diff --git a/cloudinary-core/src/main/java/com/cloudinary/Uploader.java b/cloudinary-core/src/main/java/com/cloudinary/Uploader.java
index c4ee5d59..65d74a0f 100644
--- a/cloudinary-core/src/main/java/com/cloudinary/Uploader.java
+++ b/cloudinary-core/src/main/java/com/cloudinary/Uploader.java
@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ public Map updateMetadata(Map metadata, String[] publicIds, Map options) throws
         Map<String, Object> params = new HashMap<String, Object>();
         params.put("metadata", Util.encodeContext(metadata));
         params.put("public_ids", Arrays.asList(publicIds));
+        params.put("type", (String)options.get("type"));
 
         return callApi("metadata", params, options, null);
     }
diff --git a/cloudinary-test-common/src/main/java/com/cloudinary/test/AbstractStructuredMetadataTest.java b/cloudinary-test-common/src/main/java/com/cloudinary/test/AbstractStructuredMetadataTest.java
index 1256545b..e073e442 100644
--- a/cloudinary-test-common/src/main/java/com/cloudinary/test/AbstractStructuredMetadataTest.java
+++ b/cloudinary-test-common/src/main/java/com/cloudinary/test/AbstractStructuredMetadataTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 public abstract class AbstractStructuredMetadataTest extends MockableTest {
     private static final String METADATA_UPLOADER_TAG = SDK_TEST_TAG + "_uploader";
     private static final String PUBLIC_ID = "before_class_public_id" + SUFFIX;
+    private static final String PRIVATE_PUBLIC_ID = "before_class_private_public_id" + SUFFIX;
     protected Api api;
     public static final List<String> metadataFieldExternalIds = new ArrayList<String>();
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ public static void setUpClass() throws IOException {
         }
 
         cloudinary.uploader().upload(SRC_TEST_IMAGE, asMap("public_id", PUBLIC_ID));
+        cloudinary.uploader().upload(SRC_TEST_IMAGE, asMap("public_id", PRIVATE_PUBLIC_ID, "type", "private"));
     }
 
     @AfterClass
@@ -226,6 +228,10 @@ public void testUploaderUpdateMetadata() throws Exception {
         Map result = cloudinary.uploader().updateMetadata(Collections.<String, Object>singletonMap(fieldId, "123456"), new String[]{PUBLIC_ID}, null);
         assertNotNull(result);
         assertEquals(PUBLIC_ID, ((List) result.get("public_ids")).get(0).toString());
+        //test updateMetadata for private asset
+        Map result2 = cloudinary.uploader().updateMetadata(Collections.<String, Object>singletonMap(fieldId, "123456"), new String[]{PRIVATE_PUBLIC_ID}, asMap("type","private"));
+        assertNotNull(result);
+        assertEquals(PRIVATE_PUBLIC_ID, ((List) result2.get("public_ids")).get(0).toString());
     }
 
     @Test