diff --git a/etnaviv/meson.build b/etnaviv/meson.build
index ffc0a673..7cc89fd2 100644
--- a/etnaviv/meson.build
+++ b/etnaviv/meson.build
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ libdrm_etnaviv = library(
   include_directories : [inc_root, inc_drm],
   link_with : libdrm,
   c_args : libdrm_c_args,
+  gnu_symbol_visibility : 'hidden',
   dependencies : [dep_pthread_stubs, dep_rt, dep_atomic_ops],
   version : '1.0.0',
   install : true,
diff --git a/exynos/meson.build b/exynos/meson.build
index bd55a500..862d2b7b 100644
--- a/exynos/meson.build
+++ b/exynos/meson.build
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ libdrm_exynos = library(
   'drm_exynos',
   [files('exynos_drm.c', 'exynos_fimg2d.c'), config_file],
   c_args : libdrm_c_args,
+  gnu_symbol_visibility : 'hidden',
   include_directories : [inc_root, inc_drm],
   link_with : libdrm,
   dependencies : [dep_pthread_stubs],
diff --git a/intel/meson.build b/intel/meson.build
index 75e6bc3e..4ce36b9f 100644
--- a/intel/meson.build
+++ b/intel/meson.build
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ libdrm_intel = library(
   link_with : libdrm,
   dependencies : [dep_pciaccess, dep_pthread_stubs, dep_rt, dep_valgrind, dep_atomic_ops],
   c_args : libdrm_c_args,
+  gnu_symbol_visibility : 'hidden',
   version : '1.0.0',
   install : true,
 )
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ test_decode = executable(
   include_directories : [inc_root, inc_drm],
   link_with : [libdrm, libdrm_intel],
   c_args : libdrm_c_args,
+  gnu_symbol_visibility : 'hidden',
 )
 
 test(
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5b87a227..f0211457 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ foreach a : ['unused-parameter', 'attributes', 'long-long',
 endforeach
 
 # all c args:
-libdrm_c_args = warn_c_args + ['-fvisibility=hidden']
 
+libdrm_c_args = warn_c_args
 
 dep_pciaccess = dependency('pciaccess', version : '>= 0.10', required : with_intel)
 dep_cunit = dependency('cunit', version : '>= 2.1', required : false)
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ libdrm = library(
   include_directories : inc_drm,
   install : true,
   kwargs : libdrm_kw,
+  gnu_symbol_visibility : 'hidden',
 )
 
 test(
diff --git a/nouveau/meson.build b/nouveau/meson.build
index 82947951..1724b2ed 100644
--- a/nouveau/meson.build
+++ b/nouveau/meson.build
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ libdrm_nouveau = library(
   'drm_nouveau',
   [files( 'nouveau.c', 'pushbuf.c', 'bufctx.c', 'abi16.c'), config_file],
   c_args : libdrm_c_args,
+  gnu_symbol_visibility : 'hidden',
   include_directories : [inc_root, inc_drm],
   link_with : libdrm,
   dependencies : [dep_threads, dep_atomic_ops],
diff --git a/omap/meson.build b/omap/meson.build
index bcf5b622..e3d8b5eb 100644
--- a/omap/meson.build
+++ b/omap/meson.build
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ libdrm_omap = library(
   [files('omap_drm.c'), config_file],
   include_directories : [inc_root, inc_drm],
   c_args : libdrm_c_args,
+  gnu_symbol_visibility : 'hidden',
   link_with : libdrm,
   dependencies : [dep_pthread_stubs, dep_atomic_ops],
   version : '1.0.0',
diff --git a/radeon/meson.build b/radeon/meson.build
index abc9be83..7e8b4a93 100644
--- a/radeon/meson.build
+++ b/radeon/meson.build
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ libdrm_radeon = library(
     config_file,
   ],
   c_args : libdrm_c_args,
+  gnu_symbol_visibility : 'hidden',
   include_directories : [inc_root, inc_drm],
   link_with : libdrm,
   dependencies : [dep_pthread_stubs, dep_atomic_ops],
diff --git a/tegra/meson.build b/tegra/meson.build
index 51caf67a..281c8944 100644
--- a/tegra/meson.build
+++ b/tegra/meson.build
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ libdrm_tegra = library(
   link_with : libdrm,
   dependencies : [dep_pthread_stubs, dep_atomic_ops],
   c_args : libdrm_c_args,
+  gnu_symbol_visibility : 'hidden',
   version : '0.0.0',
   install : true,
 )