diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.c
index ce924c32fd..b05b2747d2 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ evas_bidi_is_rtl_str(const Eina_Unicode *str)
  * @param len the length of th string.
  * @return #EINA_TRUE on success, #EINA_FALSE otherwise.
  */
-Eina_Bool
+EAPI Eina_Bool
 evas_bidi_shape_string(Eina_Unicode *eina_ustr, const Evas_BiDi_Paragraph_Props *bidi_props, size_t start, size_t len)
 {
    FriBidiChar *ustr, *base_ustr = NULL;
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.h b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.h
index d357be9fc3..971c2c4676 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.h
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.h
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ evas_bidi_paragraph_props_get(const Eina_Unicode *eina_ustr) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(1)
 void
 evas_bidi_props_copy_and_ref(const Evas_BiDi_Props *src, Evas_BiDi_Props *dst);
 
-Eina_Bool
+EAPI Eina_Bool
 evas_bidi_shape_string(Eina_Unicode *eina_ustr, const Evas_BiDi_Paragraph_Props *bidi_props, size_t start, size_t len);
 
 void