diff --git a/src/codegen/mod.rs b/src/codegen/mod.rs
index ac28244c54..e4928a452f 100644
--- a/src/codegen/mod.rs
+++ b/src/codegen/mod.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use ir::derive::{CanDeriveCopy, CanDeriveDebug, CanDeriveDefault,
                  CanDerivePartialEq, CanDeriveEq, CannotDeriveReason};
 use ir::dot;
 use ir::enum_ty::{Enum, EnumVariant, EnumVariantValue};
-use ir::function::{Abi, Function, FunctionSig};
+use ir::function::{Abi, Function, FunctionSig, Linkage};
 use ir::int::IntKind;
 use ir::item::{IsOpaque, Item, ItemCanonicalName, ItemCanonicalPath};
 use ir::item_kind::ItemKind;
@@ -3127,6 +3127,13 @@ impl CodeGenerator for Function {
         debug!("<Function as CodeGenerator>::codegen: item = {:?}", item);
         debug_assert!(item.is_enabled_for_codegen(ctx));
 
+        // We can't currently do anything with Internal functions so just
+        // avoid generating anything for them.
+        match self.linkage() {
+            Linkage::Internal => return,
+            Linkage::External => {}
+        }
+
         // Similar to static member variables in a class template, we can't
         // generate bindings to template functions, because the set of
         // instantiations is open ended and we have no way of knowing which
diff --git a/src/ir/function.rs b/src/ir/function.rs
index 2eab663835..d5976744b4 100644
--- a/src/ir/function.rs
+++ b/src/ir/function.rs
@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ impl FunctionKind {
     }
 }
 
+/// The style of linkage
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+pub enum Linkage {
+    /// Externally visible and can be linked against
+    External,
+    /// Not exposed externally. 'static inline' functions will have this kind of linkage
+    Internal
+}
+
 /// A function declaration, with a signature, arguments, and argument names.
 ///
 /// The argument names vector must be the same length as the ones in the
@@ -69,6 +78,9 @@ pub struct Function {
 
     /// The kind of function this is.
     kind: FunctionKind,
+
+    /// The linkage of the function.
+    linkage: Linkage,
 }
 
 impl Function {
@@ -79,6 +91,7 @@ impl Function {
         sig: TypeId,
         comment: Option<String>,
         kind: FunctionKind,
+        linkage: Linkage
     ) -> Self {
         Function {
             name: name,
@@ -86,6 +99,7 @@ impl Function {
             signature: sig,
             comment: comment,
             kind: kind,
+            linkage: linkage
         }
     }
 
@@ -108,6 +122,12 @@ impl Function {
     pub fn kind(&self) -> FunctionKind {
         self.kind
     }
+
+    /// Get this function's linkage.
+    pub fn linkage(&self) -> Linkage {
+        self.linkage
+    }
+
 }
 
 impl DotAttributes for Function {
@@ -477,11 +497,11 @@ impl ClangSubItemParser for Function {
         }
 
         let linkage = cursor.linkage();
-        if linkage != CXLinkage_External &&
-            linkage != CXLinkage_UniqueExternal
-        {
-            return Err(ParseError::Continue);
-        }
+        let linkage = match linkage {
+            CXLinkage_External | CXLinkage_UniqueExternal => Linkage::External,
+            CXLinkage_Internal => Linkage::Internal,
+            _ => return Err(ParseError::Continue)
+        };
 
         // Grab the signature using Item::from_ty.
         let sig =
@@ -511,7 +531,7 @@ impl ClangSubItemParser for Function {
 
         let comment = cursor.raw_comment();
 
-        let function = Self::new(name, mangled_name, sig, comment, kind);
+        let function = Self::new(name, mangled_name, sig, comment, kind, linkage);
         Ok(ParseResult::New(function, Some(cursor)))
     }
 }