diff --git a/dist.ini b/dist.ini
index cedfcd5..b686dbc 100644
--- a/dist.ini
+++ b/dist.ini
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ move = README.mkdn
 [PodSyntaxTests]
 [PodCoverageTests]
 [Test::Perl::Critic]
+critic_config = xt/author/perlcritic.rc
 [Test::Kwalitee]
 [NoTabsTests]
 [EOLTests]
diff --git a/xt/author/perlcritic.rc b/xt/author/perlcritic.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93ee29d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xt/author/perlcritic.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+verbose = 8
+exclude = ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitAccessOfPrivateData
\ No newline at end of file