diff --git a/libs/evoral/evoral/Note.hpp b/libs/evoral/evoral/Note.hpp
index e84d6b9dc4..5401271621 100644
--- a/libs/evoral/evoral/Note.hpp
+++ b/libs/evoral/evoral/Note.hpp
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ namespace Evoral {
  * Currently a note is defined as (on event, length, off event).
  */
 template<typename Time>
+#ifdef COMPILER_MSVC
+class LIBEVORAL_LOCAL Note {
+#else
 class LIBEVORAL_TEMPLATE_API Note {
+#endif
 public:
 	Note(uint8_t chan=0, Time time=0, Time len=0, uint8_t note=0, uint8_t vel=0x40);
 	Note(const Note<Time>& copy);
diff --git a/libs/evoral/evoral/visibility.h b/libs/evoral/evoral/visibility.h
index 7f4a898875..dd4fe1ff64 100644
--- a/libs/evoral/evoral/visibility.h
+++ b/libs/evoral/evoral/visibility.h
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
   #define LIBEVORAL_DLL_IMPORT __declspec(dllimport)
   #define LIBEVORAL_DLL_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
   #define LIBEVORAL_DLL_LOCAL
-  #define LIBEVORAL_TEMPLATE_DLL_IMPORT
-  #define LIBEVORAL_TEMPLATE_DLL_EXPORT
+  #define LIBEVORAL_TEMPLATE_DLL_IMPORT __declspec(dllimport)
+  #define LIBEVORAL_TEMPLATE_DLL_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
 #else
   #define LIBEVORAL_DLL_IMPORT __attribute__ ((visibility ("default")))
   #define LIBEVORAL_DLL_EXPORT __attribute__ ((visibility ("default")))