diff --git a/sdk/objc/base/RTCMacros.h b/sdk/objc/base/RTCMacros.h
index e527ff6bc4..b5a79113b8 100644
--- a/sdk/objc/base/RTCMacros.h
+++ b/sdk/objc/base/RTCMacros.h
@@ -11,6 +11,18 @@
 #ifndef SDK_OBJC_BASE_RTCMACROS_H_
 #define SDK_OBJC_BASE_RTCMACROS_H_
 
+#ifdef WEBRTC_ENABLE_SYMBOL_EXPORT
+
+#if defined(WEBRTC_LIBRARY_IMPL)
+#define RTC_OBJC_EXPORT __attribute__((visibility("default")))
+#endif
+
+#endif  // WEBRTC_ENABLE_SYMBOL_EXPORT
+
+#ifndef RTC_OBJC_EXPORT
+#define RTC_OBJC_EXPORT
+#endif
+
 // Internal macros used to correctly concatenate symbols.
 #define RTC_SYMBOL_CONCAT_HELPER(a, b) a##b
 #define RTC_SYMBOL_CONCAT(a, b) RTC_SYMBOL_CONCAT_HELPER(a, b)
@@ -35,8 +47,6 @@
 // that will be affected by the configurable RTC_OBJC_TYPE_PREFIX.
 #define RTC_OBJC_TYPE(type_name) RTC_SYMBOL_CONCAT(RTC_OBJC_TYPE_PREFIX, type_name)
 
-#define RTC_OBJC_EXPORT __attribute__((visibility("default")))
-
 #if defined(__cplusplus)
 #define RTC_EXTERN extern "C" RTC_OBJC_EXPORT
 #else
diff --git a/tools_webrtc/ios/build_ios_libs.py b/tools_webrtc/ios/build_ios_libs.py
index 1971c3e07e..65ad6d3f5e 100755
--- a/tools_webrtc/ios/build_ios_libs.py
+++ b/tools_webrtc/ios/build_ios_libs.py
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ def BuildWebRTC(output_dir, target_arch, flavor, gn_target_name,
     gn_args.append('enable_ios_bitcode=' +
                    ('true' if use_bitcode else 'false'))
     gn_args.append('use_goma=' + ('true' if use_goma else 'false'))
+    gn_args.append('rtc_enable_symbol_export=true')
 
     args_string = ' '.join(gn_args + extra_gn_args)
     logging.info('Building WebRTC with args: %s', args_string)