diff --git a/Source/cmDyndepCollation.cxx b/Source/cmDyndepCollation.cxx
index 53a262b060..f45d81b7e3 100644
--- a/Source/cmDyndepCollation.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmDyndepCollation.cxx
@@ -623,3 +623,20 @@ bool cmDyndepCollation::WriteDyndepMetadata(
 
   return result;
 }
+
+bool cmDyndepCollation::IsObjectPrivate(
+  std::string const& object, cmCxxModuleExportInfo const& export_info)
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  std::string output_path = object;
+  cmSystemTools::ConvertToUnixSlashes(output_path);
+#else
+  std::string const& output_path = object;
+#endif
+  auto fileset_info_itr = export_info.ObjectToFileSet.find(output_path);
+  if (fileset_info_itr == export_info.ObjectToFileSet.end()) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  auto const& file_set = fileset_info_itr->second;
+  return !cmFileSetVisibilityIsForInterface(file_set.Visibility);
+}
diff --git a/Source/cmDyndepCollation.h b/Source/cmDyndepCollation.h
index e70ac09be5..48afe2bfc0 100644
--- a/Source/cmDyndepCollation.h
+++ b/Source/cmDyndepCollation.h
@@ -49,4 +49,6 @@ struct cmDyndepCollation
                                   std::vector<cmScanDepInfo> const& objects,
                                   cmCxxModuleExportInfo const& export_info,
                                   cmDyndepMetadataCallbacks const& cb);
+  static bool IsObjectPrivate(std::string const& object,
+                              cmCxxModuleExportInfo const& export_info);
 };