diff --git a/include/nds3/definitions.h b/include/nds3/definitions.h
index f7a0f75de..0b55dd3b2 100644
--- a/include/nds3/definitions.h
+++ b/include/nds3/definitions.h
@@ -27,6 +27,23 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <map>
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+#include <windows.h>
+ // https://github.com/esa/pykep/issues/47
+#define CLOCK_REALTIME 0
+static int clock_gettime(int, struct timespec *spec)      //C-file part
+{
+	__int64 wintime; GetSystemTimeAsFileTime((FILETIME*)&wintime);
+	wintime -= 116444736000000000i64;  //1jan1601 to 1jan1970
+	spec->tv_sec = wintime / 10000000i64;           //seconds
+	spec->tv_nsec = wintime % 10000000i64 * 100;      //nano-seconds
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#endif
+
 namespace nds
 {
 
@@ -300,19 +317,19 @@ typedef std::list<std::string> enumerationStrings_t;
 #define NDS_DEFINE_DRIVER(driverName, className)\
 extern "C" \
 { \
-void* allocateDevice(nds::Factory& factory, const std::string& device, const nds::namedParameters_t& parameters) \
+NDS3_API void* allocateDevice(nds::Factory& factory, const std::string& device, const nds::namedParameters_t& parameters) \
 { \
     return new className(factory, device, parameters); \
 } \
-void deallocateDevice(void* device) \
+NDS3_API void deallocateDevice(void* device) \
 { \
     delete (className*)device; \
 } \
-const char* getDeviceName() \
+NDS3_API const char* getDeviceName() \
 { \
     return #driverName; \
 } \
-nds::RegisterDevice<className> registerDevice##driverName(#driverName); \
+NDS3_API nds::RegisterDevice<className> registerDevice##driverName(#driverName); \
 } // extern "C"
 
 // Generic helper definitions for shared library support
diff --git a/include/nds3/impl/logStreamGetterImpl.h b/include/nds3/impl/logStreamGetterImpl.h
index b03db0c45..c0230651a 100644
--- a/include/nds3/impl/logStreamGetterImpl.h
+++ b/include/nds3/impl/logStreamGetterImpl.h
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 
 #include <ostream>
 #include <array>
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <pthread.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "nds3/definitions.h"
 
 namespace nds
diff --git a/src/ndsFactoryImpl.cpp b/src/ndsFactoryImpl.cpp
index 8f5c66d9c..e7d7df17f 100644
--- a/src/ndsFactoryImpl.cpp
+++ b/src/ndsFactoryImpl.cpp
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
  */
 
 #include <cstdlib>
-#include <link.h>
-#include <elf.h>
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -494,6 +492,9 @@ NdsFactoryImpl::fileNames_t NdsFactoryImpl::separateFoldersList(const char* fold
     return folders;
 }
 
+#ifndef RTLD_NODELETE
+#define RTLD_NODELETE 0
+#endif
 
 DynamicModule::DynamicModule(const std::string& libraryName):
     m_moduleHandle(dlopen(libraryName.c_str(), RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL | RTLD_NODELETE))
diff --git a/src/pvBaseIn.cpp b/src/pvBaseIn.cpp
index bdf1e2c58..2082bd84f 100644
--- a/src/pvBaseIn.cpp
+++ b/src/pvBaseIn.cpp
@@ -44,26 +44,26 @@ void PVBaseIn::replicateFrom(const std::string &sourceInputPVName)
     std::static_pointer_cast<PVBaseInImpl>(m_pImplementation)->replicateFrom(sourceInputPVName);
 }
 
-template void PVBaseIn::read<std::int32_t>(timespec*, std::int32_t*) const;
-template void PVBaseIn::push<std::int32_t>(const timespec&, const std::int32_t&);
+template void NDS3_API PVBaseIn::read<std::int32_t>(timespec*, std::int32_t*) const;
+template void NDS3_API PVBaseIn::push<std::int32_t>(const timespec&, const std::int32_t&);
 
-template void PVBaseIn::read<double>(timespec*, double*) const;
-template void PVBaseIn::push<double>(const timespec&, const double&);
+template void NDS3_API PVBaseIn::read<double>(timespec*, double*) const;
+template void NDS3_API PVBaseIn::push<double>(const timespec&, const double&);
 
-template void PVBaseIn::read<std::vector<std::int8_t> >(timespec*, std::vector<std::int8_t>*) const;
-template void PVBaseIn::push<std::vector<std::int8_t> >(const timespec&, const std::vector<std::int8_t>&);
+template void NDS3_API PVBaseIn::read<std::vector<std::int8_t> >(timespec*, std::vector<std::int8_t>*) const;
+template void NDS3_API PVBaseIn::push<std::vector<std::int8_t> >(const timespec&, const std::vector<std::int8_t>&);
 
-template void PVBaseIn::read<std::vector<std::uint8_t> >(timespec*, std::vector<std::uint8_t>*) const;
-template void PVBaseIn::push<std::vector<std::uint8_t> >(const timespec&, const std::vector<std::uint8_t>&);
+template void NDS3_API PVBaseIn::read<std::vector<std::uint8_t> >(timespec*, std::vector<std::uint8_t>*) const;
+template void NDS3_API PVBaseIn::push<std::vector<std::uint8_t> >(const timespec&, const std::vector<std::uint8_t>&);
 
-template void PVBaseIn::read<std::vector<std::int32_t> >(timespec*, std::vector<std::int32_t>*) const;
-template void PVBaseIn::push<std::vector<std::int32_t> >(const timespec&, const std::vector<std::int32_t>&);
+template void NDS3_API PVBaseIn::read<std::vector<std::int32_t> >(timespec*, std::vector<std::int32_t>*) const;
+template void NDS3_API PVBaseIn::push<std::vector<std::int32_t> >(const timespec&, const std::vector<std::int32_t>&);
 
-template void PVBaseIn::read<std::vector<double> >(timespec*, std::vector<double>*) const;
-template void PVBaseIn::push<std::vector<double> >(const timespec&, const std::vector<double>&);
+template void NDS3_API PVBaseIn::read<std::vector<double> >(timespec*, std::vector<double>*) const;
+template void NDS3_API PVBaseIn::push<std::vector<double> >(const timespec&, const std::vector