diff --git a/lib/checkclass.cpp b/lib/checkclass.cpp
index e0721531299..53cff41d92c 100644
--- a/lib/checkclass.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkclass.cpp
@@ -1342,11 +1342,11 @@ void CheckClass::privateFunctions()
 
         while (!privateFuncs.empty()) {
             const auto& pf = privateFuncs.front();
-            if (pf->token->isAttributeMaybeUnused()) {
+            if (pf->token->isAttributeMaybeUnused() || pf->token->isAttributeUnused()) {
                 privateFuncs.pop_front();
                 continue;
             }
-            if (pf->tokenDef && pf->tokenDef->isAttributeMaybeUnused()) {
+            if (pf->tokenDef && (pf->tokenDef->isAttributeMaybeUnused() || pf->tokenDef->isAttributeUnused())) {
                 privateFuncs.pop_front();
                 continue;
             }
diff --git a/test/testunusedprivfunc.cpp b/test/testunusedprivfunc.cpp
index 537385d60aa..5a364347163 100644
--- a/test/testunusedprivfunc.cpp
+++ b/test/testunusedprivfunc.cpp
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ class TestUnusedPrivateFunction : public TestFixture {
 
         TEST_CASE(templateSimplification); //ticket #6183
         TEST_CASE(maybeUnused);
+        TEST_CASE(attributeUnused); // #14129
         TEST_CASE(trailingReturn);
     }
 
@@ -890,6 +891,19 @@ class TestUnusedPrivateFunction : public TestFixture {
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout_str());
     }
 
+    void attributeUnused() {
+        check("class C {\n"
+              "    __attribute__((unused)) int f() { return 42; }\n"
+              "};");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout_str());
+
+        check("class C {\n"
+              "    __attribute__((unused)) int f();\n"
+              "};\n"
+              "int C::f() { return 42; }\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout_str());
+    }
+
     void trailingReturn() {
         check("struct B { virtual void f(); };\n"
               "struct D : B {\n"