diff --git a/lib/jsduck/inline/link.rb b/lib/jsduck/inline/link.rb
index d125f100c6e472767c0d2fcee50344edd21abd4c..33179fc5434ce3f29f9ab7a29c7cab047c10a6db 100644
--- a/lib/jsduck/inline/link.rb
+++ b/lib/jsduck/inline/link.rb
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ module JsDuck
       end
 
       def get_matching_member(cls, query)
-        ms = find_members(cls, query).find_all {|m| !m[:private] }
+        ms = find_members(cls, query)
         if ms.length > 1
           instance_ms = ms.find_all {|m| !m[:meta][:static] }
           instance_ms.length > 0 ? instance_ms[0] : ms.find_all {|m| m[:meta][:static] }[0]
diff --git a/spec/doc_formatter_spec.rb b/spec/doc_formatter_spec.rb
index af0557dae04aea1b380121e6377659beb20d7609..3feab1ec8a2e2f81a41c5cc3364122a6e5674359 100644
--- a/spec/doc_formatter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/doc_formatter_spec.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ describe JsDuck::DocFormatter do
           {:tagname => :cfg, :name => "bar", :id => "cfg-bar"},
           {:tagname => :method, :name => "id", :id => "static-method-id",
             :meta => {:static => true}},
+          {:tagname => :method, :name => "privMeth", :id => "method-privMeth", :private => true},
         ],
         :alternateClassNames => ["FooBar"]
       }),
@@ -51,6 +52,11 @@ describe JsDuck::DocFormatter do
         'Look at <a href="Foo#static-method-id">Foo.id</a>'
     end
 
+    it "replaces {@link Foo#privMeth} with link to private class member" do
+      @formatter.replace("Look at {@link Foo#privMeth}").should ==
+        'Look at <a href="Foo#method-privMeth">Foo.privMeth</a>'
+    end
+
     it "uses context to replace {@link #bar} with link to class member" do
       @formatter.replace("Look at {@link #bar}").should ==
         'Look at <a href="Context#method-bar">bar</a>'
@@ -151,7 +157,8 @@ describe JsDuck::DocFormatter do
           JsDuck::Class.new({
             :name => "Context",
             :members => [
-              {:tagname => :method, :name => "bar", :id => "method-bar"}
+              {:tagname => :method, :name => "bar", :id => "method-bar"},
+              {:tagname => :method, :name => "privMeth", :id => "method-privMeth", :private => true},
             ]
           }),
         ])
@@ -234,6 +241,11 @@ describe JsDuck::DocFormatter do
           'Look at <a href="Context#method-bar">bar</a> method'
       end
 
+      it "converts #privMeth to link to private method" do
+        @formatter.replace("Look at #privMeth method").should ==
+          'Look at <a href="Context#method-privMeth">privMeth</a> method'
+      end
+
       it "Doesn't convert #unknown to link" do
         @formatter.replace("Ahh, an #unknown method").should ==
           'Ahh, an #unknown method'