diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 94dc1e12..f6adff54 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 project(prometheus-cpp)
 
+include(GenerateExportHeader)
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
@@ -47,6 +48,10 @@ if(ENABLE_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS)
   )
 endif()
 
+# Hide things by default
+set(CMAKE_CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden)
+set(CMAKE_VISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN YES)
+
 # prometheus-cpp
 
 add_subdirectory(core)
diff --git a/core/CMakeLists.txt b/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 219cc82c..9020c461 100644
--- a/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ add_library(core
 
 add_library(${PROJECT_NAME}::core ALIAS core)
 
+generate_export_header(core
+  EXPORT_FILE_NAME include/prometheus/core_export.h
+  PREFIX_NAME PROMETHEUS_CPP_
+)
+
 target_link_libraries(core
   PRIVATE
     Threads::Threads
@@ -28,6 +33,7 @@ target_link_libraries(core
 target_include_directories(core
   PUBLIC
     $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include>
 )
 
 set_target_properties(core PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME}-core)
diff --git a/core/include/prometheus/check_names.h b/core/include/prometheus/check_names.h
index 91acf239..5798dab7 100644
--- a/core/include/prometheus/check_names.h
+++ b/core/include/prometheus/check_names.h
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
+#include "prometheus/core_export.h"
+
 namespace prometheus {
 
-bool CheckMetricName(const std::string& name);
-bool CheckLabelName(const std::string& name);
+PROMETHEUS_CPP_CORE_EXPORT bool CheckMetricName(const std::string& name);
+PROMETHEUS_CPP_CORE_EXPORT bool CheckLabelName(const std::string& name);
 }  // namespace prometheus
diff --git a/core/include/prometheus/client_metric.h b/core/include/prometheus/client_metric.h
index 4f04281a..8f67c433 100644
--- a/core/include/prometheus/client_metric.h
+++ b/core/include/prometheus/client_metric.h
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
 #include <tuple>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "prometheus/core_export.h"
+
 namespace prometheus {
 
-struct ClientMetric {
+struct PROMETHEUS_CPP_CORE_EXPORT ClientMetric {
   // Label
 
   struct Label {
diff --git a/core/include/prometheus/collectable.h b/core/include/prometheus/collectable.h
index 97ce02ab..d463ab39 100644
--- a/core/include/prometheus/collectable.h
+++ b/core/include/prometheus/collectable.h
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "prometheus/core_export.h"
+
 namespace prometheus {
 struct MetricFamily;
 }
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ namespace prometheus {
 /// collect metrics.
 ///
 /// A Collectable has to be registered for collection. See Registry.
-class Collectable {
+class PROMETHEUS_CPP_CORE_EXPORT Collectable {
  public:
   virtual ~Collectable() = default;
 
diff --git a/core/include/prometheus/counter.h b/core/include/prometheus/counter.h
index 3faf693c..c4a55b84 100644
--- a/core/include/prometheus/counter.h
+++ b/core/include/prometheus/counter.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "prometheus/client_metric.h"
+#include "prometheus/core_export.h"
 #include "prometheus/detail/counter_builder.h"
 #include "prometheus/gauge.h"
 #include "prometheus/metric_type.h"
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ namespace prometheus {
 ///
 /// The class is thread-safe. No concurrent call to any API of this type causes
 /// a data race.
-class Counter {
+class PROMETHEUS_CPP_CORE_EXPORT Counter {
  public:
   static const MetricType metric_type{MetricType::Counter};
 
@@ -76,6 +77,6 @@ class Counter {
 ///
 /// To finish the configuration of the Counter metric, register it with
 /// Register(Registry&).
-detail::CounterBuilder BuildCounter();
+PROMETHEUS_CPP_CORE_EXPORT detail::CounterBuilder BuildCounter();
 
 }  // namespace prometheus
diff --git a/core/include/prometheus/detail/ckms_quantiles.h b/core/include/prometheus/detail/ckms_quantiles.h
index 2fe6fe22..556692dc 100644
--- a/core/include/prometheus/detail/ckms_quantiles.h
+++ b/core/include/prometheus/detail/ckms_quantiles.h
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@
 #include <functional>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "prometheus/core_export.h"
+
 namespace prometheus {
 namespace detail {
 
-class CKMSQuantiles {
+class PROMETHEUS_CPP_CORE_EXPORT CKMSQuantiles {
  public:
   struct Quantile {
     const double quantile;
diff --git a/core/include/prometheus/detail/counter_builder.h b/core/include/prometheus/detail/counter_builder.h
index 5967a7c5..2aa12c16 100644
--- a/core/include/prometheus/detail/counter_builder.h
+++ b/core/include/prometheus/detail/counter_builder.h
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include <map>
 #include <string>
 
