diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/allocators/Makefile.am b/gst-libs/gst/allocators/Makefile.am
index c792ce29c2..1957d284d6 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/allocators/Makefile.am
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/allocators/Makefile.am
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ libgstallocators_@GST_API_VERSION@_includedir = $(includedir)/gstreamer-@GST_API
 
 libgstallocators_@GST_API_VERSION@_include_HEADERS = \
 	allocators.h \
+	allocators-prelude.h \
 	gstfdmemory.h \
 	gstphysmemory.h \
 	gstdmabuf.h
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/allocators/allocators-prelude.h b/gst-libs/gst/allocators/allocators-prelude.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0aa84e063c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/allocators/allocators-prelude.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* GStreamer Allocators Library
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 GStreamer developers
+ *
+ * allocators-prelude.h: prelude include header for gst-allocators library
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GST_ALLOCATORS_PRELUDE_H__
+#define __GST_ALLOCATORS_PRELUDE_H__
+
+#include <gst/gst.h>
+
+#ifndef GST_ALLOCATORS_API
+#define GST_ALLOCATORS_API GST_EXPORT
+#endif
+
+#endif /* __GST_ALLOCATORS_PRELUDE_H__ */
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/allocators/allocators.h b/gst-libs/gst/allocators/allocators.h
index 26c60f8cba..b616aa20e6 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/allocators/allocators.h
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/allocators/allocators.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #ifndef __GST_ALLOCATORS_H__
 #define __GST_ALLOCATORS_H__
 
+#include <gst/allocators/allocators-prelude.h>
+
 #include <gst/allocators/gstdmabuf.h>
 #include <gst/allocators/gstfdmemory.h>
 #include <gst/allocators/gstphysmemory.h>
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/allocators/gstdmabuf.h b/gst-libs/gst/allocators/gstdmabuf.h
index 364067f2d1..dd5e94fe58 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/allocators/gstdmabuf.h
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/allocators/gstdmabuf.h
@@ -95,19 +95,19 @@ struct _GstDmaBufAllocatorClass
 };
 
 
-GST_EXPORT
+GST_ALLOCATORS_API
 GType          gst_dmabuf_allocator_get_type (void);
 
-GST_EXPORT
+GST_ALLOCATORS_API
 GstAllocator * gst_dmabuf_allocator_new (void);
 
-GST_EXPORT
+GST_ALLOCATORS_API
 GstMemory    * gst_dmabuf_allocator_alloc (GstAllocator * allocator, gint fd, gsize size);
 
-GST_EXPORT
+GST_ALLOCATORS_API
 gint           gst_dmabuf_memory_get_fd (GstMemory * mem);
 
-GST_EXPORT
+GST_ALLOCATORS_API
 gboolean       gst_is_dmabuf_memory (GstMemory * mem);
 
 
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/allocators/gstfdmemory.h b/gst-libs/gst/allocators/gstfdmemory.h
index 81aea0468f..6693593b0f 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/allocators/gstfdmemory.h
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/allocators/gstfdmemory.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #define __GST_FD_ALLOCATOR_H__
 
 #include <gst/gst.h>
+#include <gst/allocators/allocators-prelude.h>
 
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
@@ -76,20 +77,20 @@ struct _GstFdAllocatorClass
   GstAllocatorClass parent_class;
 };
 
-GST_EXPORT
+GST_ALLOCATORS_API
 GType           gst_fd_allocator_get_type (void);
 
-GST_EXPORT
+GST_ALLOCATORS_API
 GstAllocator *  gst_fd_allocator_new    (void);
 
-GST_EXPORT
+GST_ALLOCATORS_API
 GstMemory *     gst_fd_allocator_alloc  (GstAllocator * allocator, gint fd,
                                          gsize size, GstFdMemoryFlags flags);
 
-GST_EXPORT
+GST_ALLOCATORS_API
 gboolean        gst_is_fd_memory        (GstMemory *mem);
 
-GST_EXPORT
+GST_ALLOCATORS_API
 gint            gst_fd_memory_get_fd    (GstMemory *mem);
 
 #ifdef G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/allocators/gstphysmemory.h b/gst-libs/gst/allocators/gstphysmemory.h
index 7c70d6871a..2aa69e47a2 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/allocators/gstphysmemory.h
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/allocators/gstphysmemory.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #define __GST_PHYS_MEMORY_H__
 
 #include <gst/gst.h>
+#include <gst/allocators/allocators-prelude.h>
 
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
@@ -49,13 +50,13 @@ struct _GstPhysMemoryAllocatorInterface
   guintptr (*get_phys_addr) (GstPhysMemoryAllocator * allocator, GstMemory * mem);
 };
 
-GST_EXPORT
+GST_ALLOCATORS_API
 GType gst_phys_memory_allocator_get_type (void);
 
-GST_EXPORT
+GST_ALLOCATORS_API
 gboolean gst_is_phys_memory (GstMemory *mem);
 
-GST_EXPORT
+GST_ALLOCATORS_API
 guintptr gst_phys_memory_get_phys_addr (GstMemory * mem);
 
 G_END_DECLS
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/allocators/meson.build b/gst-libs/gst/allocators/meson.build
index a2ef0408f6..fc8b69659c 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/allocators/meson.build
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/allocators/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 gst_allocators_headers = [
   'allocators.h',
+  'allocators-prelude.h',
   'gstfdmemory.h',
   'gstphysmemory.h',
   'gstdmabuf.h',