diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d9fe8202e..815d591bc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ IF(WANT_JACK)
 	IF(JACK_FOUND)
 		IF(WANT_WEAKJACK)
 			SET(LMMS_HAVE_WEAKJACK TRUE)
-			SET(WEAKJACK_INCLUDE_DIRS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/3rdparty/weakjack/weakjack)
+			SET(WEAKJACK_INCLUDE_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/3rdparty/weakjack/weakjack")
 			SET(STATUS_JACK "OK (weak linking enabled)")
 			# use dlsym instead
 			SET(JACK_LIBRARIES ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
diff --git a/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt b/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
index 49cc4ee2f..934903d93 100644
--- a/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,5 @@ SET(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(benchmarks
 	EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
 	benchmark.cpp
-	$<TARGET_OBJECTS:lmmsobjs>
 )
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(benchmarks ${QT_LIBRARIES} ${LMMS_REQUIRED_LIBS})
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(benchmarks lmmslib)
diff --git a/cmake/linux/package_linux.sh.in b/cmake/linux/package_linux.sh.in
index a1f9ff865..d32cbb067 100644
--- a/cmake/linux/package_linux.sh.in
+++ b/cmake/linux/package_linux.sh.in
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ chmod +x "${APPDIR}usr/bin/lmms"
 unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
 # Ensure linuxdeployqt can find shared objects
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${APPDIR}"usr/lib/lmms/:"${APPDIR}"usr/lib/lmms/optional:"$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${APPDIR}"usr/lib/:"${APPDIR}"usr/lib/lmms/:"${APPDIR}"usr/lib/lmms/optional:"$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
 
 # Move executables so linuxdeployqt can find them
 ZYNLIB="${APPDIR}usr/lib/lmms/RemoteZynAddSubFx"
diff --git a/cmake/modules/BuildPlugin.cmake b/cmake/modules/BuildPlugin.cmake
index 8b9c9f4d0..d86fbd057 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/BuildPlugin.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/BuildPlugin.cmake
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ FUNCTION(BUILD_PLUGIN PLUGIN_NAME)
 
 	ADD_LIBRARY(${PLUGIN_NAME} ${PLUGIN_LINK} ${PLUGIN_SOURCES} ${plugin_MOC_out} ${RCC_OUT})
 
-	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${PLUGIN_NAME} Qt5::Widgets Qt5::Xml lmms)
+	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${PLUGIN_NAME} Qt5::Widgets Qt5::Xml lmmslib)
 
 	INSTALL(TARGETS ${PLUGIN_NAME}
 		LIBRARY DESTINATION "${PLUGIN_DESTINATION}"
diff --git a/include/AutomationTrack.h b/include/AutomationTrack.h
index 92a50dd04..cdf108667 100644
--- a/include/AutomationTrack.h
+++ b/include/AutomationTrack.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "Track.h"
 
 
-class AutomationTrack : public Track
+class LMMS_EXPORT AutomationTrack : public Track
 {
 	Q_OBJECT
 public:
diff --git a/include/BBTrack.h b/include/BBTrack.h
index 70195f28d..02d9d6692 100644
--- a/include/BBTrack.h
+++ b/include/BBTrack.h
@@ -31,13 +31,14 @@
 #include <QtCore/QMap>
 #include <QStaticText>
 
+#include "lmms_export.h"
 #include "Track.h"
 
 class TrackLabelButton;
 class TrackContainer;
 
 
-class BBTCO : public TrackContentObject
+class LMMS_EXPORT BBTCO : public TrackContentObject
 {
 public:
 	BBTCO( Track * _track );
diff --git a/include/MainApplication.h b/include/MainApplication.h
index d28900213..bafa9baeb 100644
--- a/include/MainApplication.h
+++ b/include/MainApplication.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #ifndef MAINAPPLICATION_H
 #define MAINAPPLICATION_H
 
+#include "lmms_export.h"
 #include "lmmsconfig.h"
 
