diff --git a/include/wx/event.h b/include/wx/event.h
index 0d9fb86e18..ee9d6b0b20 100644
--- a/include/wx/event.h
+++ b/include/wx/event.h
@@ -3155,7 +3155,7 @@ private:
     DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS_NO_COPY(wxEvtHandler)
 };
 
-WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_WITH_DECL_PTR(wxEvtHandler *, wxEvtHandlerArray, WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE);
+WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_WITH_DECL_PTR(wxEvtHandler *, wxEvtHandlerArray, class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE);
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxEventConnectionRef represents all connections between two event handlers