diff --git a/src/Sitecore.Ship.Core/Domain/ItemToPublishProperties.cs b/src/Sitecore.Ship.Core/Domain/ItemToPublishProperties.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5319e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Sitecore.Ship.Core/Domain/ItemToPublishProperties.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace Sitecore.Ship.Core.Domain
+{
+    public class ItemToPublishProperties
+    {
+        public Guid ItemId { get; set; }
+        public bool PublishChildren { get; set; }
+        public bool PublishRelatedItems { get; set; }
+
+        public ItemToPublishProperties()
+        {
+            ItemId = new Guid();
+            PublishChildren = false;
+            PublishRelatedItems = false;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Sitecore.Ship.Core/Domain/ItemsToPublish.cs b/src/Sitecore.Ship.Core/Domain/ItemsToPublish.cs
index dc91859..6e5494a 100644
--- a/src/Sitecore.Ship.Core/Domain/ItemsToPublish.cs
+++ b/src/Sitecore.Ship.Core/Domain/ItemsToPublish.cs
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ namespace Sitecore.Ship.Core.Domain
 {
 	public class ItemsToPublish
 	{
-		public List<Guid> Items { get; set; }
+		public List<ItemToPublishProperties> Items { get; set; }
 		public string[] TargetDatabases { get; set; }
 		public string[] TargetLanguages { get; set; }
 
 		public ItemsToPublish()
 		{
-			Items = new List<Guid>();
+			Items = new List<ItemToPublishProperties>();
 			TargetDatabases = new string[] { };
 			TargetLanguages = new string[] { };
 		}
diff --git a/src/Sitecore.Ship.Core/Sitecore.Ship.Core.csproj b/src/Sitecore.Ship.Core/Sitecore.Ship.Core.csproj
index 48156c0..95446e1 100644
--- a/src/Sitecore.Ship.Core/Sitecore.Ship.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Sitecore.Ship.Core/Sitecore.Ship.Core.csproj
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Contracts\IPublishService.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Domain\InstallUploadPackage.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Domain\ItemsToPublish.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Domain\ItemToPublishProperties.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Domain\PackageManifest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Domain\PackageManifestEntry.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Domain\PublishLastCompleted.cs" />
diff --git a/src/Sitecore.Ship.Infrastructure/PublishService.cs b/src/Sitecore.Ship.Infrastructure/PublishService.cs
index a036f49..c3ba7eb 100644
--- a/src/Sitecore.Ship.Infrastructure/PublishService.cs
+++ b/src/Sitecore.Ship.Infrastructure/PublishService.cs
@@ -42,14 +42,16 @@ public void Run(ItemsToPublish itemsToPublish)
 			{
 				var master = Sitecore.Configuration.Factory.GetDatabase("master");
 				var languages = itemsToPublish.TargetLanguages.Select(LanguageManager.GetLanguage).ToArray();
+                var databases = itemsToPublish.TargetDatabases.Select(Sitecore.Configuration.Factory.GetDatabase).ToArray();
 
-				foreach (var itemToPublish in itemsToPublish.Items)
+
+                foreach (var itemToPublish in itemsToPublish.Items)
 				{
-					var item = master.GetItem(new ID(itemToPublish));
-					if (item != null)
+                    var item = master.GetItem(new ID(itemToPublish.ItemId));
+                    if (item != null)
 					{
-						Publishing.PublishManager.PublishItem(item, itemsToPublish.TargetDatabases.Select(Sitecore.Configuration.Factory.GetDatabase).ToArray(), languages, true, true);
-					}
+                        Publishing.PublishManager.PublishItem(item, databases, languages, itemToPublish.PublishChildren, true, itemToPublish.PublishRelatedItems);
+                    }
 				}
 			}
 		}