 #include <QApplication>
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #if defined(LMMS_BUILD_WIN32)
-class MainApplication : public QApplication, public QAbstractNativeEventFilter
+class LMMS_EXPORT MainApplication : public QApplication, public QAbstractNativeEventFilter
 #else
 class MainApplication : public QApplication
 #endif
diff --git a/include/MainWindow.h b/include/MainWindow.h
index c894ef4f0..f73253959 100644
--- a/include/MainWindow.h
+++ b/include/MainWindow.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #ifndef MAIN_WINDOW_H
 #define MAIN_WINDOW_H
 
+#include "lmms_export.h"
+
 #include <QtCore/QBasicTimer>
 #include <QtCore/QTimer>
 #include <QtCore/QList>
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ class PluginView;
 class ToolButton;
 
 
-class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
+class LMMS_EXPORT MainWindow : public QMainWindow
 {
 	Q_OBJECT
 public:
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ public:
 	void addSpacingToToolBar( int _size );
 
 	// wrap the widget with a window decoration and add it to the workspace
-	LMMS_EXPORT SubWindow* addWindowedWidget(QWidget *w, Qt::WindowFlags windowFlags=0);
+	SubWindow* addWindowedWidget(QWidget *w, Qt::WindowFlags windowFlags=0);
 
 
 	///
diff --git a/include/Memory.h b/include/Memory.h
index 91a5a54e7..5769e6623 100644
--- a/include/Memory.h
+++ b/include/Memory.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static MemoryManager::MmCounter _mm_counter;
 static thread_local MemoryManager::MmCounter _mm_thread_counter;
 
 template<typename T>
-class MmAllocator
+class LMMS_EXPORT MmAllocator
 {
 public:
 	MmAllocator() = default;
diff --git a/include/MemoryPool.h b/include/MemoryPool.h
index d81550137..120861968 100644
--- a/include/MemoryPool.h
+++ b/include/MemoryPool.h
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@
 
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <memory>
+#include "lmms_export.h"
 
-class _MemoryPool_Private;
+class LMMS_EXPORT _MemoryPool_Private;
 
-class _MemoryPool_Base
+class LMMS_EXPORT _MemoryPool_Base
 {
 public:
 	_MemoryPool_Base(size_t size, size_t nmemb);
diff --git a/include/MixHelpers.h b/include/MixHelpers.h
index 2bef776c5..bd22c5ec9 100644
--- a/include/MixHelpers.h
+++ b/include/MixHelpers.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #define MIX_HELPERS_H
 
 #include "lmms_basics.h"
+#include "lmms_export.h"
 
 class ValueBuffer;
 namespace MixHelpers
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ bool isSilent( const sampleFrame* src, int frames );
 
 bool useNaNHandler();
 
-void setNaNHandler( bool use );
+LMMS_EXPORT void setNaNHandler( bool use );
 
 void clear(sampleFrame * src, int frames);
 #ifndef LMMS_DISABLE_SURROUND
diff --git a/include/MixerProfiler.h b/include/MixerProfiler.h
index 0c46c34cb..26b842dde 100644
--- a/include/MixerProfiler.h
+++ b/include/MixerProfiler.h
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@
 
 #include <QFile>
 
+#include "lmms_export.h"
 #include "lmms_basics.h"
 #include "MicroTimer.h"
 
-class MixerProfiler
+class LMMS_EXPORT MixerProfiler
 {
 public:
 	MixerProfiler();
diff --git a/include/ModelVisitor.h b/include/ModelVisitor.h
index f9d156e30..5161718b4 100644
--- a/include/ModelVisitor.h
+++ b/include/ModelVisitor.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #ifndef MODELVISITOR_H
 #define MODELVISITOR_H
 
+#include "lmms_export.h"
+
 class AutomatableModel;
 class BoolModel;
 class IntModel;
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ class FloatModel;
 class ComboBoxModel;
 class TempoSyncKnobModel;
 
-class ModelVisitor
+class LMMS_EXPORT ModelVisitor
 {
 	template<class ParentType = AutomatableModel, class ModelType>
 	void up(ModelType& m) { visit(static_cast<ParentType&>(m)); }
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ public:
 	virtual ~ModelVisitor();
 };
 
