diff --git a/gobject/glib-mkenums.in b/gobject/glib-mkenums.in
index a44efed19..199868039 100755
--- a/gobject/glib-mkenums.in
+++ b/gobject/glib-mkenums.in
@@ -131,17 +131,18 @@ option_lowercase_name = ''  # DEPRECATED.  A lower case name to use as part
                             # uses abnormal capitalization and we can not
                             # guess where to put the underscores.
 option_since = ''           # User provided version info for the enum.
-seenbitshift = 0        # Have we seen bitshift operators?
-enum_prefix = None        # Prefix for this enumeration
-enumname = ''            # Name for this enumeration
-enumshort = ''           # $enumname without prefix
-enumname_prefix = ''       # prefix of $enumname
-enumindex = 0        # Global enum counter
-firstenum = 1        # Is this the first enumeration per file?
-entries = []            # [ name, val ] for each entry
-sandbox = None      # sandbox for safe evaluation of expressions
+seenbitshift = 0            # Have we seen bitshift operators?
+seenprivate = False         # Have we seen a private option?
+enum_prefix = None          # Prefix for this enumeration
+enumname = ''               # Name for this enumeration
+enumshort = ''              # $enumname without prefix
+enumname_prefix = ''        # prefix of $enumname
+enumindex = 0               # Global enum counter
+firstenum = 1               # Is this the first enumeration per file?
+entries = []                # [ name, val ] for each entry
+sandbox = None              # sandbox for safe evaluation of expressions
 
-output = ''            # Filename to write result into
+output = ''                 # Filename to write result into
 
 def parse_trigraph(opts):
     result = {}
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ def parse_trigraph(opts):
     return result
 
 def parse_entries(file, file_name):
-    global entries, enumindex, enumname, seenbitshift, flags
+    global entries, enumindex, enumname, seenbitshift, seenprivate, flags
     looking_for_name = False
 
     while True:
@@ -239,16 +240,33 @@ 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')))
             else:
                 entries.append((name, value))
-        elif re.match(r's*\#', line):
-            pass
         else:
-            print_warning('Failed to parse "{}" in {}'.format(line, file_name))
+            m = re.match(r'''\s*
+                         /\*< (([^*]|\*(?!/))*) >\s*\*/
+                         \s*$''', line, flags=re.X)
+            if m:
+                options = m.groups()[0]
+                if options is not None:
+                    options = parse_trigraph(options)
+                    if 'private' in options:
+                        seenprivate = True
+                        continue
+                    if 'public' in options:
+                        seenprivate = False
+                        continue
+            if re.match(r's*\#', line):
+                pass
+            else:
+                print_warning('Failed to parse "{}" in {}'.format(line, file_name))
     return False
 
 help_epilog = '''Production text substitutions:
@@ -464,7 +482,7 @@ if len(fhead) > 0:
     write_output(prod)
 
 def process_file(curfilename):
-    global entries, flags, seenbitshift, enum_prefix
+    global entries, flags, seenbitshift, seenprivate, enum_prefix
     firstenum = True
 
     try:
@@ -542,6 +560,7 @@ def process_file(curfilename):
                         break
 
             seenbitshift = 0
+            seenprivate = False
             entries = []
 
             # Now parse the entries
diff --git a/gobject/tests/mkenums.py b/gobject/tests/mkenums.py
index abde43deb..876089d4f 100644
--- a/gobject/tests/mkenums.py
+++ b/gobject/tests/mkenums.py
@@ -595,6 +595,61 @@ comment: {standard_bottom_comment}
             "0",
         )
 
+    def test_enum_private_public(self):
+        """Test private/public enums. Bug #782162."""
+        h_contents1 = """
+        typedef enum {
+          ENUM_VALUE_PUBLIC1,
+          /*< private >*/
+          ENUM_VALUE_PRIVATE,
+        } SomeEnumA
+        """
+
+        h_contents2 = """
+        typedef enum {
+          /*< private >*/
+          ENUM_VALUE_PRIVATE,
+          /*< public >*/
+          ENUM_VALUE_PUBLIC2,
+        } SomeEnumB;
+        """
+
+        result = self.runMkenumsWithHeader(h_contents1)
+        self.maxDiff = None
+        self.assertEqual("", result.err)
+        self.assertSingleEnum(
+            result,
+            "SomeEnumA",
+            "some_enum_a",
+            "SOME_ENUM_A",
+            "ENUM_A",
+            "SOME",
+            "",
+            "enum",
+            "Enum",
+            "ENUM",
+            "ENUM_VALUE_PUBLIC1",
+            "public1",
+            "0",
+        )
+        result = self.runMkenumsWithHeader(h_contents2)
+        self.assertEqual("", result.err)
+        self.assertSingleEnum(
+            result,
+            "SomeEnumB",
+            "some_enum_b",
+            "SOME_ENUM_B",
+            "ENUM_B",
+            "SOME",
+            "",
+            "enum",
+            "Enum",
+            "ENUM",
+            "ENUM_VALUE_PUBLIC2",
+            "public2",
+            "0",
+        )
+
 
 class TestRspMkenums(TestMkenums):
     """Run all tests again in @rspfile mode"""