diff --git a/app/Models/Expense.php b/app/Models/Expense.php
index 395a81cfae20..34c92288a83c 100644
--- a/app/Models/Expense.php
+++ b/app/Models/Expense.php
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ class Expense extends EntityModel
             'vendor',
             'amount',
             'public_notes',
+            'private_notes',
             'expense_category',
             'expense_date',
         ];
@@ -73,7 +74,8 @@ class Expense extends EntityModel
             'category' => 'expense_category',
             'client' => 'client',
             'vendor' => 'vendor',
-            'notes|details' => 'public_notes',
+            'notes|details^private' => 'public_notes',
+            'notes|details^public' => 'private_notes',
             'date' => 'expense_date',
         ];
     }
diff --git a/app/Ninja/Import/CSV/ExpenseTransformer.php b/app/Ninja/Import/CSV/ExpenseTransformer.php
index b64ade053cb2..4d1c5299f176 100644
--- a/app/Ninja/Import/CSV/ExpenseTransformer.php
+++ b/app/Ninja/Import/CSV/ExpenseTransformer.php
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class ExpenseTransformer extends BaseTransformer
                 'client_id' => isset($data->client) ? $this->getClientId($data->client) : null,
                 'expense_date' => isset($data->expense_date) ? date('Y-m-d', strtotime($data->expense_date)) : null,
                 'public_notes' => $this->getString($data, 'public_notes'),
+                'private_notes' => $this->getString($data, 'private_notes'),
                 'expense_category_id' => isset($data->expense_category) ? $this->getExpenseCategoryId($data->expense_category) : null,
             ];
         });