diff --git a/googlemock/include/gmock/internal/gmock-internal-utils.h b/googlemock/include/gmock/internal/gmock-internal-utils.h
index ef150e0f..20c95c6a 100644
--- a/googlemock/include/gmock/internal/gmock-internal-utils.h
+++ b/googlemock/include/gmock/internal/gmock-internal-utils.h
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ struct BooleanConstant {};
 
 // Emit an assertion failure due to incorrect DoDefault() usage. Out-of-lined to
 // reduce code size.
-void IllegalDoDefault(const char* file, int line);
+GTEST_API_ void IllegalDoDefault(const char* file, int line);
 
 #if GTEST_LANG_CXX11
 // Helper types for Apply() below.