diff --git a/src/modules/mixer/Pulse.h b/src/modules/mixer/Pulse.h
index c4ac584ed..72ac3cc54 100644
--- a/src/modules/mixer/Pulse.h
+++ b/src/modules/mixer/Pulse.h
@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@
 #include <Eina.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 
+# ifdef EINTERN
+#  undef EINTERN
+# endif
+# ifdef __GNUC__
+#  if __GNUC__ >= 4
+#   define EINTERN __attribute__ ((visibility("hidden")))
+#  else
+#   define EINTERN
+#  endif
+# else
+#  define EINTERN
+# endif
+
 #define PULSE_SUCCESS (void*)1
 
 extern int PULSE_EVENT_CONNECTED;
diff --git a/src/modules/mixer/pa.c b/src/modules/mixer/pa.c
index aaab026a6..924a9e998 100644
--- a/src/modules/mixer/pa.c
+++ b/src/modules/mixer/pa.c
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#include "e.h"
 #include <Ecore.h>
 #include <Ecore_Con.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
@@ -747,7 +746,7 @@ pulse_connect(Pulse *conn)
    return !!conn->svr;
 }
 
-EINTERN void
+void
 pulse_disconnect(Pulse *conn)
 {
    EINA_SAFETY_ON_NULL_RETURN(conn);
diff --git a/src/modules/mixer/pa.h b/src/modules/mixer/pa.h
index b8f4cb278..c5870f069 100644
--- a/src/modules/mixer/pa.h
+++ b/src/modules/mixer/pa.h
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef PA_HACKS_H
 #define PA_HACKS_H
 
-#include "e.h"
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include "config.h"
+#endif
 
 #include <Ecore.h>
 #include <Ecore_Con.h>
@@ -17,14 +19,28 @@
 # define __UNUSED__ __attribute__((unused))
 #endif
 
+# ifdef EINTERN
+#  undef EINTERN
+# endif
+# ifdef __GNUC__
+#  if __GNUC__ >= 4
+#   define EINTERN __attribute__ ((visibility("hidden")))
+#  else
+#   define EINTERN
+#  endif
+# else
+#  define EINTERN
+# endif
+
 #define PA_PROTOCOL_VERSION 16
 #define PA_NATIVE_COOKIE_LENGTH 256
 #ifndef PA_MACHINE_ID
 # define PA_MACHINE_ID "/var/lib/dbus/machine-id"
 #endif
 
-#undef _
-#define _(X) (X)
+#ifndef _
+# define _(X) (X)
+#endif
 
 #undef DBG
 #undef INF