diff --git a/app/services/system_hooks_service.rb b/app/services/system_hooks_service.rb
index 4969198b8c2..41014f199d5 100644
--- a/app/services/system_hooks_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/system_hooks_service.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ class SystemHooksService
         path_with_namespace: model.path_with_namespace,
         project_id: model.id,
         owner_name: owner.name,
-        owner_email: owner.respond_to?(:email) ?  owner.email : nil
+        owner_email: owner.respond_to?(:email) ?  owner.email : nil,
+        project_visibility: Project.visibility_levels.key(model.visibility_level_field).downcase
       })
     when User
       data.merge!({
@@ -46,7 +47,8 @@ class SystemHooksService
         project_id: model.project_id,
         user_name: model.user.name,
         user_email: model.user.email,
-        project_access: model.human_access
+        project_access: model.human_access,
+        project_visibility: Project.visibility_levels.key(model.project.visibility_level_field).downcase
       })
     end
   end
diff --git a/doc/system_hooks/system_hooks.md b/doc/system_hooks/system_hooks.md
index 76ca2a59911..5c8daf466ab 100644
--- a/doc/system_hooks/system_hooks.md
+++ b/doc/system_hooks/system_hooks.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ System hooks can be used, e.g. for logging or changing information in a LDAP ser
                 "path": "stormcloud",
  "path_with_namespace": "jsmith/stormcloud",
           "project_id": 74,
+  "project_visibility": "private",
 }
 ```
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ System hooks can be used, e.g. for logging or changing information in a LDAP ser
                 "path": "underscore",
  "path_with_namespace": "jsmith/underscore",
           "project_id": 73,
+  "project_visibility": "internal",
 }
 ```
 
@@ -38,14 +40,15 @@ System hooks can be used, e.g. for logging or changing information in a LDAP ser
 
 ```json
 {
-     "created_at": "2012-07-21T07:30:56Z",
-     "event_name": "user_add_to_team",
- "project_access": "Master",
-     "project_id": 74, 
-   "project_name": "StoreCloud",
-   "project_path": "storecloud", 
-    "user_email": "johnsmith@gmail.com",
-     "user_name": "John Smith",
+         "created_at": "2012-07-21T07:30:56Z",
+         "event_name": "user_add_to_team",
+     "project_access": "Master",
+         "project_id": 74,
+       "project_name": "StoreCloud",
+       "project_path": "storecloud",
+         "user_email": "johnsmith@gmail.com",
+          "user_name": "John Smith",
+ "project_visibility": "private",
 }
 ```
 
@@ -53,14 +56,15 @@ System hooks can be used, e.g. for logging or changing information in a LDAP ser
 
 ```json
 {
-     "created_at": "2012-07-21T07:30:56Z",
-     "event_name": "user_remove_from_team",
- "project_access": "Master",
-     "project_id": 74, 
-   "project_name": "StoreCloud",
-   "project_path": "storecloud", 
-    "user_email": "johnsmith@gmail.com",
-     "user_name": "John Smith",
+         "created_at": "2012-07-21T07:30:56Z",
+         "event_name": "user_remove_from_team",
+     "project_access": "Master",
+         "project_id": 74,
+       "project_name": "StoreCloud",
+       "project_path": "storecloud",
+         "user_email": "johnsmith@gmail.com",
+          "user_name": "John Smith",
+ "project_visibility": "private",
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/spec/services/system_hooks_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/system_hooks_service_spec.rb
index f1df7e55dd0..3c2eec6cfd9 100644
--- a/spec/services/system_hooks_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/system_hooks_service_spec.rb
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ describe SystemHooksService do
   context 'event data' do
     it { event_data(user, :create).should include(:event_name, :name, :created_at, :email, :user_id) }
     it { event_data(user, :destroy).should include(:event_name, :name, :created_at, :email, :user_id) }
-    it { event_data(project, :create).should include(:event_name, :name, :created_at, :path, :project_id, :owner_name, :owner_email) }
-    it { event_data(project, :destroy).should include(:event_name, :name, :created_at, :path, :project_id, :owner_name, :owner_email) }
-    it { event_data(users_project, :create).should include(:event_name, :created_at, :project_name, :project_path, :project_id, :user_name, :user_email, :project_access) }
-    it { event_data(users_project, :destroy).should include(:event_name, :created_at, :project_name, :project_path, :project_id, :user_name, :user_email, :project_access) }
+    it { event_data(project, :create).should include(:event_name, :name, :created_at, :path, :project_id, :owner_name, :owner_email, :project_visibility) }
+    it { event_data(project, :destroy).should include(:event_name, :name, :created_at, :path, :project_id, :owner_name, :owner_email, :project_visibility) }
+    it { event_data(users_project, :create).should include(:event_name, :created_at, :project_name, :project_path, :project_id, :user_name, :user_email, :project_access, :project_visibility) }
+    it { event_data(users_project, :destroy).should include(:event_name, :created_at, :project_name, :project_path, :project_id, :user_name, :user_email, :project_access, :project_visibility) }
   end
 
   context 'event names' do