diff --git a/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/create_generic_client.hpp b/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/create_generic_client.hpp
index adc3970131..558c19e8e5 100644
--- a/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/create_generic_client.hpp
+++ b/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/create_generic_client.hpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ namespace rclcpp
  * \param[in] group Callback group to handle the reply to service calls.
  * \return Shared pointer to the created client.
  */
+RCLCPP_PUBLIC
 rclcpp::GenericClient::SharedPtr
 create_generic_client(
   std::shared_ptr<node_interfaces::NodeBaseInterface> node_base,
diff --git a/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/node.hpp b/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/node.hpp
index f89cc02992..f17eb1e066 100644
--- a/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/node.hpp
+++ b/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/node.hpp
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ class Node : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Node>
    * \param[in] group Callback group to handle the reply to service calls.
    * \return Shared pointer to the created GenericClient.
    */
+  RCLCPP_PUBLIC
   rclcpp::GenericClient::SharedPtr
   create_generic_client(
     const std::string & service_name,