diff --git a/src/rustdoc/attr_parser.rs b/src/rustdoc/attr_parser.rs
index aaabe303b98..bccf57129d6 100644
--- a/src/rustdoc/attr_parser.rs
+++ b/src/rustdoc/attr_parser.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export crate_attrs, basic_attrs, fn_attrs, arg_attrs,
        variant_attrs, res_attrs, method_attrs;
 export parse_crate, parse_basic, parse_fn,
        parse_variant, parse_res, parse_method;
+export parse_hidden;
 
 type crate_attrs = {
     name: option<str>
@@ -363,3 +364,28 @@ fn shoulde_parse_resource_arg() {
 fn parse_method(attrs: [ast::attribute]) -> method_attrs {
     parse_fn(attrs)
 }
+
+fn parse_hidden(attrs: [ast::attribute]) -> bool {
+    parse_short_doc_or(
+        attrs,
+        {|_desc| false },
+        {|metas, _brief, _desc|
+            let hiddens = attr::find_meta_items_by_name(metas, "hidden");
+            vec::is_not_empty(hiddens)
+        }
+    )
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn shoulde_parse_hidden_attribute() {
+    let source = "#[doc(hidden)]";
+    let attrs = test::parse_attributes(source);
+    assert parse_hidden(attrs) == true;
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn shoulde_not_parse_non_hidden_attribute() {
+    let source = "#[doc = \"\"]";
+    let attrs = test::parse_attributes(source);
+    assert parse_hidden(attrs) == false;
+}
diff --git a/src/rustdoc/prune_hidden_pass.rs b/src/rustdoc/prune_hidden_pass.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..862018a9b80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rustdoc/prune_hidden_pass.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#[doc = "Prunes things with the #[doc(hidden)] attribute"];
+
+export mk_pass;
+
+fn mk_pass() -> pass {
+    {
+        name: "prune_hidden",
+        f: run
+    }
+}
+
+fn run(srv: astsrv::srv, doc: doc::doc) -> doc::doc {
+    let fold = fold::fold({
+        fold_mod: fold_mod
+        with *fold::default_any_fold(srv)
+    });
+    fold.fold_doc(fold, doc)
+}
+
+fn fold_mod(
+    fold: fold::fold<astsrv::srv>,
+    doc: doc::moddoc
+) -> doc::moddoc {
+    let doc = fold::default_any_fold_mod(fold, doc);
+
+    {
+        items: vec::filter(doc.items) {|itemtag|
+            !is_hidden(fold.ctxt, itemtag.item())
+        }
+        with doc
+    }
+}
+
+fn is_hidden(srv: astsrv::srv, doc: doc::itemdoc) -> bool {
+    import rustc::middle::ast_map;
+
+    let id = doc.id;
+    astsrv::exec(srv) {|ctxt|
+        let attrs = alt ctxt.ast_map.get(id) {
+          ast_map::node_item(item, _) { item.attrs }
+          _ { [] }
+        };
+        attr_parser::parse_hidden(attrs)
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn should_prune_hidden_items() {
+    let doc = test::mk_doc("#[doc(hidden)] mod a { }");
+    assert vec::is_empty(doc.cratemod().mods())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    fn mk_doc(source: str) -> doc::doc {
+        astsrv::from_str(source) {|srv|
+            let doc = extract::from_srv(srv, "");
+            run(srv, doc)
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/rustdoc/rustdoc.rc b/src/rustdoc/rustdoc.rc
index c53b11fa021..903c3abd920 100644
--- a/src/rustdoc/rustdoc.rc
+++ b/src/rustdoc/rustdoc.rc
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ mod tystr_pass;
 mod prune_undoc_details_pass;
 mod prune_undoc_items_pass;
 mod prune_unexported_pass;
+mod prune_hidden_pass;
 mod desc_to_brief_pass;
 mod desc_pass;
 mod unindent_pass;
diff --git a/src/rustdoc/rustdoc.rs b/src/rustdoc/rustdoc.rs
index 3f480940e16..c99a1139e6c 100755
--- a/src/rustdoc/rustdoc.rs
+++ b/src/rustdoc/rustdoc.rs
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ fn run(config: config::config) {
             prune_undoc_details_pass::mk_pass(),
             // FIXME: This pass should be optional
             // prune_undoc_items_pass::mk_pass(),
+            prune_hidden_pass::mk_pass(),
             desc_to_brief_pass::mk_pass(),
             trim_pass::mk_pass(),
             unindent_pass::mk_pass(),