Index: lld/trunk/ELF/Writer.cpp
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/ELF/Writer.cpp
+++ lld/trunk/ELF/Writer.cpp
@@ -1261,11 +1261,11 @@
   StringRef Stop = Saver.save("__stop_" + S);
   if (SymbolBody *B = Symtab.find(Start))
     if (B->isUndefined())
-      Symtab.addSynthetic(Start, *Sec, 0, STV_DEFAULT);
+      Symtab.addSynthetic(Start, *Sec, 0, STV_HIDDEN);
   if (SymbolBody *B = Symtab.find(Stop))
     if (B->isUndefined())
       Symtab.addSynthetic(Stop, *Sec, DefinedSynthetic<ELFT>::SectionEnd,
-                          STV_DEFAULT);
+                          STV_HIDDEN);
 }
 
 template <class ELFT> static bool needsPtLoad(OutputSectionBase<ELFT> *Sec) {
Index: lld/trunk/test/ELF/startstop-shared.s
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/test/ELF/startstop-shared.s
+++ lld/trunk/test/ELF/startstop-shared.s
@@ -5,21 +5,21 @@
 
         .quad __start_foo
         .section foo,"a"
-// By default the symbol is visible and we need a dynamic reloc.
-// CHECK:  R_X86_64_64 __start_foo 0x0
+// By default the symbol is hidden.
+// CHECK:      R_X86_64_RELATIVE - 0x[[ADDR1:.*]]
 
         .hidden __start_bar
         .quad __start_bar
         .section bar,"a"
-// Test that we are able to hide the symbol.
-// CHECK:      R_X86_64_RELATIVE - 0x[[ADDR:.*]]
+// References do not affect the visibility.
+// CHECK:      R_X86_64_RELATIVE - 0x[[ADDR2:.*]]
 
 // CHECK:      Name: __start_bar
-// CHECK-NEXT: Value: 0x[[ADDR]]
+// CHECK-NEXT: Value: 0x[[ADDR2]]
 // CHECK-NEXT: Size:
 // CHECK-NEXT: Binding: Local
 
 // CHECK:      Name: __start_foo
-// CHECK-NEXT: Value:
+// CHECK-NEXT: Value: 0x[[ADDR1]]
 // CHECK-NEXT: Size:
-// CHECK-NEXT: Binding: Global
+// CHECK-NEXT: Binding: Local