diff --git a/include/fmt/core.h b/include/fmt/core.h
index 8dc68e40..faeea94f 100644
--- a/include/fmt/core.h
+++ b/include/fmt/core.h
@@ -189,11 +189,15 @@
 #    define FMT_API __declspec(dllexport)
 #  elif defined(FMT_SHARED)
 #    define FMT_API __declspec(dllimport)
+#    define FMT_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_API FMT_API
 #  endif
 #endif
 #ifndef FMT_API
 #  define FMT_API
 #endif
+#ifndef FMT_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_API
+#  define FMT_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_API
+#endif
 
 #ifndef FMT_ASSERT
 #  define FMT_ASSERT(condition, message) assert((condition) && message)