diff --git a/ports/fontconfig/CMakeLists.txt b/ports/fontconfig/CMakeLists.txt
index 1c552468e6..1692e7856a 100644
--- a/ports/fontconfig/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ports/fontconfig/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ add_library(fontconfig
     src/fcxml.c
     src/ftglue.c)
 
-set_target_properties(fontconfig PROPERTIES DEFINE_SYMBOL "FcPublic=__declspec(dllexport)")
+if(WIN32)
+    set_target_properties(fontconfig PROPERTIES DEFINE_SYMBOL "FcPublic=__declspec(dllexport)")
+else()
+    set_target_properties(fontconfig PROPERTIES DEFINE_SYMBOL "FcPublic=__attribute__((visibility(\"default\")))")
+endif()
 
 target_include_directories(fontconfig PRIVATE .
     ${FC_INCLUDE_DIR}/alias
diff --git a/ports/fontconfig/CONTROL b/ports/fontconfig/CONTROL
index 5366616598..5d75462c58 100644
--- a/ports/fontconfig/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/fontconfig/CONTROL
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Source: fontconfig
-Version: 2.12.4-7
+Version: 2.12.4-8
 Description: Library for configuring and customizing font access.
 Build-Depends: freetype, expat, libiconv, dirent
diff --git a/ports/fontconfig/portfile.cmake b/ports/fontconfig/portfile.cmake
index fff6eb477b..4637f112cc 100644
--- a/ports/fontconfig/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/fontconfig/portfile.cmake
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
 if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL dynamic)
     foreach(HEADER fcfreetype.h fontconfig.h)
         file(READ ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/fontconfig/${HEADER} FC_HEADER)
-        string(REPLACE "#define FcPublic" "#define FcPublic __declspec(dllimport)" FC_HEADER "${FC_HEADER}")
+        if(WIN32)
+            string(REPLACE "#define FcPublic" "#define FcPublic __declspec(dllimport)" FC_HEADER "${FC_HEADER}")
+        else()
+            string(REPLACE "#define FcPublic" "#define FcPublic __attribute__((visibility(\"default\")))" FC_HEADER "${FC_HEADER}")
+        endif()
         file(WRITE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/fontconfig/${HEADER} "${FC_HEADER}")
     endforeach()
 endif()