diff --git a/src/format.cc b/src/format.cc
index 6b268bbe..b60b7e4f 100644
--- a/src/format.cc
+++ b/src/format.cc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include "fmt/format-inl.h"
 
 FMT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
-template struct internal::basic_data<void>;
+template struct FMT_API internal::basic_data<void>;
 
 // Workaround a bug in MSVC2013 that prevents instantiation of grisu_format.
 bool (*instantiate_grisu_format)(double, internal::buffer<char>&, int, unsigned,