diff --git a/plugins/kotlin-as-java/src/main/kotlin/signatures/JavaSignatureProvider.kt b/plugins/kotlin-as-java/src/main/kotlin/signatures/JavaSignatureProvider.kt
index 1f5719eae3..2b56a2bf02 100644
--- a/plugins/kotlin-as-java/src/main/kotlin/signatures/JavaSignatureProvider.kt
+++ b/plugins/kotlin-as-java/src/main/kotlin/signatures/JavaSignatureProvider.kt
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ class JavaSignatureProvider internal constructor(ctcc: CommentsToContentConverte
                 sourceSets = setOf(sourceSet)
             ) {
                 annotationsBlock(f)
+                f.visibility[sourceSet]?.takeIf { it !in ignoredVisibilities }?.name?.let { keyword("$it ") }
                 f.modifier[sourceSet]?.takeIf { it !in ignoredModifiers }?.name?.plus(" ")?.let { keyword(it) }
                 f.modifiers()[sourceSet]?.toSignatureString()?.let { keyword(it) }
                 val returnType = f.type
diff --git a/plugins/kotlin-as-java/src/test/kotlin/KotlinAsJavaPluginTest.kt b/plugins/kotlin-as-java/src/test/kotlin/KotlinAsJavaPluginTest.kt
index 635abf5ab0..b77dc23c13 100644
--- a/plugins/kotlin-as-java/src/test/kotlin/KotlinAsJavaPluginTest.kt
+++ b/plugins/kotlin-as-java/src/test/kotlin/KotlinAsJavaPluginTest.kt
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class KotlinAsJavaPluginTest : BaseAbstractTest() {
                         divergentInstance {
                             divergent {
                                 group {
-                                    +"final "
+                                    +"public final "
                                     group {
                                         link {
                                             +"String"
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ class KotlinAsJavaPluginTest : BaseAbstractTest() {
         ) {
             renderingStage = { _, _ ->
                 writerPlugin.writer.renderedContent("root/kotlinAsJavaPlugin/-a-b-c/some-fun.html").firstSignature().match(
-                    "final ", A("Integer"), A("someFun"), "(", Parameters(
+                    "public final ", A("Integer"), A("someFun"), "(", Parameters(
                         Parameter(A("Integer"), "xd")
                     ), ")", Span(), ignoreSpanWithTokenStyle = true
                 )
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ class KotlinAsJavaPluginTest : BaseAbstractTest() {
         ) {
             renderingStage = { _, _ ->
                 writerPlugin.writer.renderedContent("root/kotlinAsJavaPlugin/-a-b-c/some-fun.html").firstSignature().match(
-                    "final ", A("Integer"), A("someFun"), "(", Parameters(
+                    "public final ", A("Integer"), A("someFun"), "(", Parameters(
                         Parameter(A("Map"), "<", A("String"), ", ", A("Integer"), "> xd"),
                     ), ")", Span(), ignoreSpanWithTokenStyle = true
                 )
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ class KotlinAsJavaPluginTest : BaseAbstractTest() {
         ) {
             renderingStage = { _, _ ->
                 writerPlugin.writer.renderedContent("root/kotlinAsJavaPlugin/-test-kt/sample.html").firstSignature().match(
-                    "final static ", A("String"), A("sample"), "(", Parameters(
+                    "public final static ", A("String"), A("sample"), "(", Parameters(
                         Parameter(A("Integer"), "a"),
                     ), ")", Span(), ignoreSpanWithTokenStyle = true
                 )
@@ -583,6 +583,52 @@ class KotlinAsJavaPluginTest : BaseAbstractTest() {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `Java function should keep its access modifier`(){
+        val className = "Test"
+        val accessModifier = "public"
+        val methodName = "method"
+
+        val testClassQuery = """
+            |/src/main/kotlin/kotlinAsJavaPlugin/${className}.java
+            |package kotlinAsJavaPlugin;
+            |
+            |public class $className {
+            |   $accessModifier void ${methodName}() {
+            |   
+            |   }
+            |}
+            """.trimMargin()
+
+        val configuration = dokkaConfiguration {
+            sourceSets {
+                sourceSet {
+                    sourceRoots = listOf("src/")
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        val writerPlugin = TestOutputWriterPlugin()
+
+        testInline(
+            testClassQuery,
+            configuration,
+            pluginOverrides = listOf(writerPlugin),
+            cleanupOutput = true
+        ) {
+            renderingStage = { _, _ ->
+                val methodDocumentation = "root/kotlinAsJavaPlugin/-${className.toLowerCase()}/${methodName}.html"
+
+                writerPlugin.writer.renderedContent(methodDocumentation)
+                    .firstSignature()
+                    .match(
+                        "$accessModifier void ", A(methodName), "()", Span(),
+                        ignoreSpanWithTokenStyle = true
+                    )
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 private val ContentNode.mainContents: List<ContentNode>