diff --git a/releasenotes.md b/releasenotes.md
index d9b5ac277..594681cd4 100644
--- a/releasenotes.md
+++ b/releasenotes.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 - $typeof(*x) should be valid when x is an `[out]` parameter #1226
 - Fix ABI lowering for 128 bit vectors on Linux.
 - Bad error message when using a generic method without generic parameters #1228
+- Private function called from nested macro not visible to linker #1232
 
 ### Stdlib changes
 - Added `remove_first_item` `remove_last_item` and `remove_item` as aliases for the `match` functions.
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@
 - Remove "panic" text from unreachable() when safe mode is turned off.
 - Added `@unaligned_store` and `@unaligned_load`.
 - Null ZString, DString or pointer prints "(null)" for printf.
+- Updated sorting API.
+- Insertion sort and counting sort added.
 
 ## 0.6.0 Change list
 
@@ -107,8 +110,6 @@
 - Path normalization - fix possible null terminator out of bounds.
 - Add 'zstr' variants for `string::new_format` / `string::tformat`.
 - Fix mutex and wait signatures for Win32.
-- Updated sorting API.
-- Insertion sort and counting sort added.
 
 ## 0.5.5 Change list
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/compiler_internal.h b/src/compiler/compiler_internal.h
index ed0588c4b..0afb4dfde 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compiler_internal.h
+++ b/src/compiler/compiler_internal.h
@@ -2193,7 +2193,7 @@ const char *get_exe_extension(void);
 
 CompilationUnit * unit_create(File *file);
 void unit_register_global_decl(CompilationUnit *unit, Decl *decl);
-void unit_register_external_symbol(CompilationUnit *unit, Decl *decl);
+void unit_register_external_symbol(SemaContext *context, Decl *decl);
 
 bool unit_add_import(CompilationUnit *unit, Path *path, bool private_import);
 bool context_set_module_from_filename(ParseContext *context);
diff --git a/src/compiler/context.c b/src/compiler/context.c
index 293e32aa6..963a57d8c 100644
--- a/src/compiler/context.c
+++ b/src/compiler/context.c
@@ -106,9 +106,11 @@ bool context_set_module(ParseContext *context, Path *path, const char **generic_
 }
 
 
-void unit_register_external_symbol(CompilationUnit *unit, Decl *decl)
+void unit_register_external_symbol(SemaContext *context, Decl *decl)
 {
-	if (decl_module(decl) == unit->module) return;
+	if (decl->is_external_visible) return;
+	Module *active_module = context->current_macro ? context->original_module : context->compilation_unit->module;
+	if (decl_module(decl) == active_module) return;
 	decl->is_external_visible = true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/sema_decls.c b/src/compiler/sema_decls.c
index 561722160..bab55b8d6 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sema_decls.c
+++ b/src/compiler/sema_decls.c
@@ -1565,7 +1565,7 @@ static inline Decl *operator_in_module(SemaContext *c, Module *module, OperatorO
 	{
 		if (extension->operator == operator_overload)
 		{
-			unit_register_external_symbol(c->compilation_unit, extension);
+			unit_register_external_symbol(c, extension);
 			return extension;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@ Decl *sema_find_operator(SemaContext *context, Type *type, OperatorOverload oper
 	{
 		if (func->operator == operator_overload)
 		{
-			unit_register_external_symbol(context->compilation_unit, func);
+			unit_register_external_symbol(context, func);
 			return func;
 		}
 	}
@@ -4012,7 +4012,7 @@ Decl *sema_analyse_parameterized_identifier(SemaContext *c, Path *decl_path, con
 		}
 	}
 	if (!sema_analyse_decl(c, symbol)) return poisoned_decl;
-	unit_register_external_symbol(c->compilation_unit, symbol);
+	unit_register_external_symbol(c, symbol);
 	return symbol;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/sema_expr.c b/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
index 9409c7df4..84d2b9bae 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
+++ b/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ static inline bool sema_expr_analyse_identifier(SemaContext *context, Type *to,
 	}
 	sema_display_deprecated_warning_on_use(context, decl, expr->span);
 
-	unit_register_external_symbol(context->compilation_unit, decl);
+	unit_register_external_symbol(context, decl);
 	if (decl->decl_kind == DECL_VAR)
 	{
 		decl->var.is_read = true;
@@ -3291,7 +3291,7 @@ static inline bool sema_expr_analyse_type_access(SemaContext *context, Expr *exp
 			}
 			break;
 		case DECL_FAULT:
-			unit_register_external_symbol(context->compilation_unit, decl);
+			unit_register_external_symbol(context, decl);
 			if (is_const)
 			{
 				if (!sema_expr_analyse_enum_constant(context, expr, name, decl))
@@ -4402,7 +4402,7 @@ CHECK_DEEPER:
 		expr->access_expr.parent = current_parent;
 		expr->type = method->type ? type_add_optional(method->type, optional) : NULL;
 		expr->access_expr.ref = method;
-		if (method->decl_kind == DECL_FUNC) unit_register_external_symbol(context->compilation_unit, method);
+		if (method->decl_kind == DECL_FUNC) unit_register_external_symbol(context, method);
 		return true;
 	}
 
@@ -4443,7 +4443,7 @@ CHECK_DEEPER:
 
 	if (member && member->decl_kind == DECL_FUNC)
 	{
-		unit_register_external_symbol(context->compilation_unit, member);
+		unit_register_external_symbol(context, member);
 	}
 
 	// 11. If we didn't find a match...
diff --git a/src/compiler/sema_name_resolution.c b/src/compiler/sema_name_resolution.c
index 27c0edab1..624da2b3e 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sema_name_resolution.c
+++ b/src/compiler/sema_name_resolution.c
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ INLINE Decl *sema_resolve_symbol_common(SemaContext *context, NameResolve *name_
 		sema_report_error_on_decl(context, decl, name_resolve);
 		return poisoned_decl;
 	}
-	unit_register_external_symbol(context->compilation_unit, decl);
+	unit_register_external_symbol(context, decl);
 	if (decl->is_if && context->call_env.in_if_resolution.a)
 	{
 		sema_error_at(context, context->call_env.in_if_resolution, "This @if expression is dependent on '%s' which is also conditional.", decl->name);
diff --git a/test/test_suite/visibility/private_to_extern.c3t b/test/test_suite/visibility/private_to_extern.c3t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..599c230ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_suite/visibility/private_to_extern.c3t
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// #target: macos-x64
+
+module test;
+import foo;
+
+fn int main(String[] args) {
+  foo::one();
+  return 0;
+}
+
+module foo;
+
+macro one() => two();
+macro two() => three();
+fn void three() @private { four(); }
+fn void four() @private {}
+
+/* #expect: foo.ll
+
+define void @foo.three()
+define internal void @foo.four()
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