diff --git a/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index a1e3a0c51d8e1..14e5da60aef81 100644
--- a/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -450,6 +450,7 @@ Bug Fixes to AST Handling
   legal representation. This is fixed because ElaboratedTypes don't exist anymore. (#GH43179) (#GH68670) (#GH92757)
 - Fix unrecognized html tag causing undesirable comment lexing (#GH152944)
 - Fix comment lexing of special command names (#GH152943)
+- Use `extern` as a hint to continue parsing when recovering from a malformed declaration.
 
 Miscellaneous Bug Fixes
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/clang/lib/Parse/ParseDecl.cpp b/clang/lib/Parse/ParseDecl.cpp
index 22c01c4e371f3..d6cd7eb8c2c3d 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Parse/ParseDecl.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Parse/ParseDecl.cpp
@@ -2083,6 +2083,9 @@ void Parser::SkipMalformedDecl() {
         return;
       break;
 
+    case tok::kw_extern:
+      // 'extern' at the start of a line is almost certainly a good
+      // place to pick back up parsing
     case tok::kw_namespace:
       // 'namespace' at the start of a line is almost certainly a good
       // place to pick back up parsing, except in an Objective-C
diff --git a/clang/test/Parser/recovery-after-expected-unqualified-id.cpp b/clang/test/Parser/recovery-after-expected-unqualified-id.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8019b46df1e7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/Parser/recovery-after-expected-unqualified-id.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -verify %s
+
+3.2 // expected-error {{expected unqualified-id}}
+
+extern "C" {
+    typedef int Int;
+}
+
+Int foo(); // Ok