diff --git a/lib/deploy/events/apiGateway/methods.js b/lib/deploy/events/apiGateway/methods.js
index da0c8429..330176e3 100644
--- a/lib/deploy/events/apiGateway/methods.js
+++ b/lib/deploy/events/apiGateway/methods.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ module.exports = {
           HttpMethod: event.http.method.toUpperCase(),
           RequestParameters: {},
           AuthorizationType: 'NONE',
+          ApiKeyRequired: Boolean(event.http.private),
           ResourceId: resourceId,
           RestApiId: { Ref: this.apiGatewayRestApiLogicalId },
         },
diff --git a/lib/deploy/events/apiGateway/methods.test.js b/lib/deploy/events/apiGateway/methods.test.js
index 22d3ed3a..b8a5b805 100644
--- a/lib/deploy/events/apiGateway/methods.test.js
+++ b/lib/deploy/events/apiGateway/methods.test.js
@@ -28,15 +28,25 @@ describe('#methods()', () => {
     };
     serverlessStepFunctions.apiGatewayResourceLogicalIds
       = { 'foo/bar': 'apiGatewayResourceLogicalId' };
-    serverlessStepFunctions.apiGatewayResourceNames
-      = { 'foo/bar': 'apiGatewayResourceNames' };
+    serverlessStepFunctions.apiGatewayResourceNames = {
+      'foo/bar1': 'apiGatewayResourceNamesFirst',
+      'foo/bar2': 'apiGatewayResourceNamesSecond',
+    };
     serverlessStepFunctions.pluginhttpValidated = {
       events: [
         {
           stateMachineName: 'first',
           http: {
-            path: 'foo/bar',
+            path: 'foo/bar1',
+            method: 'post',
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          stateMachineName: 'first',
+          http: {
+            path: 'foo/bar2',
             method: 'post',
+            private: true,
           },
         },
       ],
@@ -48,9 +58,22 @@ describe('#methods()', () => {
       .compileMethods().then(() => {
         expect(serverlessStepFunctions.serverless.service.provider.compiledCloudFormationTemplate
           .Resources)
-        .to.have.property('ApiGatewayMethodapiGatewayResourceNamesPost');
+          .to.have.property('ApiGatewayMethodapiGatewayResourceNamesFirstPost');
       })
     );
+
+    it('should verify if http private parameter is correctly passed to resource',
+      () => serverlessStepFunctions
+        .compileMethods().then(() => {
+          const resources = serverlessStepFunctions
+            .serverless.service.provider.compiledCloudFormationTemplate.Resources;
+
+          expect(resources.ApiGatewayMethodapiGatewayResourceNamesFirstPost
+            .Properties.ApiKeyRequired).to.eql(false);
+          expect(resources.ApiGatewayMethodapiGatewayResourceNamesSecondPost
+            .Properties.ApiKeyRequired).to.eql(true);
+        })
+    );
   });
 
   describe('#getMethodIntegration()', () => {