diff --git a/compiler/rustc_privacy/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_privacy/src/lib.rs
index ee459d9c129d3..86244aa8985e8 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_privacy/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_privacy/src/lib.rs
@@ -775,7 +775,14 @@ impl<'tcx> Visitor<'tcx> for EmbargoVisitor<'tcx> {
                         }
                         // Corner case: if the variant is reachable, but its
                         // enum is not, make the enum reachable as well.
-                        self.update(item.def_id, variant_level);
+                        self.reach(item.def_id, variant_level).ty();
+                    }
+                    if let Some(hir_id) = variant.data.ctor_hir_id() {
+                        let ctor_def_id = self.tcx.hir().local_def_id(hir_id);
+                        let ctor_level = self.get(ctor_def_id);
+                        if ctor_level.is_some() {
+                            self.reach(item.def_id, ctor_level).ty();
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -803,6 +810,13 @@ impl<'tcx> Visitor<'tcx> for EmbargoVisitor<'tcx> {
                         }
                     }
                 }
+                if let Some(hir_id) = struct_def.ctor_hir_id() {
+                    let ctor_def_id = self.tcx.hir().local_def_id(hir_id);
+                    let ctor_level = self.get(ctor_def_id);
+                    if ctor_level.is_some() {
+                        self.reach(item.def_id, ctor_level).ty();
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/test/ui/privacy/auxiliary/ctor_aux.rs b/src/test/ui/privacy/auxiliary/ctor_aux.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9c99cca9ae6ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/privacy/auxiliary/ctor_aux.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// edition:2021
+//! Missing docs lint warns about undocumented exported items.
+//! Use the lint to additionally verify that items are reachable
+//! but not exported.
+#![allow(non_camel_case_types)]
+#![deny(missing_docs)]
+
+mod hidden {
+    pub struct s;
+    pub enum e { x, y, z }
+    pub use e::*;
+    impl s {
+        pub fn f(&self) {}
+    }
+    impl e {
+        pub fn g(&self) {}
+    }
+}
+// Hide all type definitions while reexporting their constructors:
+mod e {}
+mod x {}
+mod y {}
+mod z {}
+mod s {}
+pub use hidden::*;
diff --git a/src/test/ui/privacy/ctor.rs b/src/test/ui/privacy/ctor.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0ec15d68ed39e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/privacy/ctor.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Verify that a type is considered reachable when its constructor is
+// reachable. The auxiliary library is constructed so that all types are
+// shadowed and cannot be named directly, while their constructors are
+// reexported. Regression test for issue #96934.
+//
+// aux-build:ctor_aux.rs
+// edition:2021
+// build-pass
+
+extern crate ctor_aux;
+
+fn main() {
+    ctor_aux::s.f();
+    ctor_aux::x.g();
+    ctor_aux::y.g();
+}