Index: bindings/python/clang/cindex.py
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--- bindings/python/clang/cindex.py
+++ bindings/python/clang/cindex.py
@@ -1548,6 +1548,14 @@
 
         return self._loc
 
+    @property
+    def linkage(self):
+        """Return the linkage of this cursor."""
+        if not hasattr(self, '_linkage'):
+            self._linkage = conf.lib.clang_getCursorLinkage(self)
+
+        return LinkageKind.from_id(self._linkage)
+
     @property
     def extent(self):
         """
@@ -2061,6 +2069,25 @@
 RefQualifierKind.LVALUE = RefQualifierKind(1)
 RefQualifierKind.RVALUE = RefQualifierKind(2)
 
+class LinkageKind(BaseEnumeration):
+    """Describes the kind of linkage of a cursor."""
+
+    # The unique kind objects, indexed by id.
+    _kinds = []
+    _name_map = None
+
+    def from_param(self):
+        return self.value
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return 'LinkageKind.%s' % (self.name,)
+
+LinkageKind.INVALID = LinkageKind(0)
+LinkageKind.NO_LINKAGE = LinkageKind(1)
+LinkageKind.INTERNAL = LinkageKind(2)
+LinkageKind.UNIQUE_EXTERNAL = LinkageKind(3)
+LinkageKind.EXTERNAL = LinkageKind(4)
+
 class Type(Structure):
     """
     The type of an element in the abstract syntax tree.
Index: bindings/python/tests/cindex/test_linkage.py
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--- /dev/null
+++ bindings/python/tests/cindex/test_linkage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+
+from clang.cindex import LinkageKind
+from clang.cindex import Cursor
+from clang.cindex import TranslationUnit
+
+from .util import get_cursor
+from .util import get_tu
+
+def test_linkage():
+    """Ensure that linkage specifers are available on cursors"""
+
+    tu = get_tu("""
+void foo() { int no_linkage; }
+static int internal;
+namespace { extern int unique_external; }
+extern int external;
+""", lang = 'cpp')
+
+    no_linkage = get_cursor(tu.cursor, "no_linkage")
+    assert no_linkage.linkage == LinkageKind.NO_LINKAGE;
+
+    internal = get_cursor(tu.cursor, "internal")
+    assert internal.linkage == LinkageKind.INTERNAL
+
+    unique_external = get_cursor(tu.cursor, "unique_external")
+    assert unique_external.linkage == LinkageKind.UNIQUE_EXTERNAL
+
+    external = get_cursor(tu.cursor, "external")
+    assert external.linkage == LinkageKind.EXTERNAL
+