diff --git a/gobject/glib-mkenums.in b/gobject/glib-mkenums.in
index 7658a8276..e0c0b39af 100755
--- a/gobject/glib-mkenums.in
+++ b/gobject/glib-mkenums.in
@@ -247,15 +247,12 @@ def parse_entries(file, file_name):
             if flags is None and value is not None and '<<' in value:
                 seenbitshift = 1
 
-            if seenprivate:
-                continue
-
             if options is not None:
                 options = parse_trigraph(options)
                 if 'skip' not in options:
-                    entries.append((name, value, options.get('nick')))
+                    entries.append((name, value, seenprivate, options.get('nick')))
             else:
-                entries.append((name, value))
+                entries.append((name, value, seenprivate))
         else:
             m = re.match(r'''\s*
                          /\*< (([^*]|\*(?!/))*) >\s*\*/
@@ -580,7 +577,7 @@ def process_file(curfilename):
             # Autogenerate a prefix
             if enum_prefix is None:
                 for entry in entries:
-                    if len(entry) < 3 or entry[2] is None:
+                    if not entry[2] and (len(entry) < 4 or entry[3] is None):
                         name = entry[0]
                         if enum_prefix is not None:
                             enum_prefix = os.path.commonprefix([name, enum_prefix])
@@ -601,10 +598,11 @@ def process_file(curfilename):
             for e in entries:
                 name = e[0]
                 num = e[1]
-                if len(e) < 3 or e[2] is None:
+                private = e[2]
+                if len(e) < 4 or e[3] is None:
                     nick = re.sub(r'^' + enum_prefix, '', name)
                     nick = nick.replace('_', '-').lower()
-                    e = (name, num, nick)
+                    e = (name, num, private, nick)
                 fixed_entries.append(e)
             entries = fixed_entries
 
@@ -720,7 +718,7 @@ def process_file(curfilename):
                 next_num = 0
 
                 prod = replace_specials(prod)
-                for name, num, nick in entries:
+                for name, num, private, nick in entries:
                     tmp_prod = prod
 
                     if '\u0040valuenum\u0040' in prod:
@@ -742,6 +740,9 @@ def process_file(curfilename):
                         tmp_prod = tmp_prod.replace('\u0040valuenum\u0040', str(num))
                         next_num = int(num) + 1
 
+                    if private:
+                        continue
+
                     tmp_prod = tmp_prod.replace('\u0040VALUENAME\u0040', name)
                     tmp_prod = tmp_prod.replace('\u0040valuenick\u0040', nick)
                     if flags:
diff --git a/gobject/tests/mkenums.py b/gobject/tests/mkenums.py
index 09b770281..51424e29e 100644
--- a/gobject/tests/mkenums.py
+++ b/gobject/tests/mkenums.py
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ comment: {standard_bottom_comment}
             "ENUM",
             "ENUM_VALUE_PUBLIC2",
             "public2",
-            "0",
+            "1",
         )
 
     def test_available_in(self):