diff --git a/cmd_generate.go b/cmd_generate.go
index 5ab5220..e8cffc1 100644
--- a/cmd_generate.go
+++ b/cmd_generate.go
@@ -23,13 +23,14 @@ import (
 type GenerateCommand struct {
 	BaseCommand
 
-	interfaceName string
-	template      string
-	outputFile    string
-	sourcePkg     string
-	noGenerate    bool
-	vars          vars
-	localPrefix   string
+	interfaceName    string
+	template         string
+	outputFile       string
+	sourcePkg        string
+	noGenerate       bool
+	vars             vars
+	localPrefix      string
+	ignoreUnexported bool
 
 	loader   templateLoader
 	filepath fs
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ func NewGenerateCommand(l remoteTemplateLoader) *GenerateCommand {
 		"run `gowrap template list` for details")
 	fs.Var(&gc.vars, "v", "a key-value pair to parametrize the template,\narguments without an equal sign are treated as a bool values,\ni.e. -v foo=bar -v disableChecks")
 	fs.StringVar(&gc.localPrefix, "l", "", "put imports beginning with this string after 3rd-party packages; comma-separated list")
+	fs.BoolVar(&gc.ignoreUnexported, "u", false, "ignore unexported methods")
 
 	gc.BaseCommand = BaseCommand{
 		Short: "generate decorators",
@@ -133,8 +135,9 @@ func (gc *GenerateCommand) getOptions() (*generator.Options, error) {
 			"OutputFileName":    filepath.Base(gc.outputFile),
 			"VarsArgs":          varsToArgs(gc.vars),
 		},
-		Vars:        gc.vars.toMap(),
-		LocalPrefix: gc.localPrefix,
+		Vars:             gc.vars.toMap(),
+		LocalPrefix:      gc.localPrefix,
+		IgnoreUnexported: gc.ignoreUnexported,
 	}
 
 	outputFileDir, err := gc.filepath.Abs(gc.filepath.Dir(gc.outputFile))
@@ -307,7 +310,7 @@ const headerTemplate = `// Code generated by gowrap. DO NOT EDIT.
 package {{.Package.Name}}
 
 {{if (not .Options.HeaderVars.DisableGoGenerate)}}
-//{{"go:generate"}} gowrap gen -p {{.SourcePackage.PkgPath}} -i {{.Options.InterfaceName}} -t {{.Options.HeaderVars.Template}} -o {{.Options.HeaderVars.OutputFileName}}{{.Options.HeaderVars.VarsArgs}} -l "{{.Options.LocalPrefix}}"
+//{{"go:generate"}} gowrap gen -p {{.SourcePackage.PkgPath}} -i {{.Options.InterfaceName}} -t {{.Options.HeaderVars.Template}} -o {{.Options.HeaderVars.OutputFileName}}{{.Options.HeaderVars.VarsArgs}} -l "{{.Options.LocalPrefix}}"{{if .Options.IgnoreUnexported}} -u{{end}}
 {{end}}
 import(
 {{range $import := .Options.Imports}}{{$import}}
diff --git a/generator/generator.go b/generator/generator.go
index 2131a2d..53562ea 100644
--- a/generator/generator.go
+++ b/generator/generator.go
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ type Options struct {
 	//LocalPrefix is a comma-separated string of import path prefixes, which, if set, instructs Process to sort the import
 	//paths with the given prefixes into another group after 3rd-party packages.
 	LocalPrefix string
+
+	//IgnoreUnexported skip generation of unexported methods instead of return an error
+	IgnoreUnexported bool
 }
 
 type methodsList map[string]Method
@@ -238,10 +241,15 @@ func NewGenerator(options Options) (*Generator, error) {
 		return nil, errEmptyInterface
 	}
 
-	for _, m := range output.methods {
-		if srcPackageAST.Name != "" && []rune(m.Name)[0] == []rune(strings.ToLower(m.Name))[0] {
+	for n, m := range output.methods {
+		unexported := srcPackageAST.Name != "" && []rune(m.Name)[0] == []rune(strings.ToLower(m.Name))[0]
+		if !options.IgnoreUnexported && unexported {
 			return nil, errors.Wrap(errUnexportedMethod, m.Name)
 		}
+
+		if unexported {
+			delete(output.methods, n)
+		}
 	}
 
 	options.Imports = append(options.Imports, makeImports(output.imports)...)