diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9a86c84..712dc52 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "git-testament"
-version = "0.2.5"
+version = "0.2.6"
 authors = ["Daniel Silverstone <dsilvers@digital-scurf.org>"]
 edition = "2021"
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ include = ["src", "tests", "test-template"]
 members = ["git-testament-derive"]
 
 [dependencies]
-git-testament-derive = { version = "0.2.0", path = "git-testament-derive" }
+git-testament-derive = { version = "0.2.1", path = "git-testament-derive" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = "3"
diff --git a/git-testament-derive/Cargo.toml b/git-testament-derive/Cargo.toml
index 01dc3d9..3976a91 100644
--- a/git-testament-derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/git-testament-derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 authors = ["Daniel Silverstone <dsilvers@digital-scurf.org>"]
 edition = "2018"
 name = "git-testament-derive"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 
 description = "Record git working tree status when compiling your crate - inner procedural macro"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/git-testament/"
diff --git a/git-testament-derive/src/lib.rs b/git-testament-derive/src/lib.rs
index 264fc64..c393578 100644
--- a/git-testament-derive/src/lib.rs
+++ b/git-testament-derive/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
 use proc_macro::TokenStream;
 use proc_macro2::Span;
 use quote::quote;
-use syn::parse;
 use syn::parse::{Parse, ParseStream};
+use syn::{parse, Visibility};
 use syn::{parse_macro_input, Ident, LitStr};
 
 use log::warn;
@@ -23,14 +23,19 @@ const DATE_FORMAT: &[FormatItem<'_>] = format_description!("[year]-[month]-[day]
 struct TestamentOptions {
     crate_: Ident,
     name: Ident,
+    vis: Option<Visibility>,
 }
 
 impl Parse for TestamentOptions {
     fn parse(input: ParseStream) -> parse::Result<Self> {
-        Ok(TestamentOptions {
-            crate_: input.parse()?,
-            name: input.parse()?,
-        })
+        let crate_ = input.parse()?;
+        let name = input.parse()?;
+        let vis = if input.is_empty() {
+            None
+        } else {
+            Some(input.parse()?)
+        };
+        Ok(TestamentOptions { crate_, name, vis })
     }
 }
 
@@ -310,7 +315,7 @@ impl GitInformation {
 
 #[proc_macro]
 pub fn git_testament(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
-    let TestamentOptions { crate_, name } = parse_macro_input!(input);
+    let TestamentOptions { crate_, name, vis } = parse_macro_input!(input);
 
     let InvocationInformation { pkgver, now } = InvocationInformation::acquire();
     let gitinfo = match GitInformation::acquire() {
@@ -323,7 +328,7 @@ pub fn git_testament(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
             );
             return (quote! {
                 #[allow(clippy::needless_update)]
-                const #name: #crate_::GitTestament<'static> = #crate_::GitTestament {
+                #vis const #name: #crate_::GitTestament<'static> = #crate_::GitTestament {
                     commit: #crate_::CommitKind::NoRepository(#pkgver, #now),
                     .. #crate_::EMPTY_TESTAMENT
                 };
@@ -345,7 +350,7 @@ pub fn git_testament(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
     if gitinfo.commitinfo.is_none() {
         return (quote! {
             #[allow(clippy::needless_update)]
-            const #name: #crate_::GitTestament<'static> = #crate_::GitTestament {
+            #vis const #name: #crate_::GitTestament<'static> = #crate_::GitTestament {
                 commit: #crate_::CommitKind::NoCommit(#pkgver, #now),
                 branch_name: #branch_name,
                 .. #crate_::EMPTY_TESTAMENT
@@ -399,7 +404,7 @@ pub fn git_testament(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
 
     (quote! {
         #[allow(clippy::needless_update)]
-        const #name: #crate_::GitTestament<'static> = #crate_::GitTestament {
+        #vis const #name: #crate_::GitTestament<'static> = #crate_::GitTestament {
             commit: #commit,
             modifications: &[#(#statuses),*],
             branch_name: #branch_name,
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 335794f..6047bcf 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ use core::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter};
 /// See [`GitTestament`] for the type of the defined `TESTAMENT`.
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! git_testament {
+    ($vis:vis $name:ident) => {
+        $crate::__derive::git_testament! {
+            $crate $name $vis
+        }
+    };
     ($name:ident) => {
         $crate::__derive::git_testament! {
             $crate $name
diff --git a/tests/simple.rs b/tests/simple.rs
index 317294f..4ee0349 100644
--- a/tests/simple.rs
+++ b/tests/simple.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,15 @@ git_testament!(TESTAMENT);
 
 git_testament_macros!(version);
 
+mod inner {
+    use git_testament::git_testament;
+    git_testament!(pub INNER);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn it_works() {
     println!("Testament: {TESTAMENT}");
+    println!("Inner: {}", inner::INNER);
 }
 
 //testament macro is not guaranteed to be indentical to testament's Display in `no_std`