+#include "prometheus/core_export.h"
+
 namespace prometheus {
 
 template <typename T>
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ class Registry;
 
 namespace detail {
 
-class CounterBuilder {
+class PROMETHEUS_CPP_CORE_EXPORT CounterBuilder {
  public:
   CounterBuilder& Labels(const std::map<std::string, std::string>& labels);
   CounterBuilder& Name(const std::string&);
diff --git a/core/include/prometheus/detail/gauge_builder.h b/core/include/prometheus/detail/gauge_builder.h
index 2778ff85..aa62d4af 100644
--- a/core/include/prometheus/detail/gauge_builder.h
+++ b/core/include/prometheus/detail/gauge_builder.h
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include <map>
 #include <string>
 
+#include "prometheus/core_export.h"
+
 namespace prometheus {
 
 template <typename T>
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ class Registry;
 
 namespace detail {
 
-class GaugeBuilder {
+class PROMETHEUS_CPP_CORE_EXPORT GaugeBuilder {
  public:
   GaugeBuilder& Labels(const std::map<std::string, std::string>& labels);
   GaugeBuilder& Name(const std::string&);
diff --git a/core/include/prometheus/detail/histogram_builder.h b/core/include/prometheus/detail/histogram_builder.h
index c2d9a1e4..c1229dee 100644
--- a/core/include/prometheus/detail/histogram_builder.h
+++ b/core/include/prometheus/detail/histogram_builder.h
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include <map>
 #include <string>
 
+#include "prometheus/core_export.h"
+
 namespace prometheus {
 
 template <typename T>
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ class Registry;
 
 namespace detail {
 
-class HistogramBuilder {
+class PROMETHEUS_CPP_CORE_EXPORT HistogramBuilder {
  public:
   HistogramBuilder& Labels(const std::map<std::string, std::string>& labels);
   HistogramBuilder& Name(const std::string&);
diff --git a/core/include/prometheus/detail/summary_builder.h b/core/include/prometheus/detail/summary_builder.h
index 1b8efa32..a6f69fa5 100644
--- a/core/include/prometheus/detail/summary_builder.h
+++ b/core/include/prometheus/detail/summary_builder.h
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include <map>
 #include <string>
 
+#include "prometheus/core_export.h"
+
 namespace prometheus {
 
 template <typename T>
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ class Registry;
 
 namespace detail {
 
-class SummaryBuilder {
+class PROMETHEUS_CPP_CORE_EXPORT SummaryBuilder {
  public:
   SummaryBuilder& Labels(const std::map<std::string, std::string>& labels);
   SummaryBuilder& Name(const std::string&);
diff --git a/core/include/prometheus/detail/time_window_quantiles.h b/core/include/prometheus/detail/time_window_quantiles.h
index aeb42eeb..00a518d5 100644
--- a/core/include/prometheus/detail/time_window_quantiles.h
+++ b/core/include/prometheus/detail/time_window_quantiles.h
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "prometheus/core_export.h"
 #include "prometheus/detail/ckms_quantiles.h"
 
 namespace prometheus {
 namespace detail {
 
-class TimeWindowQuantiles {
+class PROMETHEUS_CPP_CORE_EXPORT TimeWindowQuantiles {
   using Clock = std::chrono::steady_clock;
 
  public:
diff --git a/core/include/prometheus/detail/utils.h b/core/include/prometheus/detail/utils.h
index 503c1b20..be21d2cd 100644
--- a/core/include/prometheus/detail/utils.h
+++ b/core/include/prometheus/detail/utils.h
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #include <map>
 #include <string>
 
+#include "prometheus/core_export.h"
+
 namespace prometheus {
 
 namespace detail {
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ namespace detail {
 /// \param labels The map that will be computed the hash value.
 ///
 /// \returns The hash value of the given labels.
-std::size_t hash_labels(const std::map<std::string, std::string>& labels);
+PROMETHEUS_CPP_CORE_EXPORT std::size_t hash_labels(const std::map<std::string, std::string>& labels);
 
