diff --git a/include/wx/dlimpexp.h b/include/wx/dlimpexp.h
index b2f24e348a..6af0cd5f26 100644
--- a/include/wx/dlimpexp.h
+++ b/include/wx/dlimpexp.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 #    define WXMAKINGDLL_HTML
 #    define WXMAKINGDLL_XML
 #    define WXMAKINGDLL_XRC
+#    define WXMAKINGDLL_MEDIA
 #endif /* WXMAKINGDLL */
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/wx/mediactrl.h b/include/wx/mediactrl.h
index 0001daa6a7..5acd9490d8 100644
--- a/include/wx/mediactrl.h
+++ b/include/wx/mediactrl.h
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ public:
 #define wxMEDIA_STOP_ID    13001
 
 //Define our event types - we need to call DEFINE_EVENT_TYPE(EVT) later
-DECLARE_LOCAL_EVENT_TYPE(wxEVT_MEDIA_FINISHED, wxMEDIA_FINISHED_ID)
-DECLARE_LOCAL_EVENT_TYPE(wxEVT_MEDIA_STOP, wxMEDIA_STOP_ID)
+DECLARE_EXPORTED_EVENT_TYPE(WXDLLIMPEXP_MEDIA, wxEVT_MEDIA_FINISHED, wxMEDIA_FINISHED_ID)
+DECLARE_EXPORTED_EVENT_TYPE(WXDLLIMPEXP_MEDIA, wxEVT_MEDIA_STOP,     wxMEDIA_STOP_ID)
 
 //Function type(s) our events need
 typedef void (wxEvtHandler::*wxMediaEventFunction)(wxMediaEvent&);
diff --git a/src/common/mediactrlcmn.cpp b/src/common/mediactrlcmn.cpp
index 6cc8e5865e..3d91560123 100644
--- a/src/common/mediactrlcmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/mediactrlcmn.cpp
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
 IMPLEMENT_CLASS(wxMediaCtrl, wxControl);
 IMPLEMENT_CLASS(wxMediaBackend, wxObject);
 IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxMediaEvent, wxEvent);
-DEFINE_LOCAL_EVENT_TYPE(wxEVT_MEDIA_FINISHED);
-DEFINE_LOCAL_EVENT_TYPE(wxEVT_MEDIA_STOP);
+DEFINE_EVENT_TYPE(wxEVT_MEDIA_FINISHED);
+DEFINE_EVENT_TYPE(wxEVT_MEDIA_STOP);
 
 //+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 //