diff --git a/srcpkgs/xmlrpc-c/template b/srcpkgs/xmlrpc-c/template
index 68ce00a2b90..fc1f4d9c0c4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xmlrpc-c/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xmlrpc-c/template
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ checksum=c8d31334019cdad93be75bfbb2541bbaee2889215877de1016e78a72d5757227
 CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 disable_parallel_build=yes
 
+pre_configure() {
+	sed 's,XMLRPC_ABYSS_EXPORTED,XMLRPC_DLLEXPORT,g' -i include/xmlrpc-c/abyss.h
+}
+
 xmlrpc-c-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"