diff --git a/templates/repo/settings/options.tmpl b/templates/repo/settings/options.tmpl
index 017b6c4a9c..043b3b7752 100644
--- a/templates/repo/settings/options.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/settings/options.tmpl
@@ -396,6 +396,13 @@
 							<input name="enable_close_issues_via_commit_in_any_branch" type="checkbox" {{if .Repository.CloseIssuesViaCommitInAnyBranch}}checked{{end}}>
 							<label>{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.settings.admin_enable_close_issues_via_commit_in_any_branch"}}</label>
 						</div>
+						<div class="inline field tw-mt-2">
+							<label>{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.settings.unit_visibility"}}</label>
+							<select name="issues_visibility" class="ui dropdown">
+								<option value="not-set" {{if not (eq (.Repository.MustGetUnit ctx ctx.Consts.RepoUnitTypeIssues).AnonymousAccessMode 1)}}selected{{end}}>{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.settings.unit_visibility_private"}}</option>
+								<option value="anonymous-read" {{if eq (.Repository.MustGetUnit ctx ctx.Consts.RepoUnitTypeIssues).AnonymousAccessMode 1}}selected{{end}}>{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.settings.unit_visibility_public"}}</option>
+							</select>
+						</div>
 					</div>
 					<div class="field">
 						<div class="ui radio checkbox{{if $isExternalTrackerGlobalDisabled}} disabled{{end}}"{{if $isExternalTrackerGlobalDisabled}} data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.unit_disabled"}}"{{end}}>