diff --git a/autoload/tagbar/prototypes/basetag.vim b/autoload/tagbar/prototypes/basetag.vim
index 2095271..2f411bf 100644
--- a/autoload/tagbar/prototypes/basetag.vim
+++ b/autoload/tagbar/prototypes/basetag.vim
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ let s:visibility_symbols = {
     \ 'protected' : '#',
     \ 'private'   : '-'
 \ }
+if !empty(g:tagbar_visibility_symbols)
+    let s:visibility_symbols = g:tagbar_visibility_symbols
+endif
 
 function! tagbar#prototypes#basetag#new(name) abort
     let newobj = {}
diff --git a/doc/tagbar.txt b/doc/tagbar.txt
index 486cd44..cd73a2d 100644
--- a/doc/tagbar.txt
+++ b/doc/tagbar.txt
@@ -646,7 +646,21 @@ name.
 Example:
 >
         let g:tagbar_show_visibility = 0
-<
+
+                                                  *g:tagbar_visibility_symbols*
+g:tagbar_visibility_symbols
+Default: { 'public' : '+', 'protected' : '#', 'private' : '-' }
+
+Symbols to use for visibility (public/protected/private) to the left of the tag
+name. See |g:tagbar_show_visibility|.
+
+Example:
+>
+        let g:tagbar_visibility_symbols = {
+            \ 'public'    : '+',
+            \ 'protected' : '#',
+            \ 'private'   : '-'
+            \ }
 
                                                    *g:tagbar_show_linenumbers*
 g:tagbar_show_linenumbers~