diff --git a/crates/ra_hir/src/code_model.rs b/crates/ra_hir/src/code_model.rs
index c5cfd875f2..3f0ebca0df 100644
--- a/crates/ra_hir/src/code_model.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_hir/src/code_model.rs
@@ -234,6 +234,10 @@ impl Module {
             .collect()
     }
 
+    pub fn visibility_of(self, db: &dyn HirDatabase, def: &ModuleDef) -> Option<Visibility> {
+        db.crate_def_map(self.id.krate)[self.id.local_id].scope.visbility_of(def.clone().into())
+    }
+
     pub fn diagnostics(self, db: &dyn HirDatabase, sink: &mut DiagnosticSink) {
         let _p = profile("Module::diagnostics");
         let crate_def_map = db.crate_def_map(self.id.krate);
diff --git a/crates/ra_hir/src/lib.rs b/crates/ra_hir/src/lib.rs
index 713d45f481..5af7e5d6d7 100644
--- a/crates/ra_hir/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_hir/src/lib.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pub use crate::{
         Adt, AsAssocItem, AssocItem, AssocItemContainer, AttrDef, Const, Crate, CrateDependency,
         DefWithBody, Docs, Enum, EnumVariant, FieldSource, Function, GenericDef, HasAttrs,
         HasVisibility, ImplDef, Local, MacroDef, Module, ModuleDef, ScopeDef, Static, Struct,
-        StructField, Trait, Type, TypeAlias, TypeParam, Union, VariantDef,
+        StructField, Trait, Type, TypeAlias, TypeParam, Union, VariantDef, Visibility,
     },
     has_source::HasSource,
     semantics::{original_range, PathResolution, Semantics, SemanticsScope},
diff --git a/crates/ra_hir_def/src/item_scope.rs b/crates/ra_hir_def/src/item_scope.rs
index 5e943b780a..ef1aaba6f7 100644
--- a/crates/ra_hir_def/src/item_scope.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_hir_def/src/item_scope.rs
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ impl ItemScope {
         self.impls.iter().copied()
     }
 
+    pub fn visbility_of(&self, def: ModuleDefId) -> Option<Visibility> {
+        self.name_of(ItemInNs::Types(def))
+            .or_else(|| self.name_of(ItemInNs::Values(def)))
+            .map(|(_, v)| v)
+    }
+
     /// Iterate over all module scoped macros
     pub(crate) fn macros<'a>(&'a self) -> impl Iterator<Item = (&'a Name, MacroDefId)> + 'a {
         self.visible.iter().filter_map(|(name, def)| def.take_macros().map(|macro_| (name, macro_)))
diff --git a/crates/ra_ide_db/src/defs.rs b/crates/ra_ide_db/src/defs.rs
index 97961bb6d3..e9934844e3 100644
--- a/crates/ra_ide_db/src/defs.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_ide_db/src/defs.rs
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 // FIXME: this badly needs rename/rewrite (matklad, 2020-02-06).
 
 use hir::{
-    Adt, FieldSource, HasSource, ImplDef, Local, MacroDef, Module, ModuleDef, Name, PathResolution,
-    Semantics, StructField, TypeParam,
+    HasVisibility, ImplDef, Local, MacroDef, Module, ModuleDef, Name, PathResolution, Semantics,
+    StructField, TypeParam, Visibility,
 };
 use ra_prof::profile;
 use ra_syntax::{
-    ast::{self, AstNode, VisibilityOwner},
+    ast::{self, AstNode},
     match_ast,
 };
 use test_utils::tested_by;
@@ -41,28 +41,13 @@ impl Definition {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn visibility(&self, db: &RootDatabase) -> Option<ast::Visibility> {
+    pub fn visibility(&self, db: &RootDatabase) -> Option<Visibility> {
+        let module = self.module(db);
+
         match self {
             Definition::Macro(_) => None,
-            Definition::StructField(sf) => match sf.source(db).value {
-                FieldSource::Named(it) => it.visibility(),
-                FieldSource::Pos(it) => it.visibility(),
-            },
-            Definition::ModuleDef(def) => match def {
-                ModuleDef::Module(it) => it.declaration_source(db)?.value.visibility(),
-                ModuleDef::Function(it) => it.source(db).value.visibility(),
-                ModuleDef::Adt(adt) => match adt {
-                    Adt::Struct(it) => it.source(db).value.visibility(),
-                    Adt::Union(it) => it.source(db).value.visibility(),
-                    Adt::Enum(it) => it.source(db).value.visibility(),
-                },
-                ModuleDef::Const(it) => it.source(db).value.visibility(),
-                ModuleDef::Static(it) => it.source(db).value.visibility(),
-                ModuleDef::Trait(it) => it.source(db).value.visibility(),
-                ModuleDef::TypeAlias(it) => it.source(db).value.visibility(),
-                ModuleDef::EnumVariant(_) => None,
-                ModuleDef::BuiltinType(_) => None,
-            },
+            Definition::StructField(sf) => Some(sf.visibility(db)),
+            Definition::ModuleDef(def) => module?.visibility_of(db, def),
             Definition::SelfType(_) => None,
             Definition::Local(_) => None,
             Definition::TypeParam(_) => None,