diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1407000..628f0aa 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
   message(FATAL_ERROR "LIBUNWIND_BUILD_32_BITS=ON is not supported on this platform.")
 endif()
 
-option(LIBUNWIND_HERMETIC_STATIC_LIBRARY
+option(LIBUNWIND_HIDE_SYMBOLS
   "Do not export any symbols from the static library." OFF)
 
 #===============================================================================
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@
 
 # Disable DLL annotations on Windows for static builds.
 if (WIN32 AND LIBUNWIND_ENABLE_STATIC AND NOT LIBUNWIND_ENABLE_SHARED)
-  add_definitions(-D_LIBUNWIND_DISABLE_VISIBILITY_ANNOTATIONS)
+  add_definitions(-D_LIBUNWIND_HIDE_SYMBOLS)
 endif()
 
 if (LIBUNWIND_HAS_COMMENT_LIB_PRAGMA)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index a7045d2..f59dfdd 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -164,11 +164,11 @@
     LINKER_LANGUAGE C
     OUTPUT_NAME "unwind")
 
-  if(LIBUNWIND_HERMETIC_STATIC_LIBRARY)
+  if(LIBUNWIND_HIDE_SYMBOLS)
     append_flags_if_supported(UNWIND_STATIC_LIBRARY_FLAGS -fvisibility=hidden)
     append_flags_if_supported(UNWIND_STATIC_LIBRARY_FLAGS -fvisibility-global-new-delete-hidden)
     target_compile_options(unwind_static PRIVATE ${UNWIND_STATIC_LIBRARY_FLAGS})
-    target_compile_definitions(unwind_static PRIVATE _LIBUNWIND_DISABLE_VISIBILITY_ANNOTATIONS)
+    target_compile_definitions(unwind_static PRIVATE _LIBUNWIND_HIDE_SYMBOLS)
   endif()
 
   list(APPEND LIBUNWIND_BUILD_TARGETS "unwind_static")
diff --git a/src/assembly.h b/src/assembly.h
index f2f7c84..dcd3819 100644
--- a/src/assembly.h
+++ b/src/assembly.h
@@ -70,12 +70,15 @@
 #if defined(__APPLE__)
 
 #define SYMBOL_IS_FUNC(name)
-#define EXPORT_SYMBOL(name)
 #define HIDDEN_SYMBOL(name) .private_extern name
-#define WEAK_SYMBOL(name) .weak_reference name
+#if defined(_LIBUNWIND_HIDE_SYMBOLS)
+#define EXPORT_SYMBOL(name) HIDDEN_SYMBOL(name)
+#else
+#define EXPORT_SYMBOL(name)
+#endif
 #define WEAK_ALIAS(name, aliasname)                                            \
   .globl SYMBOL_NAME(aliasname) SEPARATOR                                      \
-  WEAK_SYMBOL(aliasname) SEPARATOR                                             \
+  EXPORT_SYMBOL(SYMBOL_NAME(aliasname)) SEPARATOR                              \
   SYMBOL_NAME(aliasname) = SYMBOL_NAME(name)
 
 #define NO_EXEC_STACK_DIRECTIVE
@@ -87,17 +90,23 @@
 #else
 #define SYMBOL_IS_FUNC(name) .type name,@function
 #endif
-#define EXPORT_SYMBOL(name)
 #define HIDDEN_SYMBOL(name) .hidden name
+#if defined(_LIBUNWIND_HIDE_SYMBOLS)
+#define EXPORT_SYMBOL(name) HIDDEN_SYMBOL(name)
+#else
+#define EXPORT_SYMBOL(name)
+#endif
 #define WEAK_SYMBOL(name) .weak name
 
 #if defined(__hexagon__)
-#define WEAK_ALIAS(name, aliasname) \
-  WEAK_SYMBOL(aliasname) SEPARATOR                                             \
+#define WEAK_ALIAS(name, aliasname)                                            \
+  EXPORT_SYMBOL(SYMBOL_NAME(aliasname)) SEPARATOR                              \
+  WEAK_SYMBOL(SYMBOL_NAME(aliasname)) SEPARATOR                                \
   .equiv SYMBOL_NAME(aliasname), SYMBOL_NAME(name)
 #else
 #define WEAK_ALIAS(name, aliasname)                                            \
-  WEAK_SYMBOL(aliasname) SEPARATOR                                             \
+  EXPORT_SYMBOL(SYMBOL_NAME(aliasname)) SEPARATOR                              \
+  WEAK_SYMBOL(SYMBOL_NAME(aliasname)) SEPARATOR                                \
   SYMBOL_NAME(aliasname) = SYMBOL_NAME(name)
 #endif
 
@@ -119,7 +128,7 @@
   .section .drectve,"yn" SEPARATOR                                             \
   .ascii "-export:", #name, "\0" SEPARATOR                                     \
   .text
-#if defined(_LIBUNWIND_DISABLE_VISIBILITY_ANNOTATIONS)
+#if defined(_LIBUNWIND_HIDE_SYMBOLS)
 #define EXPORT_SYMBOL(name)
 #else
 #define EXPORT_SYMBOL(name) EXPORT_SYMBOL2(name)
diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h
index 9efed05..5b860dc 100644
--- a/src/config.h
+++ b/src/config.h
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@
   #endif
 #endif
 
-#if defined(_LIBUNWIND_DISABLE_VISIBILITY_ANNOTATIONS)
+#if defined(_LIBUNWIND_HIDE_SYMBOLS)
+  // The CMake file passes -fvisibility=hidden to control ELF/Mach-O visibility.
   #define _LIBUNWIND_EXPORT
   #define _LIBUNWIND_HIDDEN
 #else
@@ -70,11 +71,15 @@
 #define SYMBOL_NAME(name) XSTR(__USER_LABEL_PREFIX__) #name
 
 #if defined(__APPLE__)
+#if defined(_LIBUNWIND_HIDE_SYMBOLS)
+#define _LIBUNWIND_ALIAS_VISIBILITY(name) __asm__(".private_extern " name)
+#else
+#define _LIBUNWIND_ALIAS_VISIBILITY(name)
+#endif
 #define _LIBUNWIND_WEAK_ALIAS(name, aliasname)                                 \
   __asm__(".globl " SYMBOL_NAME(aliasname));                                   \
   __asm__(SYMBOL_NAME(aliasname) " = " SYMBOL_NAME(name));                     \
-  extern "C" _LIBUNWIND_EXPORT __typeof(name) aliasname                        \
-      __attribute__((weak_import));
+  _LIBUNWIND_ALIAS_VISIBILITY(SYMBOL_NAME(aliasname));
 #elif defined(__ELF__)
 #define _LIBUNWIND_WEAK_ALIAS(name, aliasname)                                 \
   extern "C" _LIBUNWIND_EXPORT __typeof(name) aliasname                        \