diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index cc14be1a25..6923203ac2 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -4807,6 +4807,10 @@
         "node": ">=6"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/html-reporter": {
+      "resolved": "packages/html-reporter",
+      "link": true
+    },
     "node_modules/html-webpack-plugin": {
       "version": "5.3.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/html-webpack-plugin/-/html-webpack-plugin-5.3.2.tgz",
@@ -9047,6 +9051,7 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
       }
     },
+    "packages/html-reporter": {},
     "packages/playwright": {
       "version": "1.18.0-next",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
@@ -12888,6 +12893,9 @@
         "terser": "^4.6.3"
       }
     },
+    "html-reporter": {
+      "version": "file:packages/html-reporter"
+    },
     "html-webpack-plugin": {
       "version": "5.3.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/html-webpack-plugin/-/html-webpack-plugin-5.3.2.tgz",
diff --git a/packages/html-reporter/build.js b/packages/html-reporter/build.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20719c4e5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/html-reporter/build.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// write something to playwright-core/lib/web/ with webpack
+
diff --git a/packages/html-reporter/package.json b/packages/html-reporter/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2c087cbac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/html-reporter/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "name": "html-reporter",
+    "private": true
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/utils/list_packages.js b/utils/list_packages.js
index 5c5a83107a..8c24774788 100644
--- a/utils/list_packages.js
+++ b/utils/list_packages.js
@@ -35,4 +35,10 @@ function* internalDependencies(packagePath) {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = { packages, packageNameToPath };
\ No newline at end of file
+const packagesToPublish = packages.filter(packagePath => !packagePathToJSON.get(packagePath).private);
+
+module.exports = {
+  packages,
+  packageNameToPath,
+  packagesToPublish,
+};
diff --git a/utils/prepare_packages.js b/utils/prepare_packages.js
index 63449e4e59..5e90c84a2c 100644
--- a/utils/prepare_packages.js
+++ b/utils/prepare_packages.js
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ const PACKAGES = {
     browsers: ['chromium', 'ffmpeg'],
     files: LICENSE_FILES,
   },
+  'html-reporter': {
+    files: [],
+  }
 };
 
 const dirtyFiles = [];
@@ -92,6 +95,8 @@ async function lintPackage(packageName) {
   // 4. Generate package.json
   const pwInternalJSON = require(path.join(ROOT_PATH, 'package.json'));
   const currentPackageJSON = require(path.join(packagePath, 'package.json'));
+  if (currentPackageJSON.private)
+    return;
   currentPackageJSON.version = pwInternalJSON.version;
   currentPackageJSON.repository = pwInternalJSON.repository;
   currentPackageJSON.engines = pwInternalJSON.engines;
diff --git a/utils/publish_all_packages.sh b/utils/publish_all_packages.sh
index fd16514006..c628d04584 100755
--- a/utils/publish_all_packages.sh
+++ b/utils/publish_all_packages.sh
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ fi
 
 echo "==================== Publishing version ${VERSION} ================"
 node ./utils/prepare_packages.js
-node -e "console.log(require('./utils/list_packages').packages.join('\\n'))" | while read package
+node -e "console.log(require('./utils/list_packages').packagesToPublish.join('\\n'))" | while read package
 do
   npm publish ${package} --tag="${NPM_PUBLISH_TAG}"
 done