diff --git a/src/julia.expmap b/src/julia.expmap
index feca88846689f..837c77595e359 100644
--- a/src/julia.expmap
+++ b/src/julia.expmap
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     bitvector_any1;
     jl_new_struct;
     jl_new_structt;
+    jl_get_nth_field;
     jl_new_lambda_info;
     jl_new_closure;
     jl_new_array;
diff --git a/src/julia.h b/src/julia.h
index 28afc385a8cc6..965d463c2920f 100644
--- a/src/julia.h
+++ b/src/julia.h
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ double jl_unbox_float64(jl_value_t *v);
 // structs
 void jl_compute_struct_offsets(jl_struct_type_t *st);
 int jl_field_index(jl_struct_type_t *t, jl_sym_t *fld, int err);
-jl_value_t *jl_get_nth_field(jl_value_t *v, size_t i);
+DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_get_nth_field(jl_value_t *v, size_t i);
 jl_value_t *jl_set_nth_field(jl_value_t *v, size_t i, jl_value_t *rhs);
 
 // arrays