diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/exe/src/main.rs b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/exe/src/main.rs
index 5bb9375719ea..63670ff63a37 100644
--- a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/exe/src/main.rs
+++ b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/exe/src/main.rs
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ mod a_module;
 fn main() {
     my_macro2!(); // $ item=my_macro2
     hello(); // $ item=HELLO
+    lib::extern_crate_alias::a_module::hello(); // $ item=HELLO
 }
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/functions.expected b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/functions.expected
index 6d8aa73cd833..b6d54fa07d3e 100644
--- a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/functions.expected
+++ b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/functions.expected
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-| exe/src/main.rs:7:1:10:1 | fn main |
+| exe/src/main.rs:7:1:11:1 | fn main |
 | lib/src/a_module/mod.rs:1:1:4:1 | fn hello |
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/lib/src/lib.rs b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/lib/src/lib.rs
index f313f76edadd..7999517c72d4 100644
--- a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/lib/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/lib/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ mod macros {
 }
 
 pub mod a_module;
+
+pub extern crate self as extern_crate_alias;
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/summary.cargo.expected b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/summary.cargo.expected
index cb07b66d437d..11fba34f9019 100644
--- a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/summary.cargo.expected
+++ b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/summary.cargo.expected
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 | Inconsistencies - Path resolution | 0 |
 | Inconsistencies - SSA | 0 |
 | Inconsistencies - data flow | 0 |
-| Lines of code extracted | 21 |
-| Lines of user code extracted | 21 |
+| Lines of code extracted | 23 |
+| Lines of user code extracted | 23 |
 | Macro calls - resolved | 10 |
 | Macro calls - total | 10 |
 | Macro calls - unresolved | 0 |
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/summary.rust-project.expected b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/summary.rust-project.expected
index cb07b66d437d..11fba34f9019 100644
--- a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/summary.rust-project.expected
+++ b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/summary.rust-project.expected
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 | Inconsistencies - Path resolution | 0 |
 | Inconsistencies - SSA | 0 |
 | Inconsistencies - data flow | 0 |
-| Lines of code extracted | 21 |
-| Lines of user code extracted | 21 |
+| Lines of code extracted | 23 |
+| Lines of user code extracted | 23 |
 | Macro calls - resolved | 10 |
 | Macro calls - total | 10 |
 | Macro calls - unresolved | 0 |
diff --git a/rust/ql/lib/codeql/rust/internal/PathResolution.qll b/rust/ql/lib/codeql/rust/internal/PathResolution.qll
index 54df4a3ca0c4..f4346062f371 100644
--- a/rust/ql/lib/codeql/rust/internal/PathResolution.qll
+++ b/rust/ql/lib/codeql/rust/internal/PathResolution.qll
@@ -259,8 +259,7 @@ abstract class ItemNode extends Locatable {
     kind.isInternal() and
     useOpt.isNone()
     or
-    externCrateEdge(this, name, result) and
-    kind.isInternal() and
+    externCrateEdge(this, name, kind, result) and
     useOpt.isNone()
     or
     macroExportEdge(this, name, result) and
@@ -276,7 +275,7 @@ abstract class ItemNode extends Locatable {
         result = use_.getASuccessor(name, kind, _)
       )
     or
-    exists(ExternCrateItemNode ec | result = ec.(ItemNode).getASuccessor(name, kind, useOpt) |
+    exists(ExternCrateItemNode ec | result = ec.getASuccessor(name, kind, useOpt) |
       ec = this.getASuccessor(_, _, _)
       or
       // if the extern crate appears in the crate root, then the crate name is also added
@@ -527,7 +526,7 @@ class ExternCrateItemNode extends ItemNode instanceof ExternCrate {
 
   override Namespace getNamespace() { none() }
 
-  override Visibility getVisibility() { none() }
+  override Visibility getVisibility() { result = ExternCrate.super.getVisibility() }
 
   override Attr getAnAttr() { result = ExternCrate.super.getAnAttr() }
 
@@ -2107,8 +2106,11 @@ private predicate useImportEdge(Use use, string name, ItemNode item, SuccessorKi
 
 /** Holds if `ec` imports `crate` as `name`. */
 pragma[nomagic]
-private predicate externCrateEdge(ExternCrateItemNode ec, string name, CrateItemNode crate) {
+private predicate externCrateEdge(
+  ExternCrateItemNode ec, string name, SuccessorKind kind, CrateItemNode crate
+) {
   name = ec.getName() and
+  (if ec.isPublic() then kind.isBoth() else kind.isInternal()) and
   exists(SourceFile f, string s |
     ec.getFile() = f.getFile() and
     s = ec.(ExternCrate).getIdentifier().getText()