diff --git a/include/boost/archive/detail/decl.hpp b/include/boost/archive/detail/decl.hpp
index 44e22be9..cf0071cb 100644
--- a/include/boost/archive/detail/decl.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/archive/detail/decl.hpp
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
             #if defined(__BORLANDC__)
             #define BOOST_ARCHIVE_DECL(T) T __export
             #define BOOST_ARCHIVE_OR_WARCHIVE_DECL(T)  T __export
+            #elif defined(BOOST_GCC) && BOOST_GCC >= 4
+            #define BOOST_ARCHIVE_DECL(T) __attribute__ ((visibility ("default")))
+            #define BOOST_ARCHIVE_OR_WARCHIVE_DECL(T) __attribute__ ((visibility ("default")))
             #else
             #define BOOST_ARCHIVE_DECL(T) __declspec(dllexport) T
             #define BOOST_ARCHIVE_OR_WARCHIVE_DECL(T)  __declspec(dllexport) T
@@ -37,6 +40,9 @@
         #else
             #if defined(__BORLANDC__)
             #define BOOST_ARCHIVE_DECL(T) T __import
+            #elif defined(BOOST_GCC) && BOOST_GCC >= 4
+            #define BOOST_ARCHIVE_DECL(T) __attribute__ ((visibility ("default")))
+            #define BOOST_ARCHIVE_OR_WARCHIVE_DECL(T) __attribute__ ((visibility ("default")))
             #else
             #define BOOST_ARCHIVE_DECL(T) __declspec(dllimport) T
             #endif
@@ -45,6 +51,9 @@
             #if defined(__BORLANDC__)
             #define BOOST_WARCHIVE_DECL(T) T __export
             #define BOOST_ARCHIVE_OR_WARCHIVE_DECL(T) T __export
+            #elif defined(BOOST_GCC) && BOOST_GCC >= 4
+            #define BOOST_WARCHIVE_DECL(T) __attribute__ ((visibility ("default")))
+            #define BOOST_ARCHIVE_OR_WARCHIVE_DECL(T) __attribute__ ((visibility ("default")))
             #else
             #define BOOST_WARCHIVE_DECL(T) __declspec(dllexport) T
             #define BOOST_ARCHIVE_OR_WARCHIVE_DECL(T) __declspec(dllexport) T
@@ -52,6 +61,9 @@
         #else
             #if defined(__BORLANDC__)
             #define BOOST_WARCHIVE_DECL(T) T __import
+            #elif defined(BOOST_GCC) && BOOST_GCC >= 4
+            #define BOOST_WARCHIVE_DECL(T) __attribute__ ((visibility ("default")))
+            #define BOOST_ARCHIVE_OR_WARCHIVE_DECL(T) __attribute__ ((visibility ("default")))
             #else
             #define BOOST_WARCHIVE_DECL(T) __declspec(dllimport) T
             #endif