diff --git a/include/boost/nowide/config.hpp b/include/boost/nowide/config.hpp
index 7495c33..6cadc11 100644
--- a/include/boost/nowide/config.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/nowide/config.hpp
@@ -11,23 +11,15 @@
 #include <boost/config.hpp>
 #include <boost/nowide/replacement.hpp>
 
-#ifndef BOOST_SYMBOL_VISIBLE
-# define BOOST_SYMBOL_VISIBLE
-#endif
-
-#ifdef BOOST_HAS_DECLSPEC 
-#   if defined(BOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK) || defined(BOOST_NOWIDE_DYN_LINK)
-#       ifdef BOOST_NOWIDE_SOURCE
-#           define BOOST_NOWIDE_DECL BOOST_SYMBOL_EXPORT
-#       else
-#           define BOOST_NOWIDE_DECL BOOST_SYMBOL_IMPORT
-#       endif  // BOOST_NOWIDE_SOURCE
-#   endif  // DYN_LINK
-#endif  // BOOST_HAS_DECLSPEC
-
-#ifndef BOOST_NOWIDE_DECL
-#   define BOOST_NOWIDE_DECL
-#endif
+#if defined(BOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK) || defined(BOOST_NOWIDE_DYN_LINK)
+#  ifdef BOOST_NOWIDE_SOURCE
+#    define BOOST_NOWIDE_DECL BOOST_SYMBOL_EXPORT
+#  else
+#     define BOOST_NOWIDE_DECL BOOST_SYMBOL_IMPORT
+#  endif  // BOOST_NOWIDE_SOURCE
+#else
+#  define BOOST_NOWIDE_DECL
+#endif  // DYN_LINK
 
 //
 // Automatically link to the correct build variant where possible. 
diff --git a/include/boost/nowide/iostream.hpp b/include/boost/nowide/iostream.hpp
index 6ab004a..a707668 100644
--- a/include/boost/nowide/iostream.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/nowide/iostream.hpp
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #include <ostream>
 #include <istream>
 
+#include <boost/config/abi_prefix.hpp> // must be the last #include
+
 #ifdef BOOST_MSVC
 #  pragma warning(push)
 #  pragma warning(disable : 4251)
@@ -52,7 +54,6 @@ namespace nowide {
             winconsole_istream();
             ~winconsole_istream();
         private:
-            struct data;
             boost::scoped_ptr<console_input_buffer> d;
         };
     } // details 
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ namespace nowide {
 #  pragma warning(pop)
 #endif
 
+#include <boost/config/abi_suffix.hpp> // pops abi_prefix.hpp pragmas
 
 #endif
 ///
diff --git a/src/iostream.cpp b/src/iostream.cpp
index c71a4e5..f955551 100644
--- a/src/iostream.cpp
+++ b/src/iostream.cpp
@@ -7,12 +7,21 @@
 //
 #define BOOST_NOWIDE_SOURCE
 #include <boost/nowide/iostream.hpp>
+
+#ifndef BOOST_WINDOWS
+
+namespace boost {
+namespace nowide {
+    BOOST_NOWIDE_DECL void dummy_exported_function(){}
+}
+}
+
+#else
+
 #include <boost/nowide/convert.hpp>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <vector>
 
-#ifdef BOOST_WINDOWS
-
 #ifndef NOMINMAX
 # define NOMINMAX
 #endif
@@ -237,10 +246,10 @@ namespace details {
     
 } // details
     
-BOOST_NOWIDE_DECL details::winconsole_istream cin;
-BOOST_NOWIDE_DECL details::winconsole_ostream cout(1);
-BOOST_NOWIDE_DECL details::winconsole_ostream cerr(2);
-BOOST_NOWIDE_DECL details::winconsole_ostream clog(2);
+details::winconsole_istream cin;
+details::winconsole_ostream cout(1);
+details::winconsole_ostream cerr(2);
+details::winconsole_ostream clog(2);
     
 namespace {
     struct initialize {