diff --git a/media/libeffects/visualizer/Android.mk b/media/libeffects/visualizer/Android.mk
index 76b5110..49cf4fa 100644
--- a/media/libeffects/visualizer/Android.mk
+++ b/media/libeffects/visualizer/Android.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES:= \
 	EffectVisualizer.cpp
 
-LOCAL_CFLAGS+= -O2
+LOCAL_CFLAGS+= -O2 -fvisibility=hidden
 
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := \
 	libcutils \
diff --git a/media/libeffects/visualizer/EffectVisualizer.cpp b/media/libeffects/visualizer/EffectVisualizer.cpp
index dc1937e..e7eccf1 100644
--- a/media/libeffects/visualizer/EffectVisualizer.cpp
+++ b/media/libeffects/visualizer/EffectVisualizer.cpp
@@ -557,7 +557,8 @@
         NULL,
 };
 
-
+// This is the only symbol that needs to be exported
+__attribute__ ((visibility ("default")))
 audio_effect_library_t AUDIO_EFFECT_LIBRARY_INFO_SYM = {
     tag : AUDIO_EFFECT_LIBRARY_TAG,
     version : EFFECT_LIBRARY_API_VERSION,