diff --git a/cmake/helpers.cmake b/cmake/helpers.cmake
index 24cb6f8e54..6a5700da8b 100644
--- a/cmake/helpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/helpers.cmake
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ function(add_ur_target_compile_options name)
         )
         if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Release")
             target_compile_definitions(${name} PRIVATE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2)
+            target_compile_options(${name} PRIVATE -fvisibility=hidden)
         endif()
         if(UR_DEVELOPER_MODE)
             target_compile_options(${name} PRIVATE
diff --git a/examples/collector/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/collector/CMakeLists.txt
index 5fe484d0b8..6dd112aae0 100644
--- a/examples/collector/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/collector/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE ${TARGET_XPTI})
 target_include_directories(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE ${xpti_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 
 if(MSVC)
-    target_compile_definitions(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE
-        XPTI_STATIC_LIBRARY XPTI_CALLBACK_API_EXPORTS)
+    target_compile_definitions(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE XPTI_STATIC_LIBRARY)
 endif()
+target_compile_definitions(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE XPTI_CALLBACK_API_EXPORTS)
diff --git a/include/ur_api.h b/include/ur_api.h
index a707d40a3f..e75793f3d2 100644
--- a/include/ur_api.h
+++ b/include/ur_api.h
@@ -332,9 +332,17 @@ typedef enum ur_structure_type_t {
 #if defined(_WIN32)
 /// @brief Microsoft-specific dllexport storage-class attribute
 #define UR_APIEXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
+#endif // defined(_WIN32)
+#endif // UR_APIEXPORT
+
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+#ifndef UR_APIEXPORT
+#if __GNUC__ >= 4
+/// @brief GCC-specific dllexport storage-class attribute
+#define UR_APIEXPORT __attribute__((visibility("default")))
 #else
 #define UR_APIEXPORT
-#endif // defined(_WIN32)
+#endif // __GNUC__ >= 4
 #endif // UR_APIEXPORT
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/scripts/core/common.yml b/scripts/core/common.yml
index d06333eb07..5df4a7c04e 100644
--- a/scripts/core/common.yml
+++ b/scripts/core/common.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ desc: "Microsoft-specific dllexport storage-class attribute"
 condition: "defined(_WIN32)"
 name: $X_APIEXPORT
 value: __declspec(dllexport)
+--- #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+type: macro
+desc: "GCC-specific dllexport storage-class attribute"
+condition: "__GNUC__ >= 4"
+name: $X_APIEXPORT
+value: __attribute__ ((visibility ("default")))
 altvalue: ""
 --- #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 type: macro
diff --git a/test/layers/tracing/CMakeLists.txt b/test/layers/tracing/CMakeLists.txt
index 969e4318b1..c09f2eafb1 100644
--- a/test/layers/tracing/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/layers/tracing/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ target_link_libraries(test_collector PRIVATE ${TARGET_XPTI})
 target_include_directories(test_collector PRIVATE ${xpti_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 
 if(MSVC)
-    target_compile_definitions(test_collector PRIVATE
-        XPTI_STATIC_LIBRARY XPTI_CALLBACK_API_EXPORTS)
+    target_compile_definitions(test_collector PRIVATE XPTI_STATIC_LIBRARY)
 endif()
+target_compile_definitions(test_collector PRIVATE XPTI_CALLBACK_API_EXPORTS)
 
 function(set_tracing_test_props target_name collector_name)
     set_tests_properties(${target_name} PROPERTIES
diff --git a/tools/urtrace/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/urtrace/CMakeLists.txt
index 085f361223..9b385606ea 100644
--- a/tools/urtrace/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/urtrace/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE ${TARGET_XPTI} ${PROJECT_NAME}::com
 target_include_directories(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE ${xpti_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 
 if(MSVC)
-    target_compile_definitions(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE
-        XPTI_STATIC_LIBRARY XPTI_CALLBACK_API_EXPORTS)
+    target_compile_definitions(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE XPTI_STATIC_LIBRARY)
 endif()
+target_compile_definitions(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE XPTI_CALLBACK_API_EXPORTS)
 
 set(UR_TRACE_CLI_BIN ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/urtrace)