diff --git a/dialect/sql/scan.go b/dialect/sql/scan.go
index b866c1889..867d2e28c 100644
--- a/dialect/sql/scan.go
+++ b/dialect/sql/scan.go
@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ func scanStruct(typ reflect.Type, columns []string) (*rowScan, error) {
 	)
 	for i := 0; i < typ.NumField(); i++ {
 		f := typ.Field(i)
+		// Skip unexported fields.
+		if f.PkgPath != "" {
+			continue
+		}
 		name := strings.ToLower(f.Name)
 		if tag, ok := f.Tag.Lookup("sql"); ok {
 			name = tag
diff --git a/dialect/sql/scan_test.go b/dialect/sql/scan_test.go
index ef9a98dfa..08036f18f 100644
--- a/dialect/sql/scan_test.go
+++ b/dialect/sql/scan_test.go
@@ -116,18 +116,27 @@ func TestScanSlice(t *testing.T) {
 		AddRow(10, "Ariel", "Mashraki")
 	err := ScanSlice(toRows(mock), nil)
 	require.EqualError(t, err, "sql/scan: ScanSlice(nil)")
-	var p []struct {
+	type P struct {
 		_     int
 		ID    int
 		First string
 		Last  string
 	}
+	var p []P
 	err = ScanSlice(toRows(mock), p)
-	require.EqualError(t, err, "sql/scan: ScanSlice(non-pointer []struct { _ int; ID int; First string; Last string })")
+	require.EqualError(t, err, "sql/scan: ScanSlice(non-pointer []sql.P)")
+
 	require.NoError(t, ScanSlice(toRows(mock), &p))
 	require.Equal(t, 10, p[0].ID)
 	require.Equal(t, "Ariel", p[0].First)
 	require.Equal(t, "Mashraki", p[0].Last)
+
+	var pp []struct{ _, id int }
+	mock = sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"id"}).
+		AddRow(10)
+	err = ScanSlice(toRows(mock), &pp)
+	require.EqualError(t, err, "sql/scan: missing struct field for column: id (id)")
+	require.Empty(t, pp)
 }
 
 func TestScanSlicePtr(t *testing.T) {