diff --git a/src/librustc_metadata/decoder.rs b/src/librustc_metadata/decoder.rs
index f456a5c1619c5..076e6590226e5 100644
--- a/src/librustc_metadata/decoder.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_metadata/decoder.rs
@@ -831,7 +831,18 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> CrateMetadata {
                             let ctor_def_id = self.get_ctor_def_id(child_index).unwrap_or(def_id);
                             let ctor_kind = self.get_ctor_kind(child_index);
                             let ctor_def = Def::Ctor(ctor_def_id, CtorOf::Variant, ctor_kind);
-                            let vis = self.get_visibility(ctor_def_id.index);
+                            let mut vis = self.get_visibility(ctor_def_id.index);
+                            if ctor_def_id == def_id && vis == ty::Visibility::Public {
+                                // For non-exhaustive variants lower the constructor visibility to
+                                // within the crate. We only need this for fictive constructors,
+                                // for other constructors correct visibilities
+                                // were already encoded in metadata.
+                                let attrs = self.get_item_attrs(def_id.index, sess);
+                                if attr::contains_name(&attrs, "non_exhaustive") {
+                                    let crate_def_id = DefId { index: CRATE_DEF_INDEX, ..def_id };
+                                    vis = ty::Visibility::Restricted(crate_def_id);
+                                }
+                            }
                             callback(def::Export { def: ctor_def, ident, vis, span });
                         }
                         _ => {}
diff --git a/src/test/ui/rfc-2008-non-exhaustive/variants_fictive_visibility.rs b/src/test/ui/rfc-2008-non-exhaustive/variants_fictive_visibility.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..62f6e4463f936
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/rfc-2008-non-exhaustive/variants_fictive_visibility.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// compile-pass
+// aux-build:variants.rs
+
+extern crate variants;
+
+const S: u8 = 0;
+
+// OK, `Struct` in value namespace is crate-private, so it's filtered away
+// and there's no conflict with the previously defined `const S`.
+use variants::NonExhaustiveVariants::Struct as S;
+
+fn main() {}