diff --git a/eeschema/lib_symbol.cpp b/eeschema/lib_symbol.cpp
index 0906c7be82..7ceb96ab8e 100644
--- a/eeschema/lib_symbol.cpp
+++ b/eeschema/lib_symbol.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2004-2015 Jean-Pierre Charras, jp.charras at wanadoo.fr
  * Copyright (C) 2008 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@gmail.com>
- * Copyright (C) 2004-2021 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
+ * Copyright (C) 2004-2022 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -883,7 +883,8 @@ void LIB_SYMBOL::ViewGetLayers( int aLayers[], int& aCount ) const
 }
 
 
-const EDA_RECT LIB_SYMBOL::GetBodyBoundingBox( int aUnit, int aConvert, bool aIncludePins ) const
+const EDA_RECT LIB_SYMBOL::GetBodyBoundingBox( int aUnit, int aConvert, bool aIncludePins,
+                                               bool aIncludePrivateItems ) const
 {
     EDA_RECT bbox;
 
@@ -895,6 +896,9 @@ const EDA_RECT LIB_SYMBOL::GetBodyBoundingBox( int aUnit, int aConvert, bool aIn
         if( item.m_convert > 0 && aConvert > 0 && aConvert != item.m_convert )
             continue;
 
+        if( item.IsPrivate() && !aIncludePrivateItems )
+            continue;
+
         if( item.Type() == LIB_FIELD_T )
             continue;
 
diff --git a/eeschema/lib_symbol.h b/eeschema/lib_symbol.h
index 21ca5c2965..294eb7c3d7 100644
--- a/eeschema/lib_symbol.h
+++ b/eeschema/lib_symbol.h
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ public:
      *  if aConvert == 0 Convert is non used
      *  Fields are not taken in account
      **/
-    const EDA_RECT GetBodyBoundingBox( int aUnit, int aConvert, bool aIncludePins ) const;
+    const EDA_RECT GetBodyBoundingBox( int aUnit, int aConvert, bool aIncludePins,
+                                       bool aIncludePrivateItems ) const;
 
     const EDA_RECT GetBoundingBox() const override
     {
diff --git a/eeschema/sch_symbol.cpp b/eeschema/sch_symbol.cpp
index b425cab2b2..3d8fd87894 100644
--- a/eeschema/sch_symbol.cpp
+++ b/eeschema/sch_symbol.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * This program source code file is part of KiCad, a free EDA CAD application.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2015 Jean-Pierre Charras, jp.charras at wanadoo.fr
- * Copyright (C) 1992-2021 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
+ * Copyright (C) 1992-2022 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -1315,9 +1315,9 @@ EDA_RECT SCH_SYMBOL::doGetBoundingBox( bool aIncludePins, bool aIncludeFields )
     EDA_RECT    bBox;
 
     if( m_part )
-        bBox = m_part->GetBodyBoundingBox( m_unit, m_convert, aIncludePins );
+        bBox = m_part->GetBodyBoundingBox( m_unit, m_convert, aIncludePins, false );
     else
-        bBox = dummy()->GetBodyBoundingBox( m_unit, m_convert, aIncludePins );
+        bBox = dummy()->GetBodyBoundingBox( m_unit, m_convert, aIncludePins, false );
 
     int x0 = bBox.GetX();
     int xm = bBox.GetRight();