diff --git a/docs/libpsl/libpsl-sections.txt b/docs/libpsl/libpsl-sections.txt
index a27a9da..643a778 100644
--- a/docs/libpsl/libpsl-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/libpsl/libpsl-sections.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ psl_load_fp
 psl_builtin
 psl_free
 psl_is_public_suffix
+psl_is_public_suffix2
 psl_unregistrable_domain
 psl_registrable_domain
 psl_suffix_count
diff --git a/include/libpsl.h.in b/include/libpsl.h.in
index 4f86a50..d4c781b 100644
--- a/include/libpsl.h.in
+++ b/include/libpsl.h.in
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+/* types for psl_is_publix_suffix2() */
+#define PSL_TYPE_ICANN   (1<<0)
+#define PSL_TYPE_PRIVATE (1<<1)
+#define PSL_TYPE_ANY     (PSL_TYPE_ICANN | PSL_TYPE_PRIVATE)
+
 /**
  * psl_error_t:
  * @PSL_SUCCESS: Successful return.
@@ -71,57 +76,79 @@ typedef struct _psl_ctx_st psl_ctx_t;
 /* frees PSL context */
 void
 	psl_free(psl_ctx_t *psl);
+
 /* loads PSL data from file */
 psl_ctx_t *
 	psl_load_file(const char *fname);
+
 /* loads PSL data from FILE pointer */
 psl_ctx_t *
 	psl_load_fp(FILE *fp);
+
 /* retrieves builtin PSL data */
 const psl_ctx_t *
 	psl_builtin(void);
+
 /* checks whether domain is a public suffix or not */
 int
 	psl_is_public_suffix(const psl_ctx_t *psl, const char *domain);
+
+/* checks whether domain is a public suffix regarding the type or not */
+int
+	psl_is_public_suffix2(const psl_ctx_t *psl, const char *domain, int type);
+
 /* checks whether cookie_domain is acceptable for domain or not */
 int
 	psl_is_cookie_domain_acceptable(const psl_ctx_t *psl, const char *hostname, const char *cookie_domain);
+
 /* returns the longest not registrable domain within 'domain' or NULL if none found */
 const char *
 	psl_unregistrable_domain(const psl_ctx_t *psl, const char *domain);
+
 /* returns the shortest possible registrable domain part or NULL if domain is not registrable at all */
 const char *
 	psl_registrable_domain(const psl_ctx_t *psl, const char *domain);
+
 /* convert a string into lowercase UTF-8 */
 psl_error_t
 	psl_str_to_utf8lower(const char *str, const char *encoding, const char *locale, char **lower);
+
 /* does not include exceptions */
 int
 	psl_suffix_count(const psl_ctx_t *psl);
+
 /* just counts exceptions */
 int
 	psl_suffix_exception_count(const psl_ctx_t *psl);
+
 /* just counts wildcards */
 int
 	psl_suffix_wildcard_count(const psl_ctx_t *psl);
+
 /* returns compilation time */
 time_t
 	psl_builtin_compile_time(void);
+
 /* returns mtime of PSL source file */
 time_t
 	psl_builtin_file_time(void);
+
 /* returns SHA1 checksum (hex-encoded, lowercase) of PSL source file */
 const char *
 	psl_builtin_sha1sum(void);
+
 /* returns file name of PSL source file */
 const char *
 	psl_builtin_filename(void);
+
 /* returns library version string */
 const char *
 	psl_get_version(void);
+
 /* checks library version number */
 int
 	psl_check_version_number(int version);
+
 /* returns wether the built-in data is outdated or not */
 int
 	psl_builtin_outdated(void);
diff --git a/list b/list
index c749cdf..1f3ad51 160000
--- a/list
+++ b/list
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c749cdfe6847c7c299045d160d379117caf47bd3
+Subproject commit 1f3ad51171235aafe423435606e869f0161582e4
diff --git a/src/psl.c b/src/psl.c
index ed14a19..17717ea 100644
--- a/src/psl.c
+++ b/src/psl.c
@@ -126,9 +126,11 @@ static char *strndup(const char *s, size_t n)
 
 #define countof(a) (sizeof(a)/sizeof(*(a)))
 
