diff --git a/common/include/pcl/PCLPointCloud2.h b/common/include/pcl/PCLPointCloud2.h
index 6a6c9334a04..de7d056b496 100644
--- a/common/include/pcl/PCLPointCloud2.h
+++ b/common/include/pcl/PCLPointCloud2.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 namespace pcl
 {
 
-  struct PCLPointCloud2
+  struct PCL_EXPORTS PCLPointCloud2
   {
     PCLPointCloud2 () : height (0), width (0), 
                      is_bigendian (false), point_step (0), row_step (0),