diff --git a/include/vsg/core/Exception.h b/include/vsg/core/Exception.h
index 6e40a17cb..dea3619d3 100644
--- a/include/vsg/core/Exception.h
+++ b/include/vsg/core/Exception.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLI
 
 </editor-fold> */
 
+#include <vsg/core/Export.h>
+
 #include <string>
 
 namespace vsg
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ namespace vsg
 
     /// Exception object that can be thrown from VSG code, such as failed Vulkan calls where the result value will be the VkResult value
     /// returned from failed Vulkan call.
-    struct Exception
+    struct VSG_DECLSPEC Exception
     {
         std::string message;
         int result = 0;