diff --git a/fontconfig/fontconfig.h.in b/fontconfig/fontconfig.h.in
index e8944f9..a76230b 100644
--- a/fontconfig/fontconfig.h.in
+++ b/fontconfig/fontconfig.h.in
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifndef FcPublic
-#  define FcPublic
+#  define FcPublic @DEFAULT_FCPUBLIC@
 #endif
 
 typedef unsigned char  FcChar8;
diff --git a/fontconfig/meson.build b/fontconfig/meson.build
index 1ad1e58..1d9ac14 100644
--- a/fontconfig/meson.build
+++ b/fontconfig/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 fontconfig_h_conf = configuration_data()
 fontconfig_h_conf.set('CACHE_VERSION', cacheversion)
+default_FcPublic = ''
+if get_option('default_library') != 'static'
+    if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+        default_FcPublic = '__declspec(dllimport)'
+    else
+        default_FcPublic = '__attribute__((visibility("default")))'
+    endif
+endif
+fontconfig_h_conf.set('DEFAULT_FCPUBLIC', default_FcPublic)
 fontconfig_h = configure_file(output: 'fontconfig.h',
                               input: 'fontconfig.h.in',
                               configuration: fontconfig_h_conf)
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index bf5a781..c892a34 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 win_export_args = []
 # Define FcPublic appropriately for exports on windows
-if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+if host_machine.system() == 'windows' and get_option('default_library') != 'static'
   win_export_args += '-DFcPublic=__declspec(dllexport)'
   win_export_args += '-DDLL_EXPORT'
 endif