From 2b09cf48c4737898679b62cfbd004d9d1083877a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sydney Runkle <54324534+sydney-runkle@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2024 10:11:48 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add more support for private attributes in `model_construct`
 call (#8525)

---
 pydantic/main.py           |  6 ++++++
 tests/test_construction.py | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pydantic/main.py b/pydantic/main.py
index 1dbf607c3f..9df8f8797c 100644
--- a/pydantic/main.py
+++ b/pydantic/main.py
@@ -237,6 +237,12 @@ def model_construct(cls: type[Model], _fields_set: set[str] | None = None, **val
 
         if cls.__pydantic_post_init__:
             m.model_post_init(None)
+            # update private attributes with values set
+            if hasattr(m, '__pydantic_private__') and m.__pydantic_private__ is not None:
+                for k, v in values.items():
+                    if k in m.__private_attributes__:
+                        m.__pydantic_private__[k] = v
+
         elif not cls.__pydantic_root_model__:
             # Note: if there are any private attributes, cls.__pydantic_post_init__ would exist
             # Since it doesn't, that means that `__pydantic_private__` should be set to None
diff --git a/tests/test_construction.py b/tests/test_construction.py
index a3d13b817c..75998bf474 100644
--- a/tests/test_construction.py
+++ b/tests/test_construction.py
@@ -519,3 +519,13 @@ class MyModel(BaseModel):
     m = MyModel.model_construct(b='b')
 
     assert m.model_dump_json() == '{"a":"a","b":"b"}'
+
+
+def test_initialize_with_private_attr():
+    class MyModel(BaseModel):
+        _a: str
+
+    m = MyModel.model_construct(_a='a')
+
+    assert m._a == 'a'
+    assert '_a' in m.__pydantic_private__