diff --git a/demos/dbbrowse/browsedb.cpp b/demos/dbbrowse/browsedb.cpp
index 72a5899492..122d3eeae3 100644
--- a/demos/dbbrowse/browsedb.cpp
+++ b/demos/dbbrowse/browsedb.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 // - darf nur einmal im Projekte definiert werden ?? Extra Databasse Klasse ?
 wxDbConnectInf ConnectInf;      // Für DBase
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-extern WXDLLEXPORT wxDbList* PtrBegDbList;    /* from db.cpp, used in getting back error results from db connections */
+extern WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(wxDbList*) PtrBegDbList;    /* from db.cpp, used in getting back error results from db connections */
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 char *GetExtendedDBErrorMsg(char *ErrFile, int ErrLine)
 {
diff --git a/src/common/db.cpp b/src/common/db.cpp
index 405db443c5..4b23ad4a04 100644
--- a/src/common/db.cpp
+++ b/src/common/db.cpp
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     #include "wx/db.h"
 #endif
 
-WXDLLEXPORT wxDbList* PtrBegDbList = 0;
+WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(wxDbList*) PtrBegDbList = 0;
 
 char const *SQL_LOG_FILENAME         = "sqllog.txt";
 char const *SQL_CATALOG_FILENAME     = "catalog.txt";