diff --git a/src/Docfx.Dotnet/CompilationHelper.cs b/src/Docfx.Dotnet/CompilationHelper.cs
index 97e9b3232ce..47da38b3fcb 100644
--- a/src/Docfx.Dotnet/CompilationHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Docfx.Dotnet/CompilationHelper.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
+
 using Docfx.Common;
 using Docfx.Exceptions;
 using ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Metadata;
@@ -102,12 +103,17 @@ public static Compilation CreateCompilationFromVBCode(string code, IDictionary<s
             references: GetDefaultMetadataReferences("VB").Concat(references ?? []));
     }
 
-    public static (Compilation, IAssemblySymbol) CreateCompilationFromAssembly(string assemblyPath, params MetadataReference[] references)
+    public static (Compilation, IAssemblySymbol) CreateCompilationFromAssembly(string assemblyPath, bool includePrivateMembers = false, params MetadataReference[] references)
     {
         var metadataReference = CreateMetadataReference(assemblyPath);
         var compilation = CS.CSharpCompilation.Create(
             assemblyName: null,
-            options: new CS.CSharpCompilationOptions(OutputKind.DynamicallyLinkedLibrary),
+            options: new CS.CSharpCompilationOptions(
+                outputKind            : OutputKind.DynamicallyLinkedLibrary,
+                metadataImportOptions : includePrivateMembers
+                    ? MetadataImportOptions.All
+                    : MetadataImportOptions.Public
+            ),
             syntaxTrees: s_assemblyBootstrap,
             references: GetReferenceAssemblies(assemblyPath)
                 .Select(CreateMetadataReference)
diff --git a/src/Docfx.Dotnet/DotnetApiCatalog.Compile.cs b/src/Docfx.Dotnet/DotnetApiCatalog.Compile.cs
index ae7a801f30e..b85ab3784d6 100644
--- a/src/Docfx.Dotnet/DotnetApiCatalog.Compile.cs
+++ b/src/Docfx.Dotnet/DotnetApiCatalog.Compile.cs
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ await LoadCompilationFromProject(project.AbsolutePath) is { } compilation)
             foreach (var assemblyFile in assemblyFiles)
             {
                 Logger.LogInfo($"Loading assembly {assemblyFile.NormalizedPath}");
-                var (compilation, assembly) = CompilationHelper.CreateCompilationFromAssembly(assemblyFile.NormalizedPath, metadataReferences);
+                var (compilation, assembly) = CompilationHelper.CreateCompilationFromAssembly(assemblyFile.NormalizedPath, config.IncludePrivateMembers, metadataReferences);
                 hasCompilationError |= compilation.CheckDiagnostics(config.AllowCompilationErrors);
                 assemblies.Add((assembly, compilation));
             }
diff --git a/src/Docfx.Dotnet/ManagedReference/Visitors/SymbolVisitorAdapter.cs b/src/Docfx.Dotnet/ManagedReference/Visitors/SymbolVisitorAdapter.cs
index f796f1de099..b8aa2f4c6ec 100644
--- a/src/Docfx.Dotnet/ManagedReference/Visitors/SymbolVisitorAdapter.cs
+++ b/src/Docfx.Dotnet/ManagedReference/Visitors/SymbolVisitorAdapter.cs
@@ -181,7 +181,13 @@ public override MetadataItem VisitNamedType(INamedTypeSymbol symbol)
         }
 
         item.Items = new List<MetadataItem>();
-        foreach (var member in symbol.GetMembers().Where(s => s is not INamedTypeSymbol))
+        foreach (
+            var member in symbol.GetMembers()
+            .Where(static s =>
+                s is not INamedTypeSymbol
+                && ! s.Name.StartsWith('<')
+                && (s is not IMethodSymbol ms || ms.MethodKind != MethodKind.StaticConstructor)
+            ))
         {
             var memberItem = member.Accept(this);
             if (memberItem != null)