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diff --git a/libs/pbd/pbd/abstract_ui.h b/libs/pbd/pbd/abstract_ui.h
index fb09dee5c2..f78ba26090 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/pbd/abstract_ui.h
+++ b/libs/pbd/pbd/abstract_ui.h
@@ -26,15 +26,33 @@
#include <glibmm/threads.h>
+#include "pbd/libpbd_visibility.h"
#include "pbd/receiver.h"
#include "pbd/ringbufferNPT.h"
#include "pbd/signals.h"
#include "pbd/base_ui.h"
+/* We have a special case in libpbd of a template class that gets instantiated
+ * as the base class of several classes in other libraries. It is not possible
+ * to use LIBFOO_API to mark this visible, because the FOO in each case is
+ * different. So we define this generic visible/export/hidden/import pair
+ * of macros to try to deal with this special case. These should NEVER be
+ * used anywhere except AbstractUI<T> (or similar cases if they arise.
+ *
+ * Note the assumption here that other libs are being built as DLLs if this one is.
+ */
+
+#ifdef ABSTRACT_UI_EXPORTS
+#define ABSTRACT_UI_API LIBPBD_DLL_EXPORT
+#else
+#define ABSTRACT_UI_API LIBPBD_DLL_IMPORT
+#endif
+
+
class Touchable;
template<typename RequestObject>
-class AbstractUI : public BaseUI
+class ABSTRACT_UI_API AbstractUI : public BaseUI /* see notes in visibility.h about why this is not LIBPBD_API */
{
public:
AbstractUI (const std::string& name);