diff --git a/classpath/jni-util.h b/classpath/jni-util.h
index 00778c85cd..4cd0363c8a 100644
--- a/classpath/jni-util.h
+++ b/classpath/jni-util.h
@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@
 #ifdef __MINGW32__
 #  define JNIEXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
 #else
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+#  define JNIEXPORT __attribute__ ((used))
+#else
 #  define JNIEXPORT __attribute__ ((visibility("default")))
 #endif
+#endif
 
 namespace {
 
diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index b2fc8d6181..92ec87084b 100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #  define JNIEXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
 #else
 #ifdef __APPLE__
-#  define JNIEXPORT __attribute__ ((visibility("used")))
+#  define JNIEXPORT __attribute__ ((used))
 #else
 #  define JNIEXPORT __attribute__ ((visibility("default")))
 #endif