diff --git a/doc/api/resources/subevents.rst b/doc/api/resources/subevents.rst
index 544e2af395..768ad07f02 100644
--- a/doc/api/resources/subevents.rst
+++ b/doc/api/resources/subevents.rst
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ Endpoints
       }
 
    :query page: The page number in case of a multi-page result set, default is 1
+   :query is_public: If set to ``true``/``false``, only subevents with a matching value of ``is_public`` are returned.
    :query active: If set to ``true``/``false``, only events with a matching value of ``active`` are returned.
    :query is_future: If set to ``true`` (``false``), only events that happen currently or in the future are (not) returned.
    :query is_past: If set to ``true`` (``false``), only events that are over are (not) returned.
@@ -467,6 +468,7 @@ Endpoints
       }
 
    :query page: The page number in case of a multi-page result set, default is 1
+   :query is_public: If set to ``true``/``false``, only subevents with a matching value of ``is_public`` are returned.
    :query active: If set to ``true``/``false``, only events with a matching value of ``active`` are returned.
    :query event__live: If set to ``true``/``false``, only events with a matching value of ``live`` on the parent event are returned.
    :query is_future: If set to ``true`` (``false``), only events that happen currently or in the future are (not) returned.
diff --git a/src/pretix/api/views/event.py b/src/pretix/api/views/event.py
index c5ecea18b0..757a1f691f 100644
--- a/src/pretix/api/views/event.py
+++ b/src/pretix/api/views/event.py
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ with scopes_disabled():
 
         class Meta:
             model = SubEvent
-            fields = ['active', 'event__live']
+            fields = ['is_public', 'active', 'event__live']
 
         def ends_after_qs(self, queryset, name, value):
             expr = Q(