diff --git a/tags/parser.go b/tags/parser.go
index 5c30208e..ff329daa 100644
--- a/tags/parser.go
+++ b/tags/parser.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
+	"unicode"
 
 	"xorm.io/xorm/caches"
 	"xorm.io/xorm/convert"
@@ -143,8 +144,18 @@ func (parser *Parser) Parse(v reflect.Value) (*schemas.Table, error) {
 	var hasCacheTag, hasNoCacheTag bool
 
 	for i := 0; i < t.NumField(); i++ {
-		tag := t.Field(i).Tag
+		var isUnexportField bool
+		for _, c := range t.Field(i).Name {
+			if unicode.IsLower(c) {
+				isUnexportField = true
+			}
+			break
+		}
+		if isUnexportField {
+			continue
+		}
 
+		tag := t.Field(i).Tag
 		ormTagStr := tag.Get(parser.identifier)
 		var col *schemas.Column
 		fieldValue := v.Field(i)
@@ -292,7 +303,6 @@ func (parser *Parser) Parse(v reflect.Value) (*schemas.Table, error) {
 		}
 
 		table.AddColumn(col)
-
 	} // end for
 
 	if idFieldColName != "" && len(table.PrimaryKeys) == 0 {
diff --git a/tags/parser_test.go b/tags/parser_test.go
index c3bf8051..5add1e13 100644
--- a/tags/parser_test.go
+++ b/tags/parser_test.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func TestUnexportField(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 
 	type VanilaStruct struct {
-		private int
+		private int // unexported fields will be ignored
 		Public  int
 	}
 	table, err := parser.Parse(reflect.ValueOf(new(VanilaStruct)))
@@ -67,18 +67,13 @@ func TestUnexportField(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	type TaggedStruct struct {
-		private int `xorm:"private"`
+		private int `xorm:"private"` // unexported fields will be ignored
 		Public  int `xorm:"-"`
 	}
 	table, err = parser.Parse(reflect.ValueOf(new(TaggedStruct)))
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.EqualValues(t, "tagged_struct", table.Name)
-	assert.EqualValues(t, 1, len(table.Columns()))
-
-	for _, col := range table.Columns() {
-		assert.EqualValues(t, "private", col.Name)
-		assert.NotEqual(t, "public", col.Name)
-	}
+	assert.EqualValues(t, 0, len(table.Columns()))
 }
 
 func TestParseWithOtherIdentifier(t *testing.T) {