diff --git a/cppu/inc/cppu/macros.hxx b/cppu/inc/cppu/macros.hxx
index 1f00d846380d..fe2695dd4274 100644
--- a/cppu/inc/cppu/macros.hxx
+++ b/cppu/inc/cppu/macros.hxx
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
  *
  *  $RCSfile: macros.hxx,v $
  *
- *  $Revision: 1.17 $
+ *  $Revision: 1.18 $
  *
- *  last change: $Author: obo $ $Date: 2004-06-04 03:18:31 $
+ *  last change: $Author: pjunck $ $Date: 2004-10-22 10:58:53 $
  *
  *  The Contents of this file are made available subject to the terms of
  *  either of the following licenses
@@ -88,5 +88,21 @@
 #define CPPU_GCC3_ALIGN( base_struct )
 #endif
 
+/**
+   Exporting the symbols necessary for exception handling on GCC.
+
+   These macros are used in the headers generated by cppumaker for UNO exception
+   types, to ensure that exception handling does not fail on GCC.
+
+   @internal
+*/
+#if defined __GNUC__
+#define CPPU_GCC_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT SAL_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT
+#define CPPU_GCC_DLLPRIVATE SAL_DLLPRIVATE
+#else
+#define CPPU_GCC_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT
+#define CPPU_GCC_DLLPRIVATE
+#endif
+
 #endif  // _CPPU_MACROS_HXX_