': preferences['instance__long_description'],
             'nodeName': preferences['instance__name'],
diff --git a/changes/changelog.d/200.enhancement b/changes/changelog.d/200.enhancement
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1e78b92f7d92396c64a35943f27b2f3ce05de04a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/changelog.d/200.enhancement
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Instances can now indicate on the nodeinfo endpoint if they want to remain private (#200)