diff --git a/mythtv/configure b/mythtv/configure
index d244e2030e1..42add37c15b 100755
--- a/mythtv/configure
+++ b/mythtv/configure
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Advanced options (experts only):
   --extra-cflags=ECFLAGS   add ECFLAGS to CFLAGS [$CFLAGS]
   --extra-cxxflags=ECXFLAGS add ECXXFLAGS to list of flags for C++ compile
   --extra-ldflags=ELDFLAGS add ELDFLAGS to LDFLAGS [$LDFLAGS]
-  --enable-symbol-visibility enables symbol visibility options
+  --disable-symbol-visibility disables symbol visibility options
   --arch=ARCH              select architecture [$arch]
   --tune=CPU               tune instruction usage for a particular CPU [$tune]
   --cpu=CPU                select the minimum required CPU (affects
@@ -1932,6 +1932,7 @@ enable opengl
 enable opengl_vsync
 enable opengl_video
 enable quartz_video
+enable symbol_visibility
 enable v4l
 enable x11
 enable xrandr
@@ -3254,10 +3255,10 @@ if ! is_qmake4 $qmake; then
     is_qmake4 qmake-qt4 && qmake=qmake-qt4 || die "qmake for Qt4.5 or newer not found.\nPlease specify the correct qmake with --qmake="
 fi
 
-if ! expr $($qmake -query QT_VERSION) : "4\.[5-9]\.[0-9]" >/dev/null; then 
-    die "Qt4.5 or newer is required to build MythTV." 
-fi 
-    
+if ! expr $($qmake -query QT_VERSION) : "4\.[5-9]\.[0-9]" >/dev/null; then
+    die "Qt4.5 or newer is required to build MythTV."
+fi
+
 enable_pic() {
     enable pic
     add_cppflags -DPIC
@@ -3588,7 +3589,7 @@ fi
 disabled  zlib || check_lib   zlib.h      zlibVersion -lz   || disable  zlib
 disabled bzlib || check_lib2 bzlib.h BZ2_bzlibVersion -lbz2 || disable bzlib
 
-# Attempt to use libudev for mediamonitor 
+# Attempt to use libudev for mediamonitor
 enabled libudev && check_lib2 libudev.h udev_new -ludev || disable libudev
 
 enabled ffmpeg_pthreads && enable pthreads
@@ -4152,7 +4153,7 @@ fi
 # Check for perl dependencies
 # Modules distributed in Perl core
 if enabled bindings_perl; then
-    check_pl_lib "ExtUtils::MakeMaker" || 
+    check_pl_lib "ExtUtils::MakeMaker" ||
         disable_bindings_perl "ExtUtils::MakeMaker"
     check_pl_lib Config           || disable_bindings_perl Config
     check_pl_lib Exporter         || disable_bindings_perl Exporter
@@ -4163,9 +4164,9 @@ if enabled bindings_perl; then
     check_pl_lib DBI              || disable_bindings_perl DBI
     check_pl_lib "HTTP::Request"  || disable_bindings_perl "HTTP::Request"
     check_pl_lib "LWP::UserAgent" || disable_bindings_perl "LWP::UserAgent"
-    check_pl_lib "Net::UPnP::QueryResponse" || 
+    check_pl_lib "Net::UPnP::QueryResponse" ||
         disable_bindings_perl "Net::UPnP::QueryResponse"
-    check_pl_lib "Net::UPnP::ControlPoint"  || 
+    check_pl_lib "Net::UPnP::ControlPoint"  ||
         disable_bindings_perl "Net::UPnP::ControlPoint"
 fi