Index: docs/LibASTMatchersReference.html
===================================================================
--- docs/LibASTMatchersReference.html
+++ docs/LibASTMatchersReference.html
@@ -2771,6 +2771,17 @@
 </pre></td></tr>
 
 
+<tr><td>Matcher&lt;<a href="http://clang.llvm.org/doxygen/classclang_1_1NamedDecl.html">NamedDecl</a>&gt;</td><td class="name" onclick="toggle('hasExternalFormalLinkage0')"><a name="hasExternalFormalLinkage0Anchor">hasExternalFormalLinkage</a></td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="4" class="doc" id="hasExternalFormalLinkage0"><pre>Matches NamedDecl nodes whose linkage is external.
+
+Example matches foo
+  void foo(void) { }
+
+Example matches i
+  int i = 0;
+</pre></td></tr>
+
+
 <tr><td>Matcher&lt;<a href="http://clang.llvm.org/doxygen/classclang_1_1NamespaceDecl.html">NamespaceDecl</a>&gt;</td><td class="name" onclick="toggle('isAnonymous0')"><a name="isAnonymous0Anchor">isAnonymous</a></td><td></td></tr>
 <tr><td colspan="4" class="doc" id="isAnonymous0"><pre>Matches anonymous namespace declarations.
 
Index: include/clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchers.h
===================================================================
--- include/clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchers.h
+++ include/clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchers.h
@@ -5476,6 +5476,20 @@
   return false;
 }
 
+/// \brief Matches a declaration that has external formal linkage.
+///
+/// Example matches only z (matcher = varDecl(hasExternalFormalLinkage()))
+/// \code
+/// void f() {
+///   int x;
+///   static int y;
+/// }
+/// int z;
+/// \endcode
+AST_MATCHER(NamedDecl, hasExternalFormalLinkage) {
+  return Node.hasExternalFormalLinkage();
+}
+
 } // end namespace ast_matchers
 } // end namespace clang
 
Index: lib/ASTMatchers/Dynamic/Registry.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/ASTMatchers/Dynamic/Registry.cpp
+++ lib/ASTMatchers/Dynamic/Registry.cpp
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@
   REGISTER_MATCHER(hasEitherOperand);
   REGISTER_MATCHER(hasElementType);
   REGISTER_MATCHER(hasElse);
+  REGISTER_MATCHER(hasExternalFormalLinkage);
   REGISTER_MATCHER(hasFalseExpression);
   REGISTER_MATCHER(hasGlobalStorage);
   REGISTER_MATCHER(hasImplicitDestinationType);
Index: unittests/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchersNarrowingTest.cpp
===================================================================
--- unittests/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchersNarrowingTest.cpp
+++ unittests/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchersNarrowingTest.cpp
@@ -1937,5 +1937,15 @@
   EXPECT_TRUE(notMatches("int i = 0;", expr(nullPointerConstant())));
 }
 
+TEST(HasExternalFormalLinkage, Basic) {
+  EXPECT_TRUE(matches("int a = 0;", namedDecl(hasExternalFormalLinkage())));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(
+      matches("static int a = 0;", namedDecl(hasExternalFormalLinkage())));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(matches("static void f(void) { int a = 0; }",
+                       namedDecl(hasExternalFormalLinkage())));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(matches("void f(void) { int a = 0; }",
+                      namedDecl(hasExternalFormalLinkage())));
+}
+
 } // namespace ast_matchers
 } // namespace clang