diff --git a/lld/lib/Driver/WinLinkDriver.cpp b/lld/lib/Driver/WinLinkDriver.cpp
index f4e32b399434..71f9cfd17ea5 100644
--- a/lld/lib/Driver/WinLinkDriver.cpp
+++ b/lld/lib/Driver/WinLinkDriver.cpp
@@ -361,10 +361,10 @@ static bool parseManifestUAC(StringRef option,
   }
 }
 
-// Parse /export:entryname[=internalname][,@ordinal[,NONAME]][,DATA].
+// Parse /export:entryname[=internalname][,@ordinal[,NONAME]][,DATA][,PRIVATE].
 //
-// MSDN doesn't say anything about /export:foo=bar style option,
-// but link.exe actually accepts it.
+// MSDN doesn't say anything about /export:foo=bar style option or PRIVATE
+// attribtute, but link.exe actually accepts them.
 static bool parseExport(StringRef option,
                         PECOFFLinkingContext::ExportDesc &ret) {
   StringRef name;
@@ -396,6 +396,10 @@ static bool parseExport(StringRef option,
       ret.isData = true;
       continue;
     }
+    if (arg.equals_lower("private")) {
+      ret.isPrivate = true;
+      continue;
+    }
     if (arg.startswith("@")) {
       int ordinal;
       if (arg.substr(1).getAsInteger(0, ordinal))
diff --git a/lld/test/pecoff/export.test b/lld/test/pecoff/export.test
index f8e75bf605d8..007698198ec0 100644
--- a/lld/test/pecoff/export.test
+++ b/lld/test/pecoff/export.test
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ DUP-NOT:        1   0x2010  exportfn8
 # RUN: yaml2obj %p/Inputs/export.obj.yaml > %t.obj
 #
 # RUN: lld -flavor link /out:%t1.dll /dll /entry:init \
-# RUN:   /export:f1=exportfn1 /export:f2=exportfn2 -- %t.obj
+# RUN:   /export:f1=exportfn1 /export:f2=exportfn2,private -- %t.obj
 # RUN: llvm-objdump -p %t1.dll | FileCheck -check-prefix=EQUAL %s
 
 EQUAL:      Export Table: