diff --git a/CppParser/include/Poco/CppParser/CppParser.h b/CppParser/include/Poco/CppParser/CppParser.h
index ea7125e900..f3591a8880 100644
--- a/CppParser/include/Poco/CppParser/CppParser.h
+++ b/CppParser/include/Poco/CppParser/CppParser.h
@@ -40,8 +40,12 @@
 #endif
 
 
-#if !defined(CppParser_API)
-	#define CppParser_API
+#if !defined(ActiveRecordLib_API)
+	#if !defined(POCO_NO_GCC_API_ATTRIBUTE) && defined (__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ >= 4)
+		#define CppParser_API __attribute__ ((visibility ("default")))
+	#else
+		#define CppParser_API
+	#endif
 #endif