diff --git a/vlib/v/ast/ast.v b/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
index 237213edaf..c70bed4f97 100644
--- a/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
+++ b/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ pub struct InterfaceDecl {
 pub:
 	name        string
 	field_names []string
+	is_pub      bool
 	methods     []FnDecl
 	pos         token.Position
 }
@@ -213,9 +214,9 @@ pub:
 
 pub struct AnonFn {
 pub:
-	decl      FnDecl
+	decl FnDecl
 pub mut:
-	typ       table.Type
+	typ  table.Type
 }
 
 pub struct FnDecl {
@@ -390,23 +391,23 @@ pub fn (i &Ident) var_info() IdentVar {
 
 pub struct InfixExpr {
 pub:
-	op           token.Kind
-	pos          token.Position
-	left         Expr
-	right        Expr
+	op          token.Kind
+	pos         token.Position
+	left        Expr
+	right       Expr
 pub mut:
-	left_type    table.Type
-	right_type   table.Type
-	auto_locked  string
+	left_type   table.Type
+	right_type  table.Type
+	auto_locked string
 }
 
 pub struct PostfixExpr {
 pub:
-	op   token.Kind
-	expr Expr
-	pos  token.Position
+	op          token.Kind
+	expr        Expr
+	pos         token.Position
 pub mut:
-	auto_locked  string
+	auto_locked string
 }
 
 pub struct PrefixExpr {
@@ -440,20 +441,20 @@ pub mut:
 
 pub struct IfBranch {
 pub:
-	cond     Expr
-	stmts    []Stmt
-	pos      token.Position
-	body_pos token.Position
-	comments []Comment
+	cond         Expr
+	stmts        []Stmt
+	pos          token.Position
+	body_pos     token.Position
+	comments     []Comment
 pub mut:
-	smartcast bool // should only be true if cond is `x is sumtype`, it will be set in checker - if_expr
+	smartcast    bool // should only be true if cond is `x is sumtype`, it will be set in checker - if_expr
 	left_as_name string // only used in x is SumType check
 }
 
 pub struct UnsafeExpr {
 pub:
-	stmts    []Stmt
-	pos      token.Position
+	stmts []Stmt
+	pos   token.Position
 }
 
 pub struct LockExpr {
diff --git a/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v b/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v
index 5c994d0cbd..e36267a9c3 100644
--- a/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v
+++ b/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ pub fn fmt(file ast.File, table &table.Table, is_debug bool) string {
 	// for comment in file.comments { println('$comment.line_nr $comment.text')	}
 	f.imports(f.file.imports) // now that we have all autoimports, handle them
 	res := f.out.str().trim_space() + '\n'
-	bounded_import_pos := util.imin(res.len,f.import_pos)
+	bounded_import_pos := util.imin(res.len, f.import_pos)
 	return res[..bounded_import_pos] + f.out_imports.str() + res[bounded_import_pos..] // + '\n'
 }
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ fn (mut f Fmt) adjust_complete_line() {
 	}
 }
 
-pub fn (mut f Fmt) set_current_module_name(cmodname string){
+pub fn (mut f Fmt) set_current_module_name(cmodname string) {
 	f.cur_mod = cmodname
 	f.table.cmod_prefix = cmodname + '.'
 }
@@ -428,12 +428,7 @@ pub fn (mut f Fmt) stmt(node ast.Stmt) {
 			// f.imports(f.file.imports)
 		}
 		ast.InterfaceDecl {
-			f.writeln('interface $it.name {')
-			for method in it.methods {
-				f.write('\t')
-				f.writeln(method.stringify(f.table, f.cur_mod).after('fn '))
-			}
-			f.writeln('}\n')
+			f.interface_decl(it)
 		}
 		ast.Module {
 			f.mod(it)
@@ -662,6 +657,19 @@ pub fn (mut f Fmt) struct_decl(node ast.StructDecl) {
 	f.writeln('}\n')
 }
 
+pub fn (mut f Fmt) interface_decl(node ast.InterfaceDecl) {
+	if node.is_pub {
+		f.write('pub ')
+	}
+	name := node.name.after('.')
+	f.writeln('interface $name {')
+	for method in node.methods {
+		f.write('\t')
+		f.writeln(method.stringify(f.table, f.cur_mod).after('fn '))
+	}
+	f.writeln('}\n')
+}
+
 pub fn (mut f Fmt) prefix_expr_cast_expr(fexpr ast.Expr) {
 	mut is_pe_amp_ce := false
 	mut ce := ast.CastExpr{}
@@ -1053,7 +1061,7 @@ pub fn (mut f Fmt) expr(node ast.Expr) {
 		}
 		ast.UnsafeExpr {
 			f.writeln('unsafe {')
-			f.stmts(it.stmts)
+			f.stmts(node.stmts)
 			f.writeln('}')
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/vlib/v/fmt/tests/module_interface_keep.vv b/vlib/v/fmt/tests/module_interface_keep.vv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f07e5bffdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/fmt/tests/module_interface_keep.vv
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module module_fmt
+
+pub interface MyInterface {
+	fun()
+}
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/struct.v b/vlib/v/parser/struct.v
index 904c946b96..e62ea5bbeb 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/struct.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/struct.v
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ fn (mut p Parser) interface_decl() ast.InterfaceDecl {
 	return ast.InterfaceDecl{
 		name: interface_name
 		methods: methods
+		is_pub: is_pub
 		pos: start_pos
 	}
 }