diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3322cf39..3309d4d2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 - [GH#11](https://github.com/jolicode/automapper/pull/11) Added phpstan level 5 in CI
 
+### Fixed
+- [GH#9](https://github.com/jolicode/automapper/pull/9) fix: `mapPrivatePropertiesAndMethod` should not be mandatory
+
 ## [8.0.1] - 2023-10-04
 ### Changed
 - [GH#6](https://github.com/jolicode/automapper/pull/6) Document all AST code by explaining what it generates
diff --git a/src/Extractor/FromSourceMappingExtractor.php b/src/Extractor/FromSourceMappingExtractor.php
index fc576e21..82493d3d 100644
--- a/src/Extractor/FromSourceMappingExtractor.php
+++ b/src/Extractor/FromSourceMappingExtractor.php
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public function getPropertiesMapping(MapperMetadataInterface $mapperMetadata): a
                 $this->getMaxDepth($mapperMetadata->getSource(), $property),
                 $this->isIgnoredProperty($mapperMetadata->getSource(), $property),
                 $this->isIgnoredProperty($mapperMetadata->getTarget(), $property),
-                PropertyReadInfo::VISIBILITY_PUBLIC === ($this->readInfoExtractor->getReadInfo($mapperMetadata->getSource(), $property)?->getVisibility() ?? true)
+                PropertyReadInfo::VISIBILITY_PUBLIC === ($this->readInfoExtractor->getReadInfo($mapperMetadata->getSource(), $property)?->getVisibility() ?? PropertyReadInfo::VISIBILITY_PUBLIC),
             );
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Extractor/FromTargetMappingExtractor.php b/src/Extractor/FromTargetMappingExtractor.php
index 8325bc8b..eba729ee 100644
--- a/src/Extractor/FromTargetMappingExtractor.php
+++ b/src/Extractor/FromTargetMappingExtractor.php
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public function getPropertiesMapping(MapperMetadataInterface $mapperMetadata): a
                 $this->getMaxDepth($mapperMetadata->getTarget(), $property),
                 $this->isIgnoredProperty($mapperMetadata->getSource(), $property),
                 $this->isIgnoredProperty($mapperMetadata->getTarget(), $property),
-                PropertyReadInfo::VISIBILITY_PUBLIC === ($this->readInfoExtractor->getReadInfo($mapperMetadata->getSource(), $property)?->getVisibility() ?? true),
+                PropertyReadInfo::VISIBILITY_PUBLIC === ($this->readInfoExtractor->getReadInfo($mapperMetadata->getSource(), $property)?->getVisibility() ?? PropertyReadInfo::VISIBILITY_PUBLIC),
             );
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Extractor/SourceTargetMappingExtractor.php b/src/Extractor/SourceTargetMappingExtractor.php
index 992d2acb..a0003ba7 100644
--- a/src/Extractor/SourceTargetMappingExtractor.php
+++ b/src/Extractor/SourceTargetMappingExtractor.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public function getPropertiesMapping(MapperMetadataInterface $mapperMetadata): a
                     $maxDepth,
                     $this->isIgnoredProperty($mapperMetadata->getSource(), $property),
                     $this->isIgnoredProperty($mapperMetadata->getTarget(), $property),
-                    PropertyReadInfo::VISIBILITY_PUBLIC === ($this->readInfoExtractor->getReadInfo($mapperMetadata->getSource(), $property)?->getVisibility() ?? true),
+                    PropertyReadInfo::VISIBILITY_PUBLIC === ($this->readInfoExtractor->getReadInfo($mapperMetadata->getSource(), $property)?->getVisibility() ?? PropertyReadInfo::VISIBILITY_PUBLIC),
                 );
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/MapperMetadata.php b/src/MapperMetadata.php
index 5f5fce1d..b46755e2 100644
--- a/src/MapperMetadata.php
+++ b/src/MapperMetadata.php
@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@ private function buildPropertyMapping(): void
                 null,
                 new CallbackTransformer($property),
                 $property,
-                false
+                false,
+                isPublic: true,
             );
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/AutoMapperTest.php b/tests/AutoMapperTest.php
index 46d71898..3ce87689 100644
--- a/tests/AutoMapperTest.php
+++ b/tests/AutoMapperTest.php
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public function testAutoMapperFromArray(): void
 
     public function testAutoMapperFromArrayCustomDateTime(): void
     {
-        $this->buildAutoMapper(mapPrivatePropertiesAndMethod: true, classPrefix: 'CustomDateTime_');
+        $this->buildAutoMapper(classPrefix: 'CustomDateTime_');
 
         $dateTime = \DateTime::createFromFormat(\DateTime::RFC3339, '1987-04-30T06:00:00Z');
         $customFormat = 'U';
@@ -581,6 +581,8 @@ public function testAllowedAttributes(): void
         $address->setCity('some city');
         $user->setAddress($address);
 
+        $this->buildAutoMapper(mapPrivatePropertiesAndMethod: true);
+
         /** @var Fixtures\UserDTO $userDto */
         $userDto = $this->autoMapper->map($user, Fixtures\UserDTO::class, [MapperContext::ALLOWED_ATTRIBUTES => ['id', 'age', 'address']]);
 
@@ -615,6 +617,7 @@ public function testMappingWithTargetObjectWithNoObjectToPopulate(): void
         });
 
         $user = new Fixtures\User(1, 'yolo', '13');
+
         $userDto = $this->autoMapper->map($user, Fixtures\UserDTOMerged::class);
 
         self::assertArrayHasKey('name', $userDto->getProperties());