diff --git a/include/boost/python/exec.hpp b/include/boost/python/exec.hpp
index fa4e324a..08d4459e 100644
--- a/include/boost/python/exec.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/python/exec.hpp
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@ namespace python
 // global and local are the global and local scopes respectively,
 // used during execution.
 object 
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL
 exec(str string, object global = object(), object local = object());
 
 // Execute python source code from file filename.
 // global and local are the global and local scopes respectively,
 // used during execution.
 object 
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL
 exec_file(str filename, object global = object(), object local = object());
 
 }
diff --git a/include/boost/python/import.hpp b/include/boost/python/import.hpp
index 85d1afc0..45c02a93 100644
--- a/include/boost/python/import.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/python/import.hpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace python
 {
 
 // Import the named module and return a reference to it.
-object import(str name);
+object BOOST_PYTHON_DECL import(str name);
 
 }
 }
diff --git a/src/exec.cpp b/src/exec.cpp
index 5d20bd82..5f2b8bc6 100644
--- a/src/exec.cpp
+++ b/src/exec.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace boost
 namespace python 
 {
 
-object exec(str string, object global, object local)
+object BOOST_PYTHON_DECL exec(str string, object global, object local)
 {
   // should be 'char const *' but older python versions don't use 'const' yet.
   char *s = python::extract<char *>(string);
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ object exec(str string, object global, object local)
 // Execute python source code from file filename.
 // global and local are the global and local scopes respectively,
 // used during execution.
-object exec_file(str filename, object global, object local)
+object BOOST_PYTHON_DECL exec_file(str filename, object global, object local)
 {
   // should be 'char const *' but older python versions don't use 'const' yet.
   char *f = python::extract<char *>(filename);
diff --git a/src/import.cpp b/src/import.cpp
index b0df9b23..9686ab2f 100644
--- a/src/import.cpp
+++ b/src/import.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace boost
 namespace python 
 {
 
-object import(str name)
+object BOOST_PYTHON_DECL import(str name)
 {
   // should be 'char const *' but older python versions don't use 'const' yet.
   char *n = python::extract<char *>(name);