diff --git a/include/wx/dlimpexp.h b/include/wx/dlimpexp.h
index f0b6eb861f..fd823a5144 100644
--- a/include/wx/dlimpexp.h
+++ b/include/wx/dlimpexp.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 #    define WXMAKINGDLL_DBGRID
 #    define WXMAKINGDLL_HTML
 #    define WXMAKINGDLL_XML
+#    define WXMAKINGDLL_XRC
 #endif /* WXMAKINGDLL */
 
 /*
@@ -177,6 +178,14 @@
 #    define WXDLLIMPEXP_XML
 #endif
 
+#ifdef WXMAKINGDLL_XRC
+#    define WXDLLIMPEXP_XRC WXEXPORT
+#elif defined(WXUSINGDLL)
+#    define WXDLLIMPEXP_XRC WXIMPORT
+#else /* not making nor using DLL */
+#    define WXDLLIMPEXP_XRC
+#endif
+
 /* for backwards compatibility, define suffix-less versions too */
 #define WXDLLEXPORT WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE
 #define WXDLLEXPORT_DATA WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_CORE
diff --git a/include/wx/xrc/xmlres.h b/include/wx/xrc/xmlres.h
index ded3f30324..a2194f1198 100644
--- a/include/wx/xrc/xmlres.h
+++ b/include/wx/xrc/xmlres.h
@@ -31,14 +31,6 @@
 
 #include "wx/xml/xml.h"
 
-#ifdef WXMAKINGDLL_XRC
-    #define WXDLLIMPEXP_XRC WXEXPORT
-#elif defined(WXUSINGDLL)
-    #define WXDLLIMPEXP_XRC WXIMPORT
-#else // not making nor using DLL
-    #define WXDLLIMPEXP_XRC
-#endif
-
 class WXDLLEXPORT wxMenu;
 class WXDLLEXPORT wxMenuBar;
 class WXDLLEXPORT wxDialog;