diff --git a/doc/ver.xml b/doc/ver.xml
index 076bc35..b75d125 100644
--- a/doc/ver.xml
+++ b/doc/ver.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ the default is off, and it will not inherit from <code>-qualify</code>.</li>
 <li>Use &lt;i&gt; tags for italic, because the old font naming approach does not work with SVG anymore.
 Replace <code>-nodefontabstractname</code> and <code>-nodefontclassabstractname</code>
 with a simple flag <code>-nodefontabstractitalic</code> instead.</li>
+<li>Added <code>-hideprivateinner</code> to hide all private inner classes.</li>
 </ul>
 </dd>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/umlgraph/doclet/ClassGraph.java b/src/main/java/org/umlgraph/doclet/ClassGraph.java
index 1bc6d0e..fe2e21e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/umlgraph/doclet/ClassGraph.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/umlgraph/doclet/ClassGraph.java
@@ -326,9 +326,11 @@ class ClassGraph {
 
     /** Return true if c has a @hidden tag associated with it */
     private boolean hidden(ProgramElementDoc c) {
-	return c.tags("hidden").length > 0 || c.tags("view").length > 0 || //
-		optionProvider.getOptionsFor(c instanceof ClassDoc ? (ClassDoc) c : c.containingClass()) //
-			.matchesHideExpression(c.toString());
+	if (c.tags("hidden").length > 0 || c.tags("view").length > 0)
+	    return true;
+	Options opt = optionProvider.getOptionsFor(c instanceof ClassDoc ? (ClassDoc) c : c.containingClass());
+	return opt.matchesHideExpression(c.toString()) //
+		|| (opt.hidePrivateInner && c instanceof ClassDoc  && c.isPrivate() && ((ClassDoc) c).containingClass() != null);
     }
 
     protected ClassInfo getClassInfo(ClassDoc cd, boolean create) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/umlgraph/doclet/Options.java b/src/main/java/org/umlgraph/doclet/Options.java
index fb9bc5e..90b7542 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/umlgraph/doclet/Options.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/umlgraph/doclet/Options.java
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ public class Options implements Cloneable, OptionProvider {
     RelationType inferRelationshipType = RelationType.NAVASSOC;
     private List<Pattern> collPackages = new ArrayList<Pattern>();
     boolean compact = false;
+    boolean hidePrivateInner = false;
     // internal option, used by UMLDoc to generate relative links between classes
     boolean relativeLinksForSourcePackages = false;
     // internal option, used by UMLDoc to force strict matching on the class names
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ public class Options implements Cloneable, OptionProvider {
            matchOption(option, "qualifyGenerics", true) ||
            matchOption(option, "hideGenerics", true) ||
            matchOption(option, "horizontal", true) ||
+           matchOption(option, "all") ||
            matchOption(option, "attributes", true) ||
            matchOption(option, "enumconstants", true) ||
            matchOption(option, "operations", true) ||
@@ -203,16 +205,16 @@ public class Options implements Cloneable, OptionProvider {
            matchOption(option, "autosize", true) ||
            matchOption(option, "commentname", true) ||
            matchOption(option, "nodefontabstractitalic", true) ||
-           matchOption(option, "all") ||
-           matchOption(option, "postfixpackage") ||
-           matchOption(option, "noguillemot") ||
-           matchOption(option, "views") ||
-           matchOption(option, "inferrel") ||
-           matchOption(option, "useimports") ||
-           matchOption(option, "collapsible") ||
-           matchOption(option, "inferdep") ||
-           matchOption(option, "inferdepinpackage") ||
-           matchOption(option, "compact"))
+           matchOption(option, "postfixpackage", true) ||
+           matchOption(option, "noguillemot", true) ||
+           matchOption(option, "views", true) ||
+           matchOption(option, "inferrel", true) ||
+           matchOption(option, "useimports", true) ||
+           matchOption(option, "collapsible", true) ||
+           matchOption(option, "inferdep", true) ||
+           matchOption(option, "inferdepinpackage", true) ||
+           matchOption(option, "hideprivateinner", true) ||
+           matchOption(option, "compact", true))
 
             return 1;
         else if(matchOption(option, "nodefillcolor") ||
@@ -396,6 +398,8 @@ public class Options implements Cloneable, OptionProvider {
 	    inferDependencies = positive;
 	} else if(matchOption(opt[0], "inferdepinpackage", true)) {
 	    inferDepInPackage = positive;
+	} else if (matchOption(opt[0], "hideprivateinner", true)) {
+	    hidePrivateInner = positive;
 	} else if(matchOption(opt[0], "useimports", true)) {
 	    useImports = positive;
 	} else if (matchOption(opt[0], "collpackages", true)) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/umlgraph/doclet/PackageView.java b/src/main/java/org/umlgraph/doclet/PackageView.java
index 85b2c99..c66bf6d 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/umlgraph/doclet/PackageView.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/umlgraph/doclet/PackageView.java
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ public class PackageView implements OptionProvider {
 	boolean inPackage = matcher.matches(cd);
 	if (inPackage)
 	    opt.showQualified = false;
-	if (!(inPackage || this.opt.matchesIncludeExpression(cd.qualifiedName()))
-		|| this.opt.matchesHideExpression(cd.qualifiedName()))
+	boolean included = inPackage || this.opt.matchesIncludeExpression(cd.qualifiedName());
+	if (!included || this.opt.matchesHideExpression(cd.qualifiedName()))
 	    opt.setOption(HIDE);
     }
 
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ public class PackageView implements OptionProvider {
 	boolean inPackage = matcher.matches(className);
 	if (inPackage)
 	    opt.showQualified = false;
-	if (!(inPackage || this.opt.matchesIncludeExpression(className))
-		|| this.opt.matchesHideExpression(className))
+	boolean included = inPackage || this.opt.matchesIncludeExpression(className);
+	if (!included || this.opt.matchesHideExpression(className))
 	    opt.setOption(HIDE);
     }