-class ConstModelVisitor
+class LMMS_EXPORT ConstModelVisitor
 {
 	template<class ParentType = AutomatableModel, class ModelType>
 	void up(const ModelType& m) {
diff --git a/include/ProjectVersion.h b/include/ProjectVersion.h
index 5f7bf09b3..439bdffbd 100644
--- a/include/ProjectVersion.h
+++ b/include/ProjectVersion.h
@@ -28,12 +28,13 @@
 #define PROJECT_VERSION_H
 
 #include <QtCore/QString>
+#include "lmms_export.h"
 
 /*! \brief Version number parsing and comparison
  *
  *  Parses and compares version information.  i.e. "1.0.3" < "1.0.10"
  */
-class ProjectVersion
+class LMMS_EXPORT ProjectVersion
 {
 public:
 	enum CompareType { Major, Minor, Release, Stage, Build };
diff --git a/include/RenderManager.h b/include/RenderManager.h
index 01236d747..cd4879fec 100644
--- a/include/RenderManager.h
+++ b/include/RenderManager.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include "OutputSettings.h"
 
 
-class RenderManager : public QObject
+class LMMS_EXPORT RenderManager : public QObject
 {
 	Q_OBJECT
 public:
diff --git a/plugins/LadspaEffect/calf/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/LadspaEffect/calf/CMakeLists.txt
index 58a40d99f..3e213c92c 100644
--- a/plugins/LadspaEffect/calf/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/LadspaEffect/calf/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ IF(NOT LMMS_BUILD_APPLE AND NOT LMMS_BUILD_OPENBSD)
 	SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(veal PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "${LINK_FLAGS} -shared -Wl,-no-undefined")
 ENDIF()
 
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(veal lmms)
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(veal lmmslib)
diff --git a/src/3rdparty/rpmalloc/CMakeLists.txt b/src/3rdparty/rpmalloc/CMakeLists.txt
index 3b3afa6d3..80d2302b0 100644
--- a/src/3rdparty/rpmalloc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/3rdparty/rpmalloc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ target_include_directories(rpmalloc PUBLIC
 	${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/rpmalloc/rpmalloc
 )
 
-set_property(TARGET rpmalloc PROPERTY C_STANDARD 11)
+set_target_properties(rpmalloc PROPERTIES
+	C_STANDARD 11
+	POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
+)
 
 IF(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU|Clang")
 	target_compile_options(rpmalloc
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 8dce3de7c..907647477 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,14 +21,6 @@ ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(gui)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(tracks)
 
 QT5_WRAP_UI(LMMS_UI_OUT ${LMMS_UIS})
-INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(
-	"${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
-	"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
-	"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include"
-	"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
-	"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include"
-	"${RINGBUFFER_DIR}/include"
-)
 
 IF(WIN32 AND MSVC)
 	SET(WINRC "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lmms.rc")
@@ -49,49 +41,6 @@ ADD_GEN_QRC(LMMS_RCC_OUT lmms.qrc
 	"${CONTRIBUTORS}"
 )
 
