diff --git a/cmake/Warnings.cmake b/cmake/Warnings.cmake
index 4566438395..a56a1bec71 100644
--- a/cmake/Warnings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Warnings.cmake
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ if( MSVC )
     # set( WARN_FLAGS_C   "/external:W0 /external:env:INCLUDE /external:I${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty /Wall" )
     set( WARN_FLAGS_CXX "/external:W0 /external:env:INCLUDE /external:I${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty /Wall" )
 
+    # disable 'type' : class 'type1' needs to have dll-interface to be used by clients of class 'type2'
+    string( APPEND WARN_FLAGS_CXX " /wd4251" )
     # disable "function not inlined"
     string( APPEND WARN_FLAGS_CXX " /wd4710" )
     # disable "function selected for inline expansion"
diff --git a/common/CMakeLists.txt b/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 49d6f727f5..ce7897a129 100644
--- a/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ set( KICOMMON_SRCS
     array_options.cpp
     bitmap_info.cpp
     exceptions.cpp
+    kiid.cpp
     lib_id.cpp
     locale_io.cpp
     markup_parser.cpp
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ target_link_libraries( kicommon
     core
     kimath
     kiplatform
+    nlohmann_json
     fmt::fmt
     ${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES}
     )
@@ -403,7 +405,6 @@ set( COMMON_SRCS
     hotkey_store.cpp
     hotkeys_basic.cpp
     kiface_base.cpp
-    kiid.cpp
     kiway.cpp
     kiway_express.cpp
     kiway_holder.cpp
diff --git a/include/kiid.h b/include/kiid.h
index 1dcfe4cb92..bb0c874ce7 100644
--- a/include/kiid.h
+++ b/include/kiid.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #ifndef KIID_H
 #define KIID_H
 
+#include <kicommon.h>
 #include <boost/uuid/uuid.hpp>
 #include <macros_swig.h>
 #include <nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp>
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ class wxString;
  */
 typedef uint32_t timestamp_t;
 
-class KIID
+class KICOMMON_API KIID
 {
 public:
     KIID();
@@ -129,14 +130,14 @@ private:
 };
 
 
-extern KIID niluuid;
+extern KICOMMON_API KIID niluuid;
 
-KIID& NilUuid();
+KICOMMON_API KIID& NilUuid();
 
 // declare KIID_VECT_LIST as std::vector<KIID> both for c++ and swig:
 DECL_VEC_FOR_SWIG( KIID_VECT_LIST, KIID )
 
-class KIID_PATH : public KIID_VECT_LIST
+class KICOMMON_API KIID_PATH : public KIID_VECT_LIST
 {
 public:
     KIID_PATH()
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ public:
 /**
  * RAII class to safely set/reset nil KIIDs for use in footprint/symbol loading
  */
-class KIID_NIL_SET_RESET
+class KICOMMON_API KIID_NIL_SET_RESET
 {
 public:
     KIID_NIL_SET_RESET()
@@ -209,8 +210,8 @@ public:
     }
 };
 
-void to_json( nlohmann::json& aJson, const KIID& aKIID );
+KICOMMON_API void to_json( nlohmann::json& aJson, const KIID& aKIID );
 
-void from_json( const nlohmann::json& aJson, KIID& aKIID );
+KICOMMON_API void from_json( const nlohmann::json& aJson, KIID& aKIID );
 
 #endif // KIID_H