-#define _PSL_FLAG_PLAIN     (1<<0)
-#define _PSL_FLAG_EXCEPTION (1<<1)
-#define _PSL_FLAG_WILDCARD  (1<<2)
+#define _PSL_FLAG_EXCEPTION (1<<0)
+#define _PSL_FLAG_WILDCARD  (1<<1)
+#define _PSL_FLAG_ICANN     (1<<2) /* entry of ICANN section */
+#define _PSL_FLAG_PRIVATE   (1<<3) /* entry of PRIVATE section */
+#define _PSL_FLAG_PLAIN     (1<<4) /* just used for PSL syntax checking */
 
 typedef struct {
 	char
@@ -157,6 +159,7 @@ struct _psl_ctx_st {
 	_psl_vector_t
 		*suffixes;
 	int
+		mode,
 		nsuffixes,
 		nexceptions,
 		nwildcards;
@@ -177,7 +180,7 @@ struct _psl_ctx_st {
 	static const char _psl_filename[] = "";
 #endif
 
-/* references to this PSL will result in lookups to built-in data */
+/* references to these PSLs will result in lookups to built-in data */
 static const psl_ctx_t
 	_builtin_psl;
 
@@ -310,10 +313,11 @@ static int _suffix_init(_psl_entry_t *suffix, const char *rule, size_t length)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int _psl_is_public_suffix(const psl_ctx_t *psl, const char *domain)
+static int _psl_is_public_suffix(const psl_ctx_t *psl, const char *domain, int type)
 {
 	_psl_entry_t suffix, *rule;
 	const char *p;
+	int builtin;
 
 	/* this function should be called without leading dots, just make sure */
 	suffix.label = domain + (*domain == '.');
@@ -332,7 +336,9 @@ static int _psl_is_public_suffix(const psl_ctx_t *psl, const char *domain)
 	}
 
 	/* if domain has enough labels, it is public */
-	if (psl == &_builtin_psl)
+	builtin = (psl == &_builtin_psl);
+
+	if (builtin)
 		rule = &suffixes[0];
 	else
 		rule = _vector_get(psl->suffixes, 0);
@@ -340,12 +346,18 @@ static int _psl_is_public_suffix(const psl_ctx_t *psl, const char *domain)
 	if (!rule || rule->nlabels < suffix.nlabels - 1)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (psl == &_builtin_psl)
+	if (rule == &suffixes[0])
 		rule = bsearch(&suffix, suffixes, countof(suffixes), sizeof(suffixes[0]), (int(*)(const void *, const void *))_suffix_compare);
 	else
 		rule = _vector_get(psl->suffixes, _vector_find(psl->suffixes, &suffix));
 
 	if (rule) {
+		/* check for correct rule type */
+		if (type == PSL_TYPE_ICANN && !(rule->flags & _PSL_FLAG_ICANN))
+			return 0;
+		else if (type == PSL_TYPE_PRIVATE && !(rule->flags & _PSL_FLAG_PRIVATE))
+			return 0;
+
 		/* definitely a match, no matter if the found rule is a wildcard or not */
 		if (rule->flags & _PSL_FLAG_EXCEPTION)
 			return 0;
@@ -360,12 +372,18 @@ static int _psl_is_public_suffix(const psl_ctx_t *psl, const char *domain)
 		suffix.length = strlen(suffix.label);
 		suffix.nlabels--;
 
-		if (psl == &_builtin_psl)
+		if (builtin)
 			rule = bsearch(&suffix, suffixes, countof(suffixes), sizeof(suffixes[0]), (int(*)(const void *, const void *))_suffix_compare);
 		else
 			rule = _vector_get(psl->suffixes, (pos = _vector_find(psl->suffixes, &suffix)));
 
 		if (rule) {
+			/* check for correct rule type */
+			if (type == PSL_TYPE_ICANN && !(rule->flags & _PSL_FLAG_ICANN))
+				return 0;
+			else if (type == PSL_TYPE_PRIVATE && !(rule->flags & _PSL_FLAG_PRIVATE))
+				return 0;
+
 			if ((rule->flags & _PSL_FLAG_WILDCARD))
 				return 1;
 		}
@@ -399,7 +417,37 @@ int psl_is_public_suffix(const psl_ctx_t *psl, const char *domain)
 	if (!psl || !domain)
 		return 1;
 