-# Paths relative to lmms executable
-FILE(RELATIVE_PATH LIB_DIR_RELATIVE "/${BIN_DIR}" "/${LIB_DIR}")
-FILE(RELATIVE_PATH PLUGIN_DIR_RELATIVE "/${BIN_DIR}" "/${PLUGIN_DIR}")
-ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DLIB_DIR="${LIB_DIR_RELATIVE}" -DPLUGIN_DIR="${PLUGIN_DIR_RELATIVE}" ${PULSEAUDIO_DEFINITIONS} ${PORTAUDIO_DEFINITIONS})
-INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(
-	${JACK_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-	${SAMPLERATE_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-	${SNDFILE_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-	${SNDIO_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-	${FFTW3F_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-)
-
-IF(NOT ("${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR}" STREQUAL ""))
-	INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES("${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-ELSEIF(NOT ("${SDL_INCLUDE_DIR}" STREQUAL ""))
-	INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES("${SDL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-ENDIF()
-
-IF(LMMS_HAVE_WEAKJACK)
-	LIST(APPEND LMMS_SRCS "${WEAKJACK_INCLUDE_DIRS}/weak_libjack.c")
-	LIST(APPEND LMMS_INCLUDES "${WEAKJACK_INCLUDE_DIRS}/weak_libjack.h")
-	INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES("${WEAKJACK_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
-	ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DUSE_WEAK_JACK=1 -DNO_JACK_METADATA=1)
-ENDIF()
-
-IF(NOT ("${PORTAUDIO_INCLUDE_DIR}" STREQUAL ""))
-	INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES("${PORTAUDIO_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-ENDIF()
-
-IF(NOT ("${PULSEAUDIO_INCLUDE_DIR}" STREQUAL ""))
-	INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES("${PULSEAUDIO_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-ENDIF()
-
-IF(NOT ("${OGGVORBIS_INCLUDE_DIR}" STREQUAL ""))
-	INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES("${OGGVORBIS_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-ENDIF()
-
-IF(NOT ("${LAME_INCLUDE_DIRS}" STREQUAL ""))
-	INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES("${LAME_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
-ENDIF()
-
-LIST(APPEND LMMS_SRCS "${RINGBUFFER_DIR}/src/lib/ringbuffer.cpp")
-
 # Use libraries in non-standard directories (e.g., another version of Qt)
 IF(LMMS_BUILD_LINUX)
 	LINK_LIBRARIES(-Wl,--enable-new-dtags)
@@ -99,35 +48,60 @@ IF(LMMS_BUILD_LINUX)
 ENDIF()
 SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE)
 
-ADD_LIBRARY(lmmsobjs OBJECT
+ADD_LIBRARY(lmmslib SHARED
 	${LMMS_SRCS}
 	${LMMS_INCLUDES}
 	${LMMS_UI_OUT}
 	${LMMS_RCC_OUT}
+	${RINGBUFFER_DIR}/src/lib/ringbuffer.cpp
+	$<$<BOOL:${LMMS_HAVE_WEAKJACK}>:
+		${WEAKJACK_INCLUDE_DIR}/weak_libjack.c
+		${WEAKJACK_INCLUDE_DIR}/weak_libjack.h
+	>
 )
 
-GENERATE_EXPORT_HEADER(lmmsobjs
+GENERATE_EXPORT_HEADER(lmmslib
 	BASE_NAME lmms
 )
 
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(lmms
 	core/main.cpp
-	$<TARGET_OBJECTS:lmmsobjs>
 	"${WINRC}"
 )
-TARGET_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(lmms
-	PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+
+TARGET_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(lmmslib PUBLIC
+	"${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
+	"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
+	"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include"
+	"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
+	"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include"
+	"${RINGBUFFER_DIR}/include"
+	${JACK_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+	${SAMPLERATE_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+	${SNDFILE_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+	${SNDIO_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+	${FFTW3F_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+	${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR}
+	${SDL_INCLUDE_DIR}
+	${PORTAUDIO_INCLUDE_DIR}
+	${PULSEAUDIO_INCLUDE_DIR}
+	${OGGVORBIS_INCLUDE_DIR}
+	${LAME_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+	${WEAKJACK_INCLUDE_DIR}
 )
 
