Index: include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticSemaKinds.td
===================================================================
--- include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticSemaKinds.td
+++ include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticSemaKinds.td
@@ -2778,6 +2778,9 @@
 def warn_attribute_ignored_on_inline :
   Warning<"%0 attribute ignored on inline function">,
   InGroup<IgnoredAttributes>;
+def warn_attribute_ignored_on_non_external :
+  Warning<"%0 attribute is ignored on a non-external symbol">,
+  InGroup<IgnoredAttributes>;
 def warn_nocf_check_attribute_ignored :
   Warning<"'nocf_check' attribute ignored; use -fcf-protection to enable the attribute">,
   InGroup<IgnoredAttributes>;
Index: lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp
+++ lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp
@@ -2615,6 +2615,14 @@
     return;
   }
 
+  // Visibility attributes have no effect on symbols with internal linkage.
+  if (const auto *ND = dyn_cast<NamedDecl>(D)) {
+    if (!ND->isExternallyVisible())
+      S.Diag(AL.getRange().getBegin(),
+             diag::warn_attribute_ignored_on_non_external)
+          << AL;
+  }
+
   // Check that the argument is a string literal.
   StringRef TypeStr;
   SourceLocation LiteralLoc;
Index: test/Sema/attr-visibility.c
===================================================================
--- test/Sema/attr-visibility.c
+++ test/Sema/attr-visibility.c
@@ -26,3 +26,9 @@
 int x __attribute__((type_visibility("default"))); // expected-error {{'type_visibility' attribute only applies to types and namespaces}}
 
 int PR17105 __attribute__((visibility(hidden))); // expected-error {{'visibility' attribute requires a string}}
+
+static int test8 __attribute__((visibility("default"))); // expected-warning {{'visibility' attribute is ignored on a non-external symbol}}
+static int test9 __attribute__((visibility("hidden"))); // expected-warning {{'visibility' attribute is ignored on a non-external symbol}}
+static int test10 __attribute__((visibility("internal"))); // expected-warning {{'visibility' attribute is ignored on a non-external symbol}}
+
+static int test11() __attribute__((visibility("default"))); // expected-warning {{'visibility' attribute is ignored on a non-external symbol}}
Index: test/SemaCXX/ast-print.cpp
===================================================================
--- test/SemaCXX/ast-print.cpp
+++ test/SemaCXX/ast-print.cpp
@@ -209,10 +209,8 @@
 }
 }
 
-namespace {
 // CHECK: struct {{\[\[gnu::visibility\(\"hidden\"\)\]\]}} S;
 struct [[gnu::visibility("hidden")]] S;
-}
 
 // CHECK:      struct CXXFunctionalCastExprPrint {
 // CHECK-NEXT: } fce = CXXFunctionalCastExprPrint{};
Index: test/SemaCXX/attr-visibility.cpp
===================================================================
--- test/SemaCXX/attr-visibility.cpp
+++ test/SemaCXX/attr-visibility.cpp
@@ -18,3 +18,9 @@
 struct x3 {
   static int y;
 } __attribute((visibility("default"))); // expected-warning {{attribute 'visibility' after definition is ignored}}
+
+const int test4 __attribute__((visibility("default"))) = 0; // expected-warning {{'visibility' attribute is ignored on a non-external symbol}}
+
+namespace {
+  int test5 __attribute__((visibility("default"))); // expected-warning {{'visibility' attribute is ignored on a non-external symbol}}
+};