diff --git a/actix-web-codegen/CHANGES.md b/actix-web-codegen/CHANGES.md
index 24ab212a8..25d758832 100644
--- a/actix-web-codegen/CHANGES.md
+++ b/actix-web-codegen/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Changes
 
 ## Unreleased - 2021-xx-xx
+- Preserve function visibility for routing macros. [#2714]
+
+[#2714]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/2714
 
 
 ## 4.0.1 - 2022-06-11
diff --git a/actix-web-codegen/src/lib.rs b/actix-web-codegen/src/lib.rs
index 5ca5616b6..e937bd161 100644
--- a/actix-web-codegen/src/lib.rs
+++ b/actix-web-codegen/src/lib.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 //!
 //! # Single Method Handler
 //! There is a macro to set up a handler for each of the most common HTTP methods that also define
-//! additional guards and route-specific middleware.
+//! additional guards and route-specific middleware. This macros will inherit the visibility
+//! of the underlying handler.
 //!
 //! See docs for: [GET], [POST], [PATCH], [PUT], [DELETE], [HEAD], [CONNECT], [OPTIONS], [TRACE]
 //!
diff --git a/actix-web-codegen/src/route.rs b/actix-web-codegen/src/route.rs
index cae3cbd55..23411e22b 100644
--- a/actix-web-codegen/src/route.rs
+++ b/actix-web-codegen/src/route.rs
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ impl ToTokens for Route {
             resource_type,
             doc_attributes,
         } = self;
+        let visibility = &ast.vis;
         let resource_name = resource_name
             .as_ref()
             .map_or_else(|| name.to_string(), LitStr::value);
@@ -316,7 +317,7 @@ impl ToTokens for Route {
         let stream = quote! {
             #(#doc_attributes)*
             #[allow(non_camel_case_types, missing_docs)]
-            pub struct #name;
+            #visibility struct #name;
 
             impl ::actix_web::dev::HttpServiceFactory for #name {
                 fn register(self, __config: &mut actix_web::dev::AppService) {
diff --git a/actix-web-codegen/tests/trybuild.rs b/actix-web-codegen/tests/trybuild.rs
index 13eb84559..1bb691669 100644
--- a/actix-web-codegen/tests/trybuild.rs
+++ b/actix-web-codegen/tests/trybuild.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ fn compile_macros() {
     t.pass("tests/trybuild/simple.rs");
     t.compile_fail("tests/trybuild/simple-fail.rs");
 
+    t.pass("tests/trybuild/visibility-ok.rs");
+    t.compile_fail("tests/trybuild/visibility-fail.rs");
+
     t.pass("tests/trybuild/route-ok.rs");
     t.compile_fail("tests/trybuild/route-missing-method-fail.rs");
     t.compile_fail("tests/trybuild/route-duplicate-method-fail.rs");
diff --git a/actix-web-codegen/tests/trybuild/visibility-fail.rs b/actix-web-codegen/tests/trybuild/visibility-fail.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b7cdfa08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actix-web-codegen/tests/trybuild/visibility-fail.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use actix_web::App;
+
+mod config {
+    use actix_web_codegen::*;
+    use actix_web::{Responder, HttpResponse};
+    
+    #[get("/config")]
+    async fn config() -> impl Responder {
+        HttpResponse::Ok()
+    }
+}
+
+#[actix_web::main]
+async fn main() {
+    let srv = actix_test::start(|| App::new().service(config::config));
+
+    let request = srv.get("/config");
+    let response = request.send().await.unwrap();
+    assert!(response.status().is_success());
+}
diff --git a/actix-web-codegen/tests/trybuild/visibility-fail.stderr b/actix-web-codegen/tests/trybuild/visibility-fail.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e44acc010
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actix-web-codegen/tests/trybuild/visibility-fail.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+error[E0603]: unit struct `config` is private
+  --> tests/trybuild/visibility-fail.rs:15:63
+   |
+15 |     let srv = actix_test::start(|| App::new().service(config::config));
+   |                                                               ^^^^^^ private unit struct
+   |
+note: the unit struct `config` is defined here
+  --> tests/trybuild/visibility-fail.rs:7:5
+   |
+7  |     #[get("/config")]
+   |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+   = note: this error originates in the attribute macro `get` (in Nightly builds, run with -Z macro-backtrace for more info)
diff --git a/actix-web-codegen/tests/trybuild/visibility-ok.rs b/actix-web-codegen/tests/trybuild/visibility-ok.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f531efe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actix-web-codegen/tests/trybuild/visibility-ok.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use actix_web::App;
+
+mod config {
+    use actix_web_codegen::*;
+    use actix_web::{Responder, HttpResponse};
+
+    #[get("/config")]
+    pub async fn config() -> impl Responder {
+        HttpResponse::Ok()
+    }
+}
+
+#[actix_web::main]
+async fn main() {
+    let srv = actix_test::start(|| App::new().service(config::config));
+
+    let request = srv.get("/config");
+    let response = request.send().await.unwrap();
+    assert!(response.status().is_success());
+}