diff --git a/panda/src/glstuff/glpure.cxx b/panda/src/glstuff/glpure.cxx
index 3eb4b59567..44da482c20 100644
--- a/panda/src/glstuff/glpure.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/glstuff/glpure.cxx
@@ -22,5 +22,8 @@
 // It exists just so we can have some symbols and make the compiler
 // happy.
 
+#if defined(WIN32_VC) && !defined(CPPPARSER) && !defined(LINK_ALL_STATIC)
+__declspec(dllexport)
+#endif
 int glpure;