-	return _psl_is_public_suffix(psl, domain);
+	return _psl_is_public_suffix(psl, domain, PSL_TYPE_ANY);
+}
+
+/**
+ * psl_is_public_suffix2:
+ * @psl: PSL context
+ * @domain: Domain string
+ * @type: Domain type
+ *
+ * This function checks if @domain is a public suffix by the means of the
+ * [Mozilla Public Suffix List](http://publicsuffix.org).
+ *
+ * @type specifies the PSL section where to perform the lookup. Valid values are
+ * %PSL_TYPE_PRIVATE, %PSL_TYPE_ICANN and %PSL_TYPE_ANY.
+ *
+ * International @domain names have to be either in lowercase UTF-8 or in ASCII form (punycode).
+ * Other encodings result in unexpected behavior.
+ *
+ * @psl is a context returned by either psl_load_file(), psl_load_fp() or
+ * psl_builtin().
+ *
+ * Returns: 1 if domain is a public suffix, 0 if not.
+ *
+ * Since: 0.1
+ */
+int psl_is_public_suffix2(const psl_ctx_t *psl, const char *domain, int type)
+{
+	if (!psl || !domain)
+		return 1;
+
+	return _psl_is_public_suffix(psl, domain, type);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -431,7 +479,7 @@ const char *psl_unregistrable_domain(const psl_ctx_t *psl, const char *domain)
 	 *   'forgot.his.name' and 'name' are in the PSL while 'his.name' is not.
 	 */
 
-	while (!_psl_is_public_suffix(psl, domain)) {
+	while (!_psl_is_public_suffix(psl, domain, 0)) {
 		if ((domain = strchr(domain, '.')))
 			domain++;
 		else
@@ -472,7 +520,7 @@ const char *psl_registrable_domain(const psl_ctx_t *psl, const char *domain)
 	 *   'forgot.his.name' and 'name' are in the PSL while 'his.name' is not.
 	 */
 
-	while (!_psl_is_public_suffix(psl, domain)) {
+	while (!_psl_is_public_suffix(psl, domain, 0)) {
 		if ((p = strchr(domain, '.'))) {
 			regdom = domain;
 			domain = p + 1;
@@ -691,6 +739,7 @@ psl_ctx_t *psl_load_fp(FILE *fp)
 	psl_ctx_t *psl;
 	_psl_entry_t suffix, *suffixp;
 	char buf[256], *linep, *p;
+	int type = 0;
 #ifdef WITH_LIBICU
 	UIDNA *idna;
 	UErrorCode status = 0;
@@ -716,8 +765,20 @@ psl_ctx_t *psl_load_fp(FILE *fp)
 		while (_isspace_ascii(*linep)) linep++; /* ignore leading whitespace */
 		if (!*linep) continue; /* skip empty lines */
 
-		if (*linep == '/' && linep[1] == '/')
+		if (*linep == '/' && linep[1] == '/') {
+			if (!type) {
+				if (strstr(linep + 2, "===BEGIN ICANN DOMAINS==="))
+					type = _PSL_FLAG_ICANN;
+				else if (!type && strstr(linep + 2, "===BEGIN PRIVATE DOMAINS==="))
+					type = _PSL_FLAG_PRIVATE;
+			}
+			else if (type == _PSL_FLAG_ICANN && strstr(linep + 2, "===END ICANN DOMAINS==="))
+				type = 0;
+			else if (type == _PSL_FLAG_PRIVATE && strstr(linep + 2, "===END PRIVATE DOMAINS==="))
+				type = 0;
+
 			continue; /* skip comments */
+		}
 
 		/* parse suffix rule */
 		for (p = linep; *linep && !_isspace_ascii(*linep);) linep++;
@@ -725,7 +786,7 @@ psl_ctx_t *psl_load_fp(FILE *fp)
 
 		if (*p == '!') {
 			p++;
-			suffix.flags = _PSL_FLAG_EXCEPTION;
+			suffix.flags = _PSL_FLAG_EXCEPTION | type;
 			psl->nexceptions++;
 		} else if (*p == '*') {
 			if (*++p != '.') {
@@ -734,13 +795,13 @@ psl_ctx_t *psl_load_fp(FILE *fp)
 			}
 			p++;
 			/* wildcard *.foo.bar implicitely make foo.bar a public suffix */
-			suffix.flags = _PSL_FLAG_WILDCARD | _PSL_FLAG_PLAIN;
+			suffix.flags = _PSL_FLAG_WILDCARD | _PSL_FLAG_PLAIN | type;
 			psl->nwildcards++;
 			psl->nsuffixes++;
 		} else {
 			if (!strchr(p, '.'))
 				continue; /* we do not need an explicit plain TLD rule, already covered by implicit '*' rule */
-			suffix.flags = _PSL_FLAG_PLAIN;
+			suffix.flags = _PSL_FLAG_PLAIN | type;
 			psl->nsuffixes++;
 		}
 
