diff --git a/endpoints/api/repository.py b/endpoints/api/repository.py
index 74c135b60..13d32a3fc 100644
--- a/endpoints/api/repository.py
+++ b/endpoints/api/repository.py
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ class RepositoryList(ApiResource):
                                                 namespace=args['namespace'])
 
     response['repositories'] = [repo_view(repo) for repo in repo_query
-                                if ReadRepositoryPermission(repo.namespace, repo.name).can()]
+                                if (repo.visibility.name == 'public' or
+                                    ReadRepositoryPermission(repo.namespace, repo.name).can())]
 
     return response
 
diff --git a/endpoints/api/search.py b/endpoints/api/search.py
index 0736bb632..2d96b0384 100644
--- a/endpoints/api/search.py
+++ b/endpoints/api/search.py
@@ -111,5 +111,6 @@ class FindRepositories(ApiResource):
     matching = model.get_matching_repositories(prefix, username)
     return {
       'repositories': [repo_view(repo) for repo in matching
-                       if ReadRepositoryPermission(repo.namespace, repo.name).can()]
+                       if (repo.visibility.name == 'public' or 
+                           ReadRepositoryPermission(repo.namespace, repo.name).can())]
     }
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