diff --git a/ext/opcache/zend_shared_alloc.c b/ext/opcache/zend_shared_alloc.c
index 8db61ed3f346..c19d72c63b77 100644
--- a/ext/opcache/zend_shared_alloc.c
+++ b/ext/opcache/zend_shared_alloc.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 static const zend_shared_memory_handlers *g_shared_alloc_handler = NULL;
 static const char *g_shared_model;
 /* pointer to globals allocated in SHM and shared across processes */
-zend_smm_shared_globals *smm_shared_globals;
+ZEND_EXT_API zend_smm_shared_globals *smm_shared_globals;
 
 #ifndef ZEND_WIN32
 #ifdef ZTS
diff --git a/ext/opcache/zend_shared_alloc.h b/ext/opcache/zend_shared_alloc.h
index 1283351f2e14..41cba0bb3519 100644
--- a/ext/opcache/zend_shared_alloc.h
+++ b/ext/opcache/zend_shared_alloc.h
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ typedef struct _zend_smm_shared_globals {
 	size_t                     reserved_size;
 } zend_smm_shared_globals;
 
-extern zend_smm_shared_globals *smm_shared_globals;
+ZEND_EXT_API extern zend_smm_shared_globals *smm_shared_globals;
 
 #define ZSMMG(element)		(smm_shared_globals->element)