diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index a720d1a..3c242d4 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "GPUToolbox"
 uuid = "096a3bc2-3ced-46d0-87f4-dd12716f4bfc"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.1.0"
 
 [deps]
 LLVM = "929cbde3-209d-540e-8aea-75f648917ca0"
diff --git a/src/enum.jl b/src/enum.jl
index 1efd14d..4f3b93a 100644
--- a/src/enum.jl
+++ b/src/enum.jl
@@ -5,7 +5,31 @@ export @enum_without_prefix
 
 # this is useful when enum values from an underlying C library, typically prefixed for the
 # lack of namespacing in C, are to be used in Julia where we do have module namespacing.
-macro enum_without_prefix(enum, prefix)
+macro enum_without_prefix(ex...)
+    # destructure keyword arguments
+    call = ex[end-1:end]
+    kwargs = map(ex[1:end-2]) do kwarg
+        if kwarg isa Symbol
+            :($kwarg = $kwarg)
+        elseif Meta.isexpr(kwarg, :(=))
+            kwarg
+        else
+            throw(ArgumentError("Invalid keyword argument '$kwarg'"))
+        end
+    end
+
+    visibility = nothing
+    for kwarg in kwargs
+        key, val = kwarg.args
+        if key == :visibility
+            val isa QuoteNode && (val = val.value)
+            visibility = val::Symbol
+        else
+            throw(ArgumentError("Invalid keyword argument '$key'"))
+        end
+    end
+
+    enum, prefix = call
     if isa(enum, Symbol)
         mod = __module__
     elseif Meta.isexpr(enum, :(.))
@@ -21,7 +45,13 @@ macro enum_without_prefix(enum, prefix)
     for instance in instances(enum)
         name = String(Symbol(instance))
         @assert startswith(name, prefix)
-        push!(ex.args, :(const $(Symbol(name[length(prefix)+1:end])) = $(mod).$(Symbol(name))))
+        short = Symbol(name[length(prefix)+1:end])
+        push!(ex.args, :(const $short = $(mod).$(Symbol(name))))
+        if visibility == :export
+            push!(ex.args, :(export $short))
+        elseif visibility == :public
+            push!(ex.args, Expr(:public, short))
+        end
     end
 
     return esc(ex)
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 3c37a44..fa2669b 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -86,6 +86,32 @@ using IOCapture
         end
 
         @test mod.ENUM_VALUE == mod.MY_ENUM_VALUE
+
+        # test with visibility=:export
+        mod_export = @eval module $(gensym())
+            using GPUToolbox
+            @enum MY_ENUM MY_ENUM_A MY_ENUM_B
+            @enum_without_prefix visibility=:export MY_ENUM MY_ENUM_
+        end
+        @test mod_export.A == mod_export.MY_ENUM_A
+        @test mod_export.B == mod_export.MY_ENUM_B
+        exported = names(mod_export)
+        @test :A in exported
+        @test :B in exported
+
+        # test with visibility=:public
+        @static if VERSION >= v"1.11"
+            mod_public = @eval module $(gensym())
+                using GPUToolbox
+                @enum MY_ENUM MY_ENUM_P MY_ENUM_Q
+                @enum_without_prefix visibility=:public MY_ENUM MY_ENUM_
+            end
+            @test mod_public.P == mod_public.MY_ENUM_P
+            @test mod_public.Q == mod_public.MY_ENUM_Q
+            # public but not exported
+            @test :P in names(mod_public)
+            @test !Base.isexported(mod_public, :P)
+        end
     end
 
     @testset "LazyInitialized" begin