diff --git a/lib/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index dd90c80..e92da60 100755
--- a/lib/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
 
 include_directories(src)
 
+if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+  add_definitions("-DTHRIFT_STATIC_DEFINE")
+endif()
+
 # SYSLIBS contains libraries that need to be linked to all lib targets
 set(SYSLIBS "")
 
diff --git a/lib/cpp/Makefile.am b/lib/cpp/Makefile.am
index 616effd..114ff17 100755
--- a/lib/cpp/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/cpp/Makefile.am
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@
 include_thrift_HEADERS = \
                          $(top_builddir)/config.h \
                          src/thrift/thrift-config.h \
+                         src/thrift/thrift_export.h \
                          src/thrift/TDispatchProcessor.h \
                          src/thrift/Thrift.h \
                          src/thrift/TOutput.h \
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/TOutput.cpp b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/TOutput.cpp
index f25b566..8d163a9 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/TOutput.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/TOutput.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 namespace apache {
 namespace thrift {
 
-TOutput GlobalOutput;
+THRIFT_EXPORT TOutput GlobalOutput;
 
 TOutput::TOutput() : f_(&errorTimeWrapper) {}
 
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/TOutput.h b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/TOutput.h
index 6135cfa..26c9a56 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/TOutput.h
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/TOutput.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #ifndef _THRIFT_OUTPUT_H_
 #define _THRIFT_OUTPUT_H_ 1
 
+#include <thrift/thrift_export.h>
+
 namespace apache {
 namespace thrift {
 
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@
   void (*f_)(const char*);
 };
 
-extern TOutput GlobalOutput;
+THRIFT_EXPORT extern TOutput GlobalOutput;
 }
 } // namespace apache::thrift
 
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/thrift_export.h b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/thrift_export.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5c059f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/thrift_export.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#ifndef THRIFT_EXPORT_H
+#define THRIFT_EXPORT_H
+
+#ifdef THRIFT_STATIC_DEFINE
+#  define THRIFT_EXPORT
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER )
+#  ifndef THRIFT_EXPORT
+#    ifdef thrift_EXPORTS
+          /* We are building this library */
+#      define THRIFT_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
+#    else
+          /* We are using this library */
+#      define THRIFT_EXPORT __declspec(dllimport)
+#    endif
+#  endif
+#else
+#  define THRIFT_EXPORT
+#endif
+
+#endif /* THRIFT_EXPORT_H */
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TSSLServerSocket.cpp b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TSSLServerSocket.cpp
index 34605c0..b20c174 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TSSLServerSocket.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TSSLServerSocket.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
+#include <thrift/thrift_export.h>
 #include <thrift/transport/TSSLServerSocket.h>
 #include <thrift/transport/TSSLSocket.h>
 
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TSSLSocket.h b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TSSLSocket.h
index 8f095dc..4d46998 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TSSLSocket.h
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TSSLSocket.h
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@
   std::shared_ptr<AccessManager> access_;
   static concurrency::Mutex mutex_;
   static uint64_t count_;
-  static bool manualOpenSSLInitialization_;
+  THRIFT_EXPORT static bool manualOpenSSLInitialization_;
   void setup(std::shared_ptr<TSSLSocket> ssl);
   static int passwordCallback(char* password, int size, int, void* data);
 };