diff --git a/doc/changes/10650.md b/doc/changes/10650.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- Re_export dune-section private library in the dune-site library stanza,
+  in order to avoid failure when generating and building sites modules
+  with implicit_transitive_deps = false. (#10650, fixes #9661, @MA0100)
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diff --git a/otherlibs/dune-site/src/dune b/otherlibs/dune-site/src/dune
index 087ad1023d6..b75a84a931f 100644
--- a/otherlibs/dune-site/src/dune
+++ b/otherlibs/dune-site/src/dune
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
  (special_builtin_support
   (dune_site
    (data_module dune_site_data)))
- (libraries dune-private-libs.dune-section dune-site.private)
+ (libraries
+  (re_export dune-private-libs.dune-section)
+  dune-site.private)
  (instrumentation
   (backend bisect_ppx)))