diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
index 7a5cf8031375d..9e4c2a4e1974a 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ use rustc_target::spec::abi::Abi;
 use crate::clean::cfg::Cfg;
 use crate::clean::external_path;
 use crate::clean::inline::{self, print_inlined_const};
-use crate::clean::utils::{is_literal_expr, print_evaluated_const};
+use crate::clean::utils::{inherits_doc_hidden, is_literal_expr, print_evaluated_const};
 use crate::core::DocContext;
 use crate::formats::cache::Cache;
 use crate::formats::item_type::ItemType;
@@ -2489,6 +2489,15 @@ impl Import {
     pub(crate) fn imported_item_is_doc_hidden(&self, tcx: TyCtxt<'_>) -> bool {
         self.source.did.is_some_and(|did| tcx.is_doc_hidden(did))
     }
+
+    pub(crate) fn inherits_doc_hidden(&self, tcx: TyCtxt<'_>) -> bool {
+        self.imported_item_is_doc_hidden(tcx)
+            || self
+                .source
+                .did
+                .and_then(|did| did.as_local())
+                .map_or(false, |did| inherits_doc_hidden(tcx, did, None))
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
@@ -2499,6 +2508,12 @@ pub(crate) enum ImportKind {
     Glob,
 }
 
+impl ImportKind {
+    pub fn is_glob(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self, Self::Glob)
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub(crate) struct ImportSource {
     pub(crate) path: Path,
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/json/conversions.rs b/src/librustdoc/json/conversions.rs
index 61376ab31dd28..8690fa0fdc44a 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/json/conversions.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/json/conversions.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use rustc_target::spec::abi::Abi as RustcAbi;
 
 use rustdoc_json_types::*;
 
-use crate::clean::{self, ItemId};
+use crate::clean::{self, ImportKind, ItemId};
 use crate::formats::item_type::ItemType;
 use crate::formats::FormatRenderer;
 use crate::json::JsonRenderer;
@@ -761,20 +761,22 @@ impl FromWithTcx<clean::Discriminant> for Discriminant {
 
 impl FromWithTcx<clean::Import> for Import {
     fn from_tcx(import: clean::Import, tcx: TyCtxt<'_>) -> Self {
-        use clean::ImportKind::*;
-        let (name, glob) = match import.kind {
-            Simple(s) => (s.to_string(), false),
-            Glob => (
+        let (name, glob, id) = match import.kind {
+            ImportKind::Simple(s) => {
+                let id = if import.inherits_doc_hidden(tcx) {
+                    None
+                } else {
+                    import.source.did.map(ItemId::from).map(|i| id_from_item_default(i, tcx))
+                };
+                (s.to_string(), false, id)
+            }
+            ImportKind::Glob => (
                 import.source.path.last_opt().unwrap_or_else(|| Symbol::intern("*")).to_string(),
                 true,
+                import.source.did.map(ItemId::from).map(|i| id_from_item_default(i, tcx)),
             ),
         };
-        Import {
-            source: import.source.path.whole_name(),
-            name,
-            id: import.source.did.map(ItemId::from).map(|i| id_from_item_default(i, tcx)),
-            glob,
-        }
+        Import { source: import.source.path.whole_name(), name, id, glob }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/stripper.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/stripper.rs
index df955421ba487..5f40bcb2ba80e 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/stripper.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/stripper.rs
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ pub(crate) struct ImportStripper<'tcx> {
 
 impl<'tcx> ImportStripper<'tcx> {
     fn import_should_be_hidden(&self, i: &Item, imp: &clean::Import) -> bool {
-        if self.is_json_output {
+        if self.is_json_output && imp.kind.is_glob() {
             // FIXME: This should be handled the same way as for HTML output.
             imp.imported_item_is_doc_hidden(self.tcx)
         } else {
diff --git a/src/rustdoc-json-types/lib.rs b/src/rustdoc-json-types/lib.rs
index 5d979521885ad..32fa74943b5b0 100644
--- a/src/rustdoc-json-types/lib.rs
+++ b/src/rustdoc-json-types/lib.rs
@@ -669,10 +669,25 @@ pub struct Import {
     /// May be different from the last segment of `source` when renaming imports:
     /// `use source as name;`
     pub name: String,
-    /// The ID of the item being imported. Will be `None` in case of re-exports of primitives:
-    /// ```rust
+    /// The ID of the item being imported. Will be `None` in case of re-exports of primitives or
+    /// if the reexported item is `#[doc(hidden)]` or inherits it from one of its parents.
+    ///
+    /// Example of reexported primitive type:
+    ///
+    /// ```
     /// pub use i32 as my_i32;
     /// ```
+    ///
+    /// Example of reexported item which inherits `doc(hidden)`:
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// #[doc(hidden)]
+    /// pub mod foo {
+    ///     pub struct Bar;
+    /// }
+    ///
+    /// pub use foo::Bar;
+    /// ```
     pub id: Option<Id>,
     /// Whether this import uses a glob: `use source::*;`
     pub glob: bool,
diff --git a/tests/rustdoc-json/doc_hidden_reexports.rs b/tests/rustdoc-json/doc_hidden_reexports.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..daac4939d7f41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/rustdoc-json/doc_hidden_reexports.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Regression test for <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/117718>.
+// Ensures that the various "doc(hidden)" reexport cases are correctly handled.
+
+pub mod submodule {
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    pub struct Hidden {}
+}
+
+#[doc(hidden)]
+mod x {
+    pub struct Y {}
+}
+
+// @has "$.index[*].inner[?(@.import.name=='UsedHidden')].import.source" '"submodule::Hidden"'
+// @has "$.index[*].inner[?(@.import.name=='UsedHidden')].import.id" "null"
+pub use submodule::Hidden as UsedHidden;
+// @has "$.index[*].inner[?(@.import.name=='Z')].import.source" '"x::Y"'
+// @has "$.index[*].inner[?(@.import.name=='Z')].import.id" 'null'
+pub use x::Y as Z;
diff --git a/tests/rustdoc-json/reexport/pub_use_doc_hidden.rs b/tests/rustdoc-json/reexport/pub_use_doc_hidden.rs
index 15d194ef5d925..09303cbd74e6a 100644
--- a/tests/rustdoc-json/reexport/pub_use_doc_hidden.rs
+++ b/tests/rustdoc-json/reexport/pub_use_doc_hidden.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ mod repeat_n {
     pub struct RepeatN {}
 }
 
-/// not here
+/// is here
 pub use repeat_n::RepeatN;
 
 // @count "$.index[*][?(@.name=='pub_use_doc_hidden')].inner.items[*]" 0
+// @has "$.index[*][?(@.docs == 'is here')]"
 // @!has "$.index[*][?(@.docs == 'not here')]"