 }  // namespace detail
 
diff --git a/core/include/prometheus/family.h b/core/include/prometheus/family.h
index bb4a9500..63dd85d4 100644
--- a/core/include/prometheus/family.h
+++ b/core/include/prometheus/family.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "prometheus/check_names.h"
 #include "prometheus/client_metric.h"
 #include "prometheus/collectable.h"
+#include "prometheus/core_export.h"
 #include "prometheus/detail/future_std.h"
 #include "prometheus/detail/utils.h"
 #include "prometheus/metric_family.h"
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ namespace prometheus {
 ///
 /// \tparam T One of the metric types Counter, Gauge, Histogram or Summary.
 template <typename T>
-class Family : public Collectable {
+class PROMETHEUS_CPP_CORE_EXPORT Family : public Collectable {
  public:
   /// \brief Create a new metric.
   ///
diff --git a/core/include/prometheus/gauge.h b/core/include/prometheus/gauge.h
index 8184aa67..9b394c70 100644
--- a/core/include/prometheus/gauge.h
+++ b/core/include/prometheus/gauge.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <atomic>
 
 #include "prometheus/client_metric.h"
+#include "prometheus/core_export.h"
 #include "prometheus/detail/gauge_builder.h"
 #include "prometheus/metric_type.h"
 
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ namespace prometheus {
 ///
 /// The class is thread-safe. No concurrent call to any API of this type causes
 /// a data race.
-class Gauge {
+class PROMETHEUS_CPP_CORE_EXPORT Gauge {
  public:
   static const MetricType metric_type{MetricType::Gauge};
 
@@ -88,6 +89,6 @@ class Gauge {
 ///
 /// To finish the configuration of the Gauge metric register it with
 /// Register(Registry&).
-detail::GaugeBuilder BuildGauge();
+PROMETHEUS_CPP_CORE_EXPORT detail::GaugeBuilder BuildGauge();
 
 }  // namespace prometheus
diff --git a/core/include/prometheus/histogram.h b/core/include/prometheus/histogram.h
index a7078747..4b8f9251 100644
--- a/core/include/prometheus/histogram.h
+++ b/core/include/prometheus/histogram.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "prometheus/client_metric.h"
+#include "prometheus/core_export.h"
 #include "prometheus/counter.h"
 #include "prometheus/detail/histogram_builder.h"
 #include "prometheus/metric_type.h"
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ namespace prometheus {
 ///
 /// The class is thread-safe. No concurrent call to any API of this type causes
 /// a data race.
-class Histogram {
+class PROMETHEUS_CPP_CORE_EXPORT Histogram {
  public:
   using BucketBoundaries = std::vector<double>;
 
@@ -89,6 +90,6 @@ class Histogram {
 ///
 /// To finish the configuration of the Histogram metric register it with
 /// Register(Registry&).
-detail::HistogramBuilder BuildHistogram();
+PROMETHEUS_CPP_CORE_EXPORT detail::HistogramBuilder BuildHistogram();
 
 }  // namespace prometheus
diff --git a/core/include/prometheus/metric_family.h b/core/include/prometheus/metric_family.h
index da913a45..d9d4bf40 100644
--- a/core/include/prometheus/metric_family.h
+++ b/core/include/prometheus/metric_family.h
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "prometheus/client_metric.h"
+#include "prometheus/core_export.h"
 #include "prometheus/metric_type.h"
 
 namespace prometheus {
 
-struct MetricFamily {
+struct PROMETHEUS_CPP_CORE_EXPORT MetricFamily {
   std::string name;
   std::string help;
   MetricType type = MetricType::Untyped;
diff --git a/core/include/prometheus/metric_type.h b/core/include/prometheus/metric_type.h
index bd5c77f0..e1a53183 100644
--- a/core/include/prometheus/metric_type.h
+++ b/core/include/prometheus/metric_type.h
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include "prometheus/core_export.h"
+
 namespace prometheus {
 
-enum class MetricType {
+enum class PROMETHEUS_CPP_CORE_EXPORT MetricType {
   Counter,
   Gauge,
   Summary,
diff --git a/core/include/prometheus/registry.h b/core/include/prometheus/registry.h
index cc901073..ac8a6406 100644
--- a/core/include/prometheus/registry.h
+++ b/core/include/prometheus/registry.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "prometheus/collectable.h"
+#include "prometheus/core_export.h"
 #include "prometheus/counter.h"
 #include "prometheus/detail/counter_builder.h"
 #include "prometheus/detail/future_std.h"
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ namespace prometheus {
 ///
 /// The class is thread-safe. No concurrent call to any API of this type causes
 /// a data race.
-class Registry : public Collectable {
+class PROMETHEUS_CPP_CORE_EXPORT Registry : public Collectable {
  public:
   /// \brief Returns a list of metrics and their samples.
   ///
diff --git a/core/include/prometheus/serializer.h b/core/include/prometheus/serializer.h
index 83bbd6e4..bba46280 100644
--- a/core/include/prometheus/serializer.h
+++ b/core/include/prometheus/serializer.h
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "prometheus/core_export.h"
 #include "prometheus/metric_family.h"
 
