diff --git a/include/boost/archive/detail/decl.hpp b/include/boost/archive/detail/decl.hpp
index d0181400..cf0071cb 100644
--- a/include/boost/archive/detail/decl.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/archive/detail/decl.hpp
@@ -27,19 +27,53 @@
 #if defined(BOOST_HAS_DECLSPEC)
     #if (defined(BOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK) || defined(BOOST_SERIALIZATION_DYN_LINK))
         #if defined(BOOST_ARCHIVE_SOURCE)
-            #define BOOST_ARCHIVE_DECL(T) BOOST_SYMBOL_EXPORT T
-            #define BOOST_ARCHIVE_OR_WARCHIVE_DECL(T)  BOOST_SYMBOL_EXPORT T
+            #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
+            #endif
         #else
-            #define BOOST_ARCHIVE_DECL(T) BOOST_SYMBOL_IMPORT T
+            #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
         #endif
         #if defined(BOOST_WARCHIVE_SOURCE)
-            #define BOOST_WARCHIVE_DECL(T) BOOST_SYMBOL_EXPORT T
-            #define BOOST_ARCHIVE_OR_WARCHIVE_DECL(T) BOOST_SYMBOL_EXPORT T
+            #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
+            #endif
         #else
-            #define BOOST_WARCHIVE_DECL(T) BOOST_SYMBOL_IMPORT T
+            #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
         #endif
         #if !defined(BOOST_WARCHIVE_SOURCE) && !defined(BOOST_ARCHIVE_SOURCE)
-            #define BOOST_ARCHIVE_OR_WARCHIVE_DECL(T) BOOST_SYMBOL_IMPORT T
+            #if defined(__BORLANDC__)
+            #define BOOST_ARCHIVE_OR_WARCHIVE_DECL(T) T __import
+            #else
+            #define BOOST_ARCHIVE_OR_WARCHIVE_DECL(T) __declspec(dllimport) T
+            #endif
         #endif
     #endif
 #endif // BOOST_HAS_DECLSPEC