diff --git a/buildscripts/sbom_linter.py b/buildscripts/sbom_linter.py
index 4b3bc30141e..5b720b1ba5e 100644
--- a/buildscripts/sbom_linter.py
+++ b/buildscripts/sbom_linter.py
@@ -303,6 +303,8 @@ def main() -> int:
     )
     # the only files in this dir that are not third party libs
     third_party_libs.remove("scripts")
+    # Nothing in this directory is included in Community/EA
+    third_party_libs.remove("private")
     error_manager = lint_sbom(input_file, output_file, third_party_libs, should_format)
     error_manager.print_errors()
 
diff --git a/copy.bara.sky b/copy.bara.sky
index b90019d1671..4842f2cda8c 100644
--- a/copy.bara.sky
+++ b/copy.bara.sky
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ core.workflow(
         push = "v8.2",
     ),
     # Change path to the folder you want to publish publicly
-    origin_files = glob(["**"], exclude = ["src/mongo/db/modules/**"]),
+    origin_files = glob(["**"], exclude = ["src/mongo/db/modules/**", "src/third_party/private/**"]),
     authoring = authoring.pass_thru("MongoDB <mongodb@mongodb.com>"),
     mode = "ITERATIVE",
     transformations = [
diff --git a/src/third_party/OWNERS.yml b/src/third_party/OWNERS.yml
index b6f9436f417..a1c7084d2ad 100644
--- a/src/third_party/OWNERS.yml
+++ b/src/third_party/OWNERS.yml
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ filters:
   - "pcre2":
     approvers:
       - 10gen/query-execution
+  - "private/.placeholder":
+    approvers:
+      - 10gen/devprod-build
   - "protobuf":
     approvers:
       - 10gen/server-networking-and-observability
diff --git a/src/third_party/private/.placeholder b/src/third_party/private/.placeholder
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a0267d42a28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/third_party/private/.placeholder
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Delete once this directory is populated