diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 773b4d1..63b885f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog], and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning].
 
 ## Unreleased
-- /
+- added `localImplementation` and `testLocalImplementation` to load dependencies into compile & runtime classpath without being transitive for consumers
 
 ## [1.0.1] - 2024-09-04
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9da87b0..7ceb64b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -433,9 +433,10 @@ The [Java plugin] ships some default configurations.
 
 Almost Gradle offers additional configurations.
 
-| Configuration  | Compile | Runtime | Transitive |
-|----------------|:-------:|:-------:|:----------:|
-| `localRuntime` |    ❌    |   ✔️    |    None    |
+| Configuration         | Compile | Runtime | Transitive |
+|-----------------------|:-------:|:-------:|:----------:|
+| `localRuntime`        |    ❌    |   ✔️    |    None    |
+| `localImplementation` |  ️️ ✔️  |   ✔️    |    None    |
 
 ## Test Configurations
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/almostreliable/almostgradle/AlmostGradlePlugin.java b/src/main/java/com/almostreliable/almostgradle/AlmostGradlePlugin.java
index 29b248c..8aa48dd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/almostreliable/almostgradle/AlmostGradlePlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/almostreliable/almostgradle/AlmostGradlePlugin.java
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ public void apply(Project project) {
         Utils.createLocalRuntime(project, JavaPlugin.RUNTIME_CLASSPATH_CONFIGURATION_NAME, null);
         Utils.createLocalRuntime(project, JavaPlugin.TEST_RUNTIME_CLASSPATH_CONFIGURATION_NAME, "test");
 
+        Utils.createLocalImplementation(project,
+                JavaPlugin.COMPILE_CLASSPATH_CONFIGURATION_NAME,
+                JavaPlugin.RUNTIME_CLASSPATH_CONFIGURATION_NAME,
+                null);
+        Utils.createLocalImplementation(project,
+                JavaPlugin.TEST_COMPILE_CLASSPATH_CONFIGURATION_NAME,
+                JavaPlugin.TEST_RUNTIME_CLASSPATH_CONFIGURATION_NAME,
+                "test");
+
         project.getTasks().withType(JavaCompile.class).whenTaskAdded(javaCompile -> {
             javaCompile.getOptions().setEncoding("UTF-8");
         });
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/almostreliable/almostgradle/Utils.java b/src/main/java/com/almostreliable/almostgradle/Utils.java
index 57b86f4..010b24b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/almostreliable/almostgradle/Utils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/almostreliable/almostgradle/Utils.java
@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ public static Configuration createLocalRuntime(Project project, String classPath
         });
     }
 
+    public static void createLocalImplementation(Project project, String compileClassPathConfigName, String runtimeClassPathConfigName, @Nullable String prefix) {
+        String name = prefix == null ? "localImplementation" : prefix + "LocalImplementation";
+        project.getConfigurations().create(name, c -> {
+            c.setVisible(true);
+            c.setCanBeResolved(true);
+            c.setCanBeConsumed(false);
+            project.getConfigurations().getByName(compileClassPathConfigName).extendsFrom(c);
+            project.getConfigurations().getByName(runtimeClassPathConfigName).extendsFrom(c);
+        });
+    }
+
     public static void log(Project project, String key, Object value) {
         project.getLogger().lifecycle(String.format("%-25s -> %s", key, value));
     }