diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7d6fce78c..1a49bdd0d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2018-01-03  Alexei Podtelezhnikov  <apodtele@gmail.com>
+
+	* include/freetype/config/ftconfig.h (FT_EXPORT, FT_EXPORT_DEF)
+	[_MSC_VER]: Limit Visual C++ attributes.
+
 2018-01-03  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
 
 	[truetype] Make blend/design coordinate round-tripping work.
diff --git a/include/freetype/config/ftconfig.h b/include/freetype/config/ftconfig.h
index 86dc44509..f539e9a17 100644
--- a/include/freetype/config/ftconfig.h
+++ b/include/freetype/config/ftconfig.h
@@ -455,22 +455,27 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER
   /*                                                                       */
 #ifndef FT_EXPORT
 
-#if defined( _DLL )
-#define FT_EXPORT( x )  __declspec( dllexport )  x
-#elif defined( __cplusplus )
+#ifdef __cplusplus
 #define FT_EXPORT( x )  extern "C"  x
 #else
 #define FT_EXPORT( x )  extern  x
 #endif
 
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#undef FT_EXPORT
+#ifdef _DLL
+#define FT_EXPORT( x )  __declspec( dllexport )  x
+#else
+#define FT_EXPORT( x )  __declspec( dllimport )  x
+#endif
+#endif
+
 #endif /* !FT_EXPORT */
 
 
 #ifndef FT_EXPORT_DEF
 
-#if defined( _DLL )
-#define FT_EXPORT_DEF( x )  __declspec( dllexport )  x
-#elif defined( __cplusplus )
+#ifdef __cplusplus
 #define FT_EXPORT_DEF( x )  extern "C"  x
 #else
 #define FT_EXPORT_DEF( x )  extern  x