diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3dc2478..af03599 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,22 +3,12 @@ project(microprofile)
 
 option(MICROPROFILE_USE_CONFIG_FILE "Use user provided configuration in microprofile.config.h file." OFF)
 
-set(MICROPROFILE_EXPORT_FILENAME microprofile.export.h)
 set(MICROPROFILE_CONFIG_HEADER ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/microprofile.config.h)
-set(MICROPROFILE_PUBLIC_HEADERS
-	${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/microprofile.h
-	${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${MICROPROFILE_EXPORT_FILENAME}
-)
+set(MICROPROFILE_PUBLIC_HEADERS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/microprofile.h)
 
 set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
 
-add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} microprofile.cpp)
-
-include(GenerateExportHeader)
-generate_export_header(${PROJECT_NAME}
-	EXPORT_MACRO_NAME MICROPROFILE_API
-	EXPORT_FILE_NAME ${MICROPROFILE_EXPORT_FILENAME}
-)
+add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED microprofile.cpp)
 
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC
 	$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
@@ -26,7 +16,12 @@ target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC
 	$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>
 )
 
-target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC MICROPROFILE_EXPORT)
+target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME}
+	PUBLIC
+		MICROPROFILE_SHARED
+	PRIVATE
+		MICROPROFILE_EXPORT_SYMBOLS
+)
 
 if (MICROPROFILE_USE_CONFIG_FILE)
 	target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC MICROPROFILE_USE_CONFIG)
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1821c5b..8cf0986 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ project(
 		'cpp_std=c++11'
 	],
 	license: 'MIT',
-	meson_version: '>=0.46.0'
+	meson_version: '>=0.46.0',
+	version: '5.0'
 )
 
 # Dependencies
@@ -20,6 +21,12 @@ project(
 deps = [dependency('threads')]
 
 extra_args = []
+private_args = []
+
+if get_option('default_library') == 'shared'
+	private_args += '-DMICROPROFILE_EXPORT_SYMBOLS'
+	extra_args += '-DMICROPROFILE_SHARED'
+endif
 
 compiler = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
 
@@ -79,7 +86,9 @@ include_dir = include_directories('.')
 
 if get_option('microprofile_use_config')
 	extra_args += '-DMICROPROFILE_USE_CONFIG'
-	install_headers('microprofile.config.h')
+	if get_option('install')
+		install_headers('microprofile.config.h')
+	endif
 endif
 
 # Main build target
@@ -87,25 +96,26 @@ endif
 libmicroprofile = library(
 	'microprofile',
 	'microprofile.cpp',
-	cpp_args: extra_args,
+	cpp_args: extra_args + private_args,
 	dependencies: deps,
 	include_directories: include_dir,
-	install: true
+	install: get_option('install')
 )
 
 # Headers and pkg-config installation
-
-install_headers(
-	'microprofile.h',
-	'microprofile_html.h'
-)
-
-import('pkgconfig').generate(
-	libmicroprofile,
-	description: 'microprofile is an embeddable profiler',
-	extra_cflags: extra_args,
-	url: 'https://github.com/jonasmr/microprofile'
-)
+if get_option('install')
+	install_headers(
+		'microprofile.h',
+		'microprofile_html.h'
+	)
+
+	import('pkgconfig').generate(
+		libmicroprofile,
+		description: 'microprofile is an embeddable profiler',
+		extra_cflags: extra_args,
+		url: 'https://github.com/jonasmr/microprofile'
+	)
+endif
 
 # Declaring the dependency so that microprofile can be used as a subproject
 
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 3363ed3..fe87e47 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 option('microprofile_use_config', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Use custom microprofile.config.h')
+option('install', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Install microprofile?')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/microprofile.h b/microprofile.h
index cf52999..d9766be 100644
--- a/microprofile.h
+++ b/microprofile.h
@@ -463,12 +463,40 @@ typedef uint16_t MicroProfileGroupId;
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
-#ifdef MICROPROFILE_EXPORT
-#include "microprofile.export.h"
-#else
-#ifndef MICROPROFILE_API
-#define MICROPROFILE_API
-#endif
+#ifndef MICROPROFILE_EXPORT
+#	if defined _WIN32 || defined __CYGWIN__
+#		ifdef __GNUC__
+#			define MICROPROFILE_EXPORT __attribute__( ( dllexport ) )
+#		else	 // __GNUC__
+#			define MICROPROFILE_EXPORT __declspec( dllexport )
+#		endif	  // __GNUC__
+#	elif defined __GNUC__ && __GNUC__ >= 4
+#		define MICROPROFILE_EXPORT __attribute__( ( visibility( "default" ) ) )
+#	else
+#		define MICROPROFILE_EXPORT
+#	endif
+#endif // MICROPROFILE_EXPORT
+
+#ifndef MICROPROFILE_IMPORT
+#	if defined _WIN32 || defined __CYGWIN__
+#		ifdef __GNUC__
+#			define MICROPROFILE_IMPORT __attribute__( ( dllimport ) )
+#		else	 // __GNUC__
+#			define MICROPROFILE_IMPORT __declspec( dllimport )
+#		endif	  // __GNUC__
+#	else
+#		define MICROPROFILE_IMPORT
+#	endif
+#endif // MICROPROFILE_IMPORT
+
+#if defined( MICROPROFILE_SHARED )
+#	if defined MICROPROFILE_EXPORT_SYMBOLS
+#		define MICROPROFILE_API MICROPROFILE_EXPORT
+#	else
+#		define MICROPROFILE_API MICROPROFILE_IMPORT
+#	endif
+#else // MICROPROFILE_SHARED is not defined, building a static library
+#		define MICROPROFILE_API
 #endif
 
 #ifdef MICROPROFILE_PS4