diff --git a/macro/src/ast.rs b/macro/src/ast.rs
index 081ea80..7afa732 100644
--- a/macro/src/ast.rs
+++ b/macro/src/ast.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 //! Definition of the intermediate representation or AST.
 
+use proc_macro2::TokenStream;
+
+
 /// The parsed input to the `gen_config` macro.
 pub(crate) struct Input {
     pub(crate) root: Node,
+    pub(crate) visibility: Option<TokenStream>,
 }
 
 /// One node in the tree of the configuration format. Can either be a leaf node
diff --git a/macro/src/gen.rs b/macro/src/gen.rs
index e15bbcc..8a2c583 100644
--- a/macro/src/gen.rs
+++ b/macro/src/gen.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use crate::ast::{Expr, Input, Node};
 
 
 pub(crate) fn gen(input: Input) -> TokenStream {
-    let visibility = quote! { pub(crate) };
+    let visibility = input.visibility.clone().unwrap_or(quote! { pub(crate) });
     let toml = gen_toml(&input);
     let root_mod = gen_root_mod(&input, &visibility);
     let raw_mod = gen_raw_mod(&input, &visibility);
diff --git a/macro/src/parse.rs b/macro/src/parse.rs
index a89cd38..939b1a2 100644
--- a/macro/src/parse.rs
+++ b/macro/src/parse.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,14 @@ impl Parse for Input {
     fn parse(input: ParseStream) -> Result<Self, syn::Error> {
         let mut outer_attrs = input.call(syn::Attribute::parse_inner)?;
         let doc = extract_doc(&mut outer_attrs)?;
-        let children = input.call(<Punctuated<_, syn::Token![,]>>::parse_terminated)?;
+
+        // `#![visibility = "..."]`
+        let visibility = extract_single_name_value_attr("visibility", &mut outer_attrs)?
+            .map(|v| Ok::<_, syn::Error>(assert_string_lit(v)?.parse::<TokenStream>()?))
+            .transpose()?;
+
         assert_no_extra_attrs(&outer_attrs)?;
+        let children = input.call(<Punctuated<_, syn::Token![,]>>::parse_terminated)?;
 
         let root = Node::Internal {
             doc,
@@ -23,7 +29,7 @@ impl Parse for Input {
             children: children.into_iter().collect(),
         };
 
-        Ok(Self { root })
+        Ok(Self { root, visibility })
     }
 }
 
@@ -141,3 +147,39 @@ fn extract_doc(attrs: &mut Vec<syn::Attribute>) -> Result<Vec<String>, Error> {
 
     Ok(out)
 }
+
+fn extract_single_name_value_attr(
+    name: &str,
+    attrs: &mut Vec<syn::Attribute>,
+) -> Result<Option<syn::Lit>, Error> {
+    let mut filtered = attrs.iter().filter(|attr| attr.path.is_ident(name));
+    let meta = match filtered.next() {
+        None => return Ok(None),
+        Some(attr) => attr.parse_meta()?,
+    };
+
+    let nv = match meta {
+        syn::Meta::NameValue(nv) => nv,
+        other => {
+            let msg = format!(r#"expected `name = "value"` attribute syntax for `{}`"#, name);
+            return Err(Error::new(other.span(), msg));
+        }
+    };
+
+    if let Some(dupe) = filtered.next() {
+        let msg = format!("duplicate `{}` attribute", name);
+        return Err(Error::new(dupe.span(), msg));
+    }
+
+    // Remove the attribute from the vector
+    attrs.retain(|attr| !attr.path.is_ident(name));
+
+    Ok(Some(nv.lit))
+}
+
+fn assert_string_lit(lit: syn::Lit) -> Result<String, Error> {
+    match lit {
+        syn::Lit::Str(s) => Ok(s.value()),
+        _ => Err(Error::new(lit.span(), "expected string literal")),
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/example.rs b/src/example.rs
index 6bf1b9a..aefdac3 100644
--- a/src/example.rs
+++ b/src/example.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ use std::{net::IpAddr, path::PathBuf};
 use crate as confique;
 
 crate::config! {
+    //! An example configuration.
+    #![visibility = "pub"]
+
     dns: {
         /// The DNS server IP address.
         #[example = "1.1.1.1"]