diff --git a/packages/dl-center/src/download-center.spec.ts b/packages/dl-center/src/download-center.spec.ts
index 3d2360ce..e6712aed 100644
--- a/packages/dl-center/src/download-center.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/dl-center/src/download-center.spec.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,21 @@ describe('download center client', function () {
       const content = await downloadCenter.downloadAsset('prefix/asset.txt');
       expect(content?.toString()).to.contain('content');
     });
+
+    it('can upload a file with private acls and download it back', async function () {
+      await downloadCenter.uploadAsset(
+        'prefix-private/asset.txt',
+        createReadStream(fixturePath('asset.txt')),
+        {
+          acl: 'private',
+        }
+      );
+
+      const content = await downloadCenter.downloadAsset(
+        'prefix-private/asset.txt'
+      );
+      expect(content?.toString()).to.contain('content');
+    });
   });
 
   describe('upload / download config', function () {
diff --git a/packages/dl-center/src/download-center.ts b/packages/dl-center/src/download-center.ts
index f70e416e..80f60c8c 100644
--- a/packages/dl-center/src/download-center.ts
+++ b/packages/dl-center/src/download-center.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export type S3BucketConfig = {
 
 export type UploadAssetOptions = {
   contentType?: string;
+  acl?: string;
 };
 
 type S3UploadFunc = (
@@ -235,8 +236,10 @@ export class DownloadCenter {
       throw new Error('s3ObjectKey is required');
     }
 
+    const acl = options.acl ?? ACL_PUBLIC_READ;
+
     const uploadParams: S3.PutObjectRequest = {
-      ACL: ACL_PUBLIC_READ,
+      ACL: acl,
       Bucket: this.s3BucketName,
       Key: s3ObjectKey,
       Body: content,