diff --git a/bindings/c/tag_c.h b/bindings/c/tag_c.h
index 055da4e3..cb109275 100644
--- a/bindings/c/tag_c.h
+++ b/bindings/c/tag_c.h
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #else
 #define TAGLIB_C_EXPORT __declspec(dllimport)
 #endif
+#elif defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ > 4 || __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 1)
+#define TAGLIB_C_EXPORT __attribute__ ((visibility("default")))
 #else
 #define TAGLIB_C_EXPORT
 #endif
diff --git a/taglib/taglib_export.h b/taglib/taglib_export.h
index a6894d48..f1345e94 100644
--- a/taglib/taglib_export.h
+++ b/taglib/taglib_export.h
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 #else
 #define TAGLIB_EXPORT __declspec(dllimport)
 #endif
+#elif defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ > 4 || __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 1)
+#define TAGLIB_EXPORT __attribute__ ((visibility("default")))
 #else
 #define TAGLIB_EXPORT
 #endif