diff --git a/sourcegen-annotations/src/main/java/io/micronaut/sourcegen/annotations/Secret.java b/sourcegen-annotations/src/main/java/io/micronaut/sourcegen/annotations/Secret.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03edf98c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sourcegen-annotations/src/main/java/io/micronaut/sourcegen/annotations/Secret.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-2021 original authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package io.micronaut.sourcegen.annotations;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.PARAMETER;
+import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
+
+/**
+ * The annotation to be used with {@link ToString} on a property to hide the value from being printed.
+ *
+ * @author Elif Kurtay
+ * @since 1.3
+ */
+
+@Retention(RUNTIME)
+@Target({FIELD, PARAMETER})
+public @interface Secret {
+}
diff --git a/sourcegen-generator/src/main/java/io/micronaut/sourcegen/generator/visitors/UtilsAnnotationVisitor.java b/sourcegen-generator/src/main/java/io/micronaut/sourcegen/generator/visitors/UtilsAnnotationVisitor.java
index fd8aa6fd..5654ec35 100644
--- a/sourcegen-generator/src/main/java/io/micronaut/sourcegen/generator/visitors/UtilsAnnotationVisitor.java
+++ b/sourcegen-generator/src/main/java/io/micronaut/sourcegen/generator/visitors/UtilsAnnotationVisitor.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import io.micronaut.inject.visitor.VisitorContext;
 import io.micronaut.sourcegen.annotations.Equals;
 import io.micronaut.sourcegen.annotations.HashCode;
+import io.micronaut.sourcegen.annotations.Secret;
 import io.micronaut.sourcegen.annotations.ToString;
 import io.micronaut.sourcegen.generator.SourceGenerator;
 import io.micronaut.sourcegen.generator.SourceGenerators;
@@ -36,9 +37,9 @@
  * The visitor that generates the Utils class of a bean.
  * The Utils class can have functions substituting toString, equals, and hashcode.
  * However, each method needs to be annotated to be generated.
- *      \@ToString annotation for toString function
- *      \@Equals annotation for equals function
- *      \@HashCode annotation for hashCode function
+ *      @link ToString annotation for toString function
+ *      @link Equals annotation for equals function
+ *      @link HashCode annotation for hashCode function
  *
  * @author Elif Kurtay
  * @since 1.3
@@ -148,7 +149,8 @@ private static void createToStringMethod(ClassDef.ClassDefBuilder classDefBuilde
         for (int i = 0; i < properties.size(); i++) {
             PropertyElement beanProperty = properties.get(i);
             TypeDef propertyTypeDef = TypeDef.of(beanProperty.getType());
-            ExpressionDef.CallInstanceMethod thisProperty = thisVariable
+            ExpressionDef thisProperty = (beanProperty.hasAnnotation(Secret.class)) ?
+                ExpressionDef.constant("******") : thisVariable
                 .invoke(
                     "get" + StringUtils.capitalize(beanProperty.getSimpleName()),
                     propertyTypeDef,
diff --git a/test-suite-java/src/main/java/io/micronaut/sourcegen/example/Elephant.java b/test-suite-java/src/main/java/io/micronaut/sourcegen/example/Elephant.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f0bda3ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-suite-java/src/main/java/io/micronaut/sourcegen/example/Elephant.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-2023 original authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package io.micronaut.sourcegen.example;
+
+import io.micronaut.sourcegen.annotations.Secret;
+import io.micronaut.sourcegen.annotations.ToString;
+
+@ToString
+public class Elephant {
+    @Secret
+    private String name;
+
+    public Elephant(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public String toString() {
+        return ElephantUtils.toString(this);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test-suite-java/src/test/java/io/micronaut/sourcegen/example/PersonUtilsTest.java b/test-suite-java/src/test/java/io/micronaut/sourcegen/example/UtilsTest.java
similarity index 92%
rename from test-suite-java/src/test/java/io/micronaut/sourcegen/example/PersonUtilsTest.java
rename to test-suite-java/src/test/java/io/micronaut/sourcegen/example/UtilsTest.java
index a6dd8bed..2af91278 100644
--- a/test-suite-java/src/test/java/io/micronaut/sourcegen/example/PersonUtilsTest.java
+++ b/test-suite-java/src/test/java/io/micronaut/sourcegen/example/UtilsTest.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
 
-public class PersonUtilsTest {
+public class UtilsTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testToString() {
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ public void testToString() {
         assertEquals("Person4[id=123, title=MR, name=Cédric, bytes=[1, 2, 3]]", person.toString());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testToStringWithSecret() {
+        var elephant = new Elephant("Daisy");
+
+        assertNotNull(ElephantUtils.toString(elephant));
+        assertTrue(elephant.toString().contains("Elephant["));
+        assertEquals("Elephant[name=******]", elephant.toString());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testEqualsWithCorrectObjects() {
         var person = new Person4(123L, Person4.Title.MR,"Cédric", new byte[]{1,2,3});