diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 694965617..d97f7c269 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ if (HB_HAVE_GOBJECT)
 endif ()
 
 if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND WIN32 AND NOT MINGW)
-  add_definitions("-DHB_EXTERN=__declspec(dllexport) extern")
+  add_definitions("-DHB_DLL_EXPORT")
 endif ()
 
 # On Windows, g-ir-scanner requires a DLL build in order for it to work
@@ -772,6 +772,11 @@ if (NOT SKIP_INSTALL_LIBRARIES AND NOT SKIP_INSTALL_ALL)
       DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/harfbuzz
   )
   if (HB_BUILD_UTILS)
+    if (WIN32 AND BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+      install(TARGETS harfbuzz-subset
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
+      )
+    endif ()
     install(TARGETS hb-view
       RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
     )
diff --git a/src/hb.hh b/src/hb.hh
index cfe6d68fb..152285221 100644
--- a/src/hb.hh
+++ b/src/hb.hh
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
 #define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200809L
 #endif
 
+#if defined (_MSC_VER) && defined (HB_DLL_EXPORT)
+#define HB_EXTERN __declspec (dllexport) extern
+#endif
+
 #include "hb.h"
 #define HB_H_IN
 #ifdef HAVE_OT
@@ -178,8 +182,10 @@ struct _hb_alignof
 # if !defined(HB_NO_VISIBILITY) && !defined(__MINGW32__) && !defined(__CYGWIN__) && !defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__SUNPRO_CC)
 #  define HB_INTERNAL __attribute__((__visibility__("hidden")))
 # elif defined(__MINGW32__)
-   /* We use -export-symbols on mingw32, since it does not support visibility
-    * attribute. */
+   /* We use -export-symbols on mingw32, since it does not support visibility attributes. */
+#  define HB_INTERNAL
+# elif defined (_MSC_VER) && defined (HB_DLL_EXPORT)
+   /* We do not try to export internal symbols on Visual Studio */
 #  define HB_INTERNAL
 #else
 #  define HB_INTERNAL