diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d0d53f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<!--
+Guiding Principles:
+
+Changelogs are for humans, not machines.
+There should be an entry for every single version.
+The same types of changes should be grouped.
+Versions and sections should be linkable.
+The latest version comes first.
+The release date of each version is displayed.
+Mention whether you follow Semantic Versioning.
+
+Usage:
+
+Change log entries are to be added to the Unreleased section under the
+appropriate stanza (see below). Each entry should ideally include a tag and
+the Github issue reference in the following format:
+
+* (<tag>) \#<issue-number> message
+
+The issue numbers will later be link-ified during the release process so you do
+not have to worry about including a link manually, but you can if you wish.
+
+Types of changes (Stanzas):
+
+"Features" for new features.
+"Improvements" for changes in existing functionality.
+"Deprecated" for soon-to-be removed features.
+"Bug Fixes" for any bug fixes.
+"Client Breaking" for breaking Protobuf, gRPC and REST routes used by end-users.
+"CLI Breaking" for breaking CLI commands.
+"API Breaking" for breaking exported APIs used by developers building on SDK.
+Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
+-->
+
+# Changelog
+
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Features
+
+* [#82](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto/pull/82) generated code in `internal` go packages is not registered with the global protobuf registry allowing modules to have internal protobuf generated types that are not exposed in public APIs and do not affect global protobuf registration.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/features/protoc/internal_test.go b/features/protoc/internal_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2657f4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/protoc/internal_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package protoc
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestIsInternalPackage(t *testing.T) {
+	require.True(t, isInternalPackage("internal"))
+	require.True(t, isInternalPackage("example/internal"))
+	require.True(t, isInternalPackage("example.com/internal"))
+	require.True(t, isInternalPackage("example.com/internal/foo"))
+	require.False(t, isInternalPackage("example"))
+	require.False(t, isInternalPackage("example.com"))
+	require.False(t, isInternalPackage("example.com/false"))
+}
diff --git a/features/protoc/main.go b/features/protoc/main.go
index 3cc5a1a..95abdc6 100644
--- a/features/protoc/main.go
+++ b/features/protoc/main.go
@@ -7,26 +7,31 @@ package protoc
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto/features/protoc/genid"
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto/generator"
 	"go/ast"
 	"go/parser"
 	"go/token"
-	"google.golang.org/protobuf/encoding/protowire"
-	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 	"math"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"unicode"
 	"unicode/utf8"
 
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
+
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/encoding/protowire"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
+
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto/features/protoc/genid"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto/generator"
+
 	pref "google.golang.org/protobuf/reflect/protoreflect"
 
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto/features/protoc/version"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/compiler/protogen"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/reflect/protoreflect"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/runtime/protoimpl"
 
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto/features/protoc/version"
+
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/descriptorpb"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/pluginpb"
 )
@@ -60,6 +65,7 @@ var (
 	protojsonPackage     goImportPath = protogen.GoImportPath("google.golang.org/protobuf/encoding/protojson")
 	protoreflectPackage  goImportPath = protogen.GoImportPath("google.golang.org/protobuf/reflect/protoreflect")
 	protoregistryPackage goImportPath = protogen.GoImportPath("google.golang.org/protobuf/reflect/protoregistry")
+	runtimePackage                    = protogen.GoImportPath("github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto/runtime")
 )
 
 // GenerateFile generates the contents of a .pb.go file.
@@ -360,6 +366,8 @@ func genReflectFileDescriptor(gen *protogen.Plugin, g *generator.GeneratedFile,
 		}
 	}
 
+	isInternal := isInternalPackage(f.GoImportPath.String())
+
 	g.P("type x struct{}")
 	g.P("out := ", protoimplPackage.Ident("TypeBuilder"), "{")
 	g.P("File: ", protoimplPackage.Ident("DescBuilder"), "{")
@@ -369,6 +377,9 @@ func genReflectFileDescriptor(gen *protogen.Plugin, g *generator.GeneratedFile,
 	g.P("NumMessages: ", len(f.allMessages), ",")
 	g.P("NumExtensions: ", len(f.allExtensions), ",")
 	g.P("NumServices: ", len(f.Services), ",")
+	if isInternal {
+		g.P("FileRegistry: ", runtimePackage.Ident("NullRegistry"), "{},")
+	}
 	g.P("},")
 	g.P("GoTypes: ", goTypesVarName(f), ",")
 	g.P("DependencyIndexes: ", depIdxsVarName(f), ",")
@@ -381,6 +392,9 @@ func genReflectFileDescriptor(gen *protogen.Plugin, g *generator.GeneratedFile,
 	if len(f.allExtensions) > 0 {
 		g.P("ExtensionInfos: ", extensionTypesVarName(f), ",")
 	}
+	if isInternal {
+		g.P("TypeRegistry: ", runtimePackage.Ident("NullRegistry"), "{},")
+	}
 	g.P("}.Build()")
 	g.P(f.GoDescriptorIdent, " = out.File")
 