-# CMake doesn't define target_EXPORTS for OBJECT libraries.
-# See the documentation of DEFINE_SYMBOL for details.
-# Also add LMMS_STATIC_DEFINE for targets linking against it.
-TARGET_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS(lmmsobjs
-	PRIVATE -Dlmmsobjs_EXPORTS $<TARGET_PROPERTY:lmms,COMPILE_DEFINITIONS>
-	INTERFACE -DLMMS_STATIC_DEFINE
-)
-TARGET_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS(lmms
-	PRIVATE $<TARGET_PROPERTY:lmmsobjs,INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS>
+
+# Paths relative to lmms executable
+FILE(RELATIVE_PATH LIB_DIR_RELATIVE "/${BIN_DIR}" "/${LIB_DIR}")
+FILE(RELATIVE_PATH PLUGIN_DIR_RELATIVE "/${BIN_DIR}" "/${PLUGIN_DIR}")
+TARGET_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS(lmmslib
+	PRIVATE
+		LIB_DIR="${LIB_DIR_RELATIVE}"
+		PLUGIN_DIR="${PLUGIN_DIR_RELATIVE}"
+	PUBLIC 
+		${PULSEAUDIO_DEFINITIONS}
+		${PORTAUDIO_DEFINITIONS}
+		$<$<BOOL:${LMMS_HAVE_WEAKJACK}>:USE_WEAK_JACK=1 NO_JACK_METADATA=1>
 )
 
 # Set Visual Studio startup project to lmms
@@ -154,7 +128,7 @@ IF(LMMS_BUILD_HAIKU)
 	SET(EXTRA_LIBRARIES "-lnetwork")
 ENDIF()
 
-SET(LMMS_REQUIRED_LIBS ${LMMS_REQUIRED_LIBS}
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(lmmslib
 	${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
 	${QT_LIBRARIES}
 	${ASOUND_LIBRARY}
@@ -173,36 +147,9 @@ SET(LMMS_REQUIRED_LIBS ${LMMS_REQUIRED_LIBS}
 	rpmalloc
 	cds
 )
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(lmms lmmslib)
 
-# Expose required libs for tests binary
-SET(LMMS_REQUIRED_LIBS ${LMMS_REQUIRED_LIBS} PARENT_SCOPE)
-
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(lmms
-	${LMMS_REQUIRED_LIBS}
-)
-
-FOREACH(LIB ${LMMS_REQUIRED_LIBS})
-	IF(TARGET ${LIB})
-		GET_TARGET_PROPERTY(INCLUDE_DIRS ${LIB} INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
-		IF(INCLUDE_DIRS)
-			TARGET_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(lmmsobjs PRIVATE ${INCLUDE_DIRS})
-		ENDIF()
-	ENDIF()
-ENDFOREACH()
-
-SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(lmms PROPERTIES
-	ENABLE_EXPORTS ON
-)
-
-IF(LMMS_BUILD_WIN32)
-	IF(LMMS_BUILD_MSYS)
-		# ENABLE_EXPORTS property has no effect in some MSYS2 configurations.
-		# Add the linker flag manually to create liblmms.dll.a import library
-		SET_PROPERTY(TARGET lmms
-			APPEND_STRING PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS " -Wl,--out-implib,liblmms.dll.a"
-		)
-	ENDIF()
-ELSE()
+IF(NOT LMMS_BUILD_WIN32)
 	if(CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR)
 		SET(INSTALL_MANDIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR})
 	ELSE(CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR)
@@ -213,4 +160,7 @@ ELSE()
 			PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ GROUP_READ WORLD_READ)
 ENDIF()
 
-INSTALL(TARGETS lmms RUNTIME DESTINATION "${BIN_DIR}")
+INSTALL(TARGETS lmms lmmslib
+	RUNTIME DESTINATION "${BIN_DIR}"
+	LIBRARY DESTINATION "${LIB_DIR}"
+)
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index ed77e25e8..b3830d8fc 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ ADD_EXECUTABLE(tests
 	EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
 	main.cpp
 	QTestSuite
-	$<TARGET_OBJECTS:lmmsobjs>
 
 	src/core/AutomatableModelTest.cpp
 	src/core/ProjectVersionTest.cpp
@@ -23,8 +22,4 @@ ADD_EXECUTABLE(tests
 
 	src/tracks/AutomationTrackTest.cpp
 )
-TARGET_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS(tests
-	PRIVATE $<TARGET_PROPERTY:lmmsobjs,INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS>
-)
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(tests ${QT_LIBRARIES} Qt5::Test)
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(tests ${LMMS_REQUIRED_LIBS})
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(tests lmmslib Qt5::Test)