diff --git a/dtool/metalibs/dtoolconfig/pydtool.cxx b/dtool/metalibs/dtoolconfig/pydtool.cxx
index 7b3a017b34..6c0746b114 100644
--- a/dtool/metalibs/dtoolconfig/pydtool.cxx
+++ b/dtool/metalibs/dtoolconfig/pydtool.cxx
@@ -2489,6 +2489,8 @@ static struct PyModuleDef python_simple_module = {
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) INIT_FUNC();
+#elif __GNUC__ >= 4
+extern "C" __attribute__((visibility("default"))) INIT_FUNC();
 #else
 extern "C" INIT_FUNC();
 #endif