diff --git a/include/exiv2/error.hpp b/include/exiv2/error.hpp
index 42a0959c..bd74c449 100644
--- a/include/exiv2/error.hpp
+++ b/include/exiv2/error.hpp
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ namespace Exiv2 {
              provided to print errors to a stream.
      */
     template<typename charT>
-    class BasicError : public AnyError {
+    class EXIV2API BasicError : public AnyError {
     public:
         //! @name Creators
         //@{
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index c878008b..afd8c587 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -145,10 +145,8 @@ endif()
 
 set_target_properties( exiv2lib_int PROPERTIES
     POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
-    COMPILE_DEFINITIONS exiv2lib_STATIC
 )
 
-
 target_include_directories(exiv2lib_int PRIVATE ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR})
 target_include_directories(exiv2lib PRIVATE ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR})