diff --git a/include/wx/xrc/xmlres.h b/include/wx/xrc/xmlres.h
index 7420d84729..b2a2d2f3bc 100644
--- a/include/wx/xrc/xmlres.h
+++ b/include/wx/xrc/xmlres.h
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ class wxXmlSubclassFactories;
 class wxXmlResourceModule;
 class wxXmlResourceDataRecords;
 
+// make VC++ happy: otherwise it gives warnings when using this type for a
+// member of DLL-exported wxXmlResource class in shared builds
+template class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_XRC wxVector<wxXmlResourceHandler *>;
 
 // These macros indicate current version of XML resources (this information is
 // encoded in root node of XRC file as "version" property).