diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0bfe1b60d0..34079500d0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 - Fix JSON escaping in code editor analysis: JSON was not always escaped properly, which prevented code actions from being available in certain situations https://github.com/rescript-lang/rescript/pull/7435
 - Fix regression in pattern matching for optional fields containing variants. https://github.com/rescript-lang/rescript/pull/7440
 - Fix missing checks for duplicate literals in variants with payloads. https://github.com/rescript-lang/rescript/pull/7441
+- Fix printer removing private for empty record. https://github.com/rescript-lang/rescript/pull/7448
 
 #### :house: Internal
 
diff --git a/compiler/syntax/src/res_printer.ml b/compiler/syntax/src/res_printer.ml
index a6f039d031..72c53be91c 100644
--- a/compiler/syntax/src/res_printer.ml
+++ b/compiler/syntax/src/res_printer.ml
@@ -1289,6 +1289,7 @@ and print_type_declaration2 ?inline_record_definitions ~state ~rec_flag
             Doc.space;
             Doc.text equal_sign;
             Doc.space;
+            print_private_flag td.ptype_private;
             Doc.lbrace;
             print_comments_inside cmt_tbl td.ptype_loc;
             Doc.rbrace;
diff --git a/tests/syntax_tests/data/printer/typeDef/expected/private.res.txt b/tests/syntax_tests/data/printer/typeDef/expected/private.res.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e3fcb998b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/syntax_tests/data/printer/typeDef/expected/private.res.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+type t1 = private {}
+
+type t2 = private {x: int}
+
+type t3 = private A | B
diff --git a/tests/syntax_tests/data/printer/typeDef/private.res b/tests/syntax_tests/data/printer/typeDef/private.res
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e3fcb998b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/syntax_tests/data/printer/typeDef/private.res
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+type t1 = private {}
+
+type t2 = private {x: int}
+
+type t3 = private A | B