diff --git a/src/translate_c.zig b/src/translate_c.zig
index 546a110c15..715ce73d45 100644
--- a/src/translate_c.zig
+++ b/src/translate_c.zig
@@ -1682,6 +1682,9 @@ fn transDeclStmtOne(
         .Enum => {
             try transEnumDecl(c, scope, @ptrCast(*const clang.EnumDecl, decl));
         },
+        .Function => {
+            try visitFnDecl(c, @ptrCast(*const clang.FunctionDecl, decl));
+        },
         else => |kind| return fail(
             c,
             error.UnsupportedTranslation,
diff --git a/test/translate_c.zig b/test/translate_c.zig
index 798dab075b..286c54a8f6 100644
--- a/test/translate_c.zig
+++ b/test/translate_c.zig
@@ -3529,4 +3529,16 @@ pub fn addCases(cases: *tests.TranslateCContext) void {
         \\warning: unable to translate function, demoted to extern
         \\pub extern fn initialize() void;
     });
+
+    cases.add("Function prototype declared within function",
+        \\int foo(void) {
+        \\    extern int bar(int, int);
+        \\    return bar(1, 2);
+        \\}
+    , &[_][]const u8{
+        \\pub extern fn bar(c_int, c_int) c_int;
+        \\pub export fn foo() c_int {
+        \\    return bar(@as(c_int, 1), @as(c_int, 2));
+        \\}
+    });
 }