@@ -2287,3 +2301,9 @@ func newFileInfo(file *protogen.File) *fileInfo {
 
 	return f
 }
+
+// checks whether the package path is an internal package
+func isInternalPackage(pkg string) bool {
+	pathParts := strings.Split(pkg, "/")
+	return slices.Contains(pathParts, "internal")
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dd5cd52..d8fd04d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ go 1.18
 require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220907003533-145caa8ea1d0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.0
 	gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.1
 	pgregory.net/rapid v1.1.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5759b63..1eef86b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZb
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220907003533-145caa8ea1d0 h1:17k44ji3KFYG94XS5QEFC8pyuOlMh3IoR+vkmTZmJJs=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220907003533-145caa8ea1d0/go.mod h1:cyybsKvd6eL0RnXn6p/Grxp8F5bW7iYuBgsNCOHpMYE=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.0 h1:Qo/qEd2RZPCf2nKuorzksSknv0d3ERwp1vFG38gSmH4=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
diff --git a/internal/testprotos/test3/internal_test.go b/internal/testprotos/test3/internal_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aeb6635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/testprotos/test3/internal_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package test3
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/reflect/protoregistry"
+)
+
+func TestInternalNotRegistered(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := protoregistry.GlobalTypes.FindMessageByName((&TestAllTypes{}).ProtoReflect().Descriptor().FullName())
+	require.Error(t, err)
+
+	_, err = protoregistry.GlobalFiles.FindFileByPath("internal/testprotos/test3/test_import.proto")
+	require.Error(t, err)
+}
diff --git a/internal/testprotos/test3/test.pulsar.go b/internal/testprotos/test3/test.pulsar.go
index 1721a4a..2b0ee3e 100644
--- a/internal/testprotos/test3/test.pulsar.go
+++ b/internal/testprotos/test3/test.pulsar.go
@@ -12605,11 +12605,13 @@ func file_internal_testprotos_test3_test_proto_init() {
 			NumMessages:   20,
 			NumExtensions: 0,
 			NumServices:   0,
+			FileRegistry:  runtime.NullRegistry{},
 		},
 		GoTypes:           file_internal_testprotos_test3_test_proto_goTypes,
 		DependencyIndexes: file_internal_testprotos_test3_test_proto_depIdxs,
 		EnumInfos:         file_internal_testprotos_test3_test_proto_enumTypes,
 		MessageInfos:      file_internal_testprotos_test3_test_proto_msgTypes,
+		TypeRegistry:      runtime.NullRegistry{},
 	}.Build()
 	File_internal_testprotos_test3_test_proto = out.File
 	file_internal_testprotos_test3_test_proto_rawDesc = nil
diff --git a/internal/testprotos/test3/test_import.pulsar.go b/internal/testprotos/test3/test_import.pulsar.go
index 06ba752..f9d5dfe 100644
--- a/internal/testprotos/test3/test_import.pulsar.go
+++ b/internal/testprotos/test3/test_import.pulsar.go
@@ -525,11 +525,13 @@ func file_internal_testprotos_test3_test_import_proto_init() {
 			NumMessages:   1,
 			NumExtensions: 0,
 			NumServices:   0,
+			FileRegistry:  runtime.NullRegistry{},
 		},
 		GoTypes:           file_internal_testprotos_test3_test_import_proto_goTypes,
 		DependencyIndexes: file_internal_testprotos_test3_test_import_proto_depIdxs,
 		EnumInfos:         file_internal_testprotos_test3_test_import_proto_enumTypes,
 		MessageInfos:      file_internal_testprotos_test3_test_import_proto_msgTypes,
+		TypeRegistry:      runtime.NullRegistry{},
 	}.Build()
 	File_internal_testprotos_test3_test_import_proto = out.File
 	file_internal_testprotos_test3_test_import_proto_rawDesc = nil
diff --git a/internal/testprotos/test3/test_nesting.pulsar.go b/internal/testprotos/test3/test_nesting.pulsar.go
index 4547c29..52da9c7 100644
--- a/internal/testprotos/test3/test_nesting.pulsar.go
+++ b/internal/testprotos/test3/test_nesting.pulsar.go
@@ -2061,10 +2061,12 @@ func file_internal_testprotos_test3_test_nesting_proto_init() {
 			NumMessages:   4,
 			NumExtensions: 0,
 			NumServices:   0,
+			FileRegistry:  runtime.NullRegistry{},
 		},
 		GoTypes:           file_internal_testprotos_test3_test_nesting_proto_goTypes,
 		DependencyIndexes: file_internal_testprotos_test3_test_nesting_proto_depIdxs,
 		MessageInfos:      file_internal_testprotos_test3_test_nesting_proto_msgTypes,
+		TypeRegistry:      runtime.NullRegistry{},
 	}.Build()
 	File_internal_testprotos_test3_test_nesting_proto = out.File
 	file_internal_testprotos_test3_test_nesting_proto_rawDesc = nil
diff --git a/runtime/nullregistry.go b/runtime/nullregistry.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2933122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/nullregistry.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package runtime
+
+import (
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/reflect/protoreflect"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/reflect/protoregistry"
+)
+
+// NullRegistry is an implementation of the interfaces used to register generated
+// types and file descriptors that does nothing. This is used to generated
+// protobuf files in internal packages that are not registered with the global registry.
+type NullRegistry struct{}
+
+func (NullRegistry) RegisterMessage(protoreflect.MessageType) error     { return nil }
+func (NullRegistry) RegisterEnum(protoreflect.EnumType) error           { return nil }
+func (NullRegistry) RegisterExtension(protoreflect.ExtensionType) error { return nil }
+func (NullRegistry) RegisterFile(protoreflect.FileDescriptor) error     { return nil }
+
+func (NullRegistry) FindFileByPath(path string) (protoreflect.FileDescriptor, error) {
+	return protoregistry.GlobalFiles.FindFileByPath(path)
+}
+func (NullRegistry) FindDescriptorByName(name protoreflect.FullName) (protoreflect.Descriptor, error) {
+	return protoregistry.GlobalFiles.FindDescriptorByName(name)
+}