@@ -812,7 +873,7 @@ void psl_free(psl_ctx_t *psl)
  * The builtin data also contains punycode entries, one for each international domain name.
  *
  * If the generation of built-in data has been disabled during compilation, %NULL will be returned.
- * So if using the builtin psl context, you can provide UTF-8 or punycode representations of domains to
+ * When using the builtin psl context, you can provide UTF-8 or punycode representations of domains to
  * functions like psl_is_public_suffix().
  *
  * Returns: Pointer to the built in PSL data or NULL if this data is not available.
diff --git a/tests/test-is-public-all.c b/tests/test-is-public-all.c
index ea3bb0e..b04ccdb 100644
--- a/tests/test-is-public-all.c
+++ b/tests/test-is-public-all.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static void test_psl(void)
 {
 	FILE *fp;
 	psl_ctx_t *psl;
-	int result;
+	int result, type = 0;
 	char buf[256], *linep, *p;
 
 	psl = psl_load_file(PSL_FILE); /* PSL_FILE can be set by ./configure --with-psl-file=[PATH] */
@@ -74,8 +74,20 @@ static void test_psl(void)
 			while (_isspace_ascii(*linep)) linep++; /* ignore leading whitespace */
 			if (!*linep) continue; /* skip empty lines */
 
-			if (*linep == '/' && linep[1] == '/')
+			if (*linep == '/' && linep[1] == '/') {
+				if (!type) {
+					if (strstr(linep + 2, "===BEGIN ICANN DOMAINS==="))
+						type = PSL_TYPE_ICANN;
+					else if (!type && strstr(linep + 2, "===BEGIN PRIVATE DOMAINS==="))
+						type = PSL_TYPE_PRIVATE;
+				}
+				else if (type == PSL_TYPE_ICANN && strstr(linep + 2, "===END ICANN DOMAINS==="))
+					type = 0;
+				else if (type == PSL_TYPE_PRIVATE && strstr(linep + 2, "===END PRIVATE DOMAINS==="))
+					type = 0;
+
 				continue; /* skip comments */
+			}
 
 			/* parse suffix rule */
 			for (p = linep; *linep && !_isspace_ascii(*linep);) linep++;
@@ -111,6 +123,39 @@ static void test_psl(void)
 					failed++;
 					printf("psl_is_public_suffix(%s)=%d (expected 1)\n", p, result);
 				} else ok++;
+
+				if (!(strchr(p, '.'))) {
+					/* TLDs are always expected to be Publix Suffixes */
+					if (!(result = psl_is_public_suffix2(psl, p, PSL_TYPE_PRIVATE))) {
+						failed++;
+						printf("psl_is_public_suffix2(%s, PSL_TYPE_PRIVATE)=%d (expected 1)\n", p, result);
+					} else ok++;
+
+					if (!(result = psl_is_public_suffix2(psl, p, PSL_TYPE_ICANN))) {
+						failed++;
+						printf("psl_is_public_suffix2(%s, PSL_TYPE_ICANN)=%d (expected 0)\n", p, result);
+					} else ok++;
+				} else if (type == PSL_TYPE_PRIVATE) {
+					if (!(result = psl_is_public_suffix2(psl, p, PSL_TYPE_PRIVATE))) {
+						failed++;
+						printf("psl_is_public_suffix2(%s, PSL_TYPE_PRIVATE)=%d (expected 1)\n", p, result);
+					} else ok++;
+
+					if ((result = psl_is_public_suffix2(psl, p, PSL_TYPE_ICANN))) {
+						failed++;
+						printf("psl_is_public_suffix2(%s, PSL_TYPE_ICANN)=%d (expected 0)\n", p, result);
+					} else ok++;
+				} else if (type == PSL_TYPE_ICANN) {
+					if (!(result = psl_is_public_suffix2(psl, p, PSL_TYPE_ICANN))) {
+						failed++;
+						printf("psl_is_public_suffix2(%s, PSL_TYPE_ICANN)=%d (expected 1)\n", p, result);
+					} else ok++;
+
+					if ((result = psl_is_public_suffix2(psl, p, PSL_TYPE_PRIVATE))) {
+						failed++;
+						printf("psl_is_public_suffix2(%s, PSL_TYPE_PRIVATE)=%d (expected 0)\n", p, result);
+					} else ok++;
+				}
 			}
 		}