 namespace prometheus {
 
-class Serializer {
+class PROMETHEUS_CPP_CORE_EXPORT Serializer {
  public:
   virtual ~Serializer() = default;
   virtual std::string Serialize(const std::vector<MetricFamily>&) const;
diff --git a/core/include/prometheus/summary.h b/core/include/prometheus/summary.h
index 56fcd0a8..1bb53c3f 100644
--- a/core/include/prometheus/summary.h
+++ b/core/include/prometheus/summary.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "prometheus/client_metric.h"
+#include "prometheus/core_export.h"
 #include "prometheus/detail/ckms_quantiles.h"
 #include "prometheus/detail/summary_builder.h"
 #include "prometheus/detail/time_window_quantiles.h"
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ namespace prometheus {
 ///
 /// The class is thread-safe. No concurrent call to any API of this type causes
 /// a data race.
-class Summary {
+class PROMETHEUS_CPP_CORE_EXPORT Summary {
  public:
   using Quantiles = std::vector<detail::CKMSQuantiles::Quantile>;
 
@@ -117,6 +118,6 @@ class Summary {
 ///
 /// To finish the configuration of the Summary metric register it with
 /// Register(Registry&).
-detail::SummaryBuilder BuildSummary();
+PROMETHEUS_CPP_CORE_EXPORT detail::SummaryBuilder BuildSummary();
 
 }  // namespace prometheus
diff --git a/core/include/prometheus/text_serializer.h b/core/include/prometheus/text_serializer.h
index a12f0ec1..f25dc636 100644
--- a/core/include/prometheus/text_serializer.h
+++ b/core/include/prometheus/text_serializer.h
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "prometheus/core_export.h"
 #include "prometheus/metric_family.h"
 #include "prometheus/serializer.h"
 
 namespace prometheus {
 
-class TextSerializer : public Serializer {
+class PROMETHEUS_CPP_CORE_EXPORT TextSerializer : public Serializer {
  public:
   using Serializer::Serialize;
   void Serialize(std::ostream& out,
diff --git a/pull/CMakeLists.txt b/pull/CMakeLists.txt
index 337e21f3..7a9114f5 100644
--- a/pull/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pull/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ add_library(pull
 
 add_library(${PROJECT_NAME}::pull ALIAS pull)
 
+generate_export_header(pull
+  EXPORT_FILE_NAME include/prometheus/pull_export.h
+  PREFIX_NAME PROMETHEUS_CPP_
+)
+
 target_link_libraries(pull
   PUBLIC
     ${PROJECT_NAME}::core
@@ -31,6 +36,7 @@ target_link_libraries(pull
 target_include_directories(pull
   PUBLIC
     $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include>
   PRIVATE
     ${CIVETWEB_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
diff --git a/pull/include/prometheus/exposer.h b/pull/include/prometheus/exposer.h
index c318f751..7dd29ff0 100644
--- a/pull/include/prometheus/exposer.h
+++ b/pull/include/prometheus/exposer.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "prometheus/collectable.h"
+#include "prometheus/pull_export.h"
 #include "prometheus/registry.h"
 
 class CivetServer;
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ namespace detail {
 class MetricsHandler;
 }  // namespace detail
 
-class Exposer {
+class PROMETHEUS_CPP_PULL_EXPORT Exposer {
  public:
   explicit Exposer(const std::string& bind_address,
                    const std::string& uri = std::string("/metrics"));
diff --git a/push/CMakeLists.txt b/push/CMakeLists.txt
index 4e4002e2..9adfe211 100644
--- a/push/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/push/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ add_library(push
 
 add_library(${PROJECT_NAME}::push ALIAS push)
 
+generate_export_header(push
+  EXPORT_FILE_NAME include/prometheus/push_export.h
+  PREFIX_NAME PROMETHEUS_CPP_
+)
+
+
 target_link_libraries(push
   PUBLIC
     ${PROJECT_NAME}::core
@@ -19,6 +25,7 @@ target_link_libraries(push
 target_include_directories(push
   PUBLIC
     $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include>
   PRIVATE
     ${CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
diff --git a/push/include/prometheus/gateway.h b/push/include/prometheus/gateway.h
index 577bfa3d..4b05e532 100644
--- a/push/include/prometheus/gateway.h
+++ b/push/include/prometheus/gateway.h
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "prometheus/push_export.h"
 #include "prometheus/registry.h"
 
 namespace prometheus {
 
-class Gateway {
+class PROMETHEUS_CPP_PUSH_EXPORT Gateway {
  public:
   using Labels = std::map<std::string, std::string>;