diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 9431790f..270a2cd1 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ SVN HEAD
               Compute MAX_*_SENSOR_TYPES at build time (#2378)
 	      Add support for new sysfs attributes
               Add support for humidity sensors
+              Limit symbol visibility
   sensors.conf.default: Add a section for the W83627THF
                         Add a section for the SCH5127
                         Add a section for the W83627UHG
diff --git a/lib/Module.mk b/lib/Module.mk
index af8c14fd..cce8f955 100644
--- a/lib/Module.mk
+++ b/lib/Module.mk
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ LIBHEADERFILES := $(MODULE_DIR)/error.h $(MODULE_DIR)/sensors.h
 
 # How to create the shared library
 $(MODULE_DIR)/$(LIBSHLIBNAME): $(LIBSHOBJECTS)
-	$(CC) -shared $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,-soname,$(LIBSHSONAME) -o $@ $^ -lc -lm
+	$(CC) -shared $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,--version-script=$(LIB_DIR)/libsensors.map -Wl,-soname,$(LIBSHSONAME) -o $@ $^ -lc -lm
 
 $(MODULE_DIR)/$(LIBSHSONAME): $(MODULE_DIR)/$(LIBSHLIBNAME)
 	$(RM) $@
diff --git a/lib/libsensors.map b/lib/libsensors.map
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e2dac03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/libsensors.map
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+global:
+  libsensors_version;
+  sensors_cleanup;
+  sensors_do_chip_sets;
+  sensors_free_chip_name;
+  sensors_get_adapter_name;
+  sensors_get_all_subfeatures;
+  sensors_get_detected_chips;
+  sensors_get_features;
+  sensors_get_label;
+  sensors_get_subfeature;
+  sensors_get_value;
+  sensors_init;
+  sensors_parse_chip_name;
+  sensors_set_value;
+  sensors_snprintf_chip_name;
+  sensors_strerror;
+  sensors_parse_error;
+  sensors_parse_error_wfn;
+  sensors_fatal_error;
+local: *;
+ };