diff --git a/src/dbStatic/dbFldTypes.h b/src/dbStatic/dbFldTypes.h
index dc5746b58..c30224775 100644
--- a/src/dbStatic/dbFldTypes.h
+++ b/src/dbStatic/dbFldTypes.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #ifndef INCdbFldTypesh
 #define INCdbFldTypesh 1
 
+#include "shareLib.h"
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
@@ -45,10 +47,9 @@ typedef struct mapdbfType{
 	dbfType	value;
 }mapdbfType;
 
-#ifndef DBFLDTYPES_GBLSOURCE
-extern mapdbfType pamapdbfType[];
-#else
-mapdbfType pamapdbfType[DBF_NTYPES] = {
+epicsShareExtern mapdbfType pamapdbfType[];
+#ifdef DBFLDTYPES_GBLSOURCE
+epicsShareDef mapdbfType pamapdbfType[DBF_NTYPES] = {
 	{"DBF_STRING",DBF_STRING},
 	{"DBF_CHAR",DBF_CHAR},
 	{"DBF_UCHAR",DBF_UCHAR},
diff --git a/src/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c b/src/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c
index 94fb62d8e..767eefbdf 100644
--- a/src/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c
+++ b/src/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #define GUIGROUPS_GBLSOURCE
 #define SPECIAL_GBLSOURCE
 #include "dbDefs.h"
-#include "dbFldTypes.h"
 #include "epicsPrint.h"
 #include "errlog.h"
 #include "ellLib.h"
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@
 
 #define epicsExportSharedSymbols
 #include "link.h"
+#include "dbFldTypes.h"
 #include "devSup.h"
 #include "drvSup.h"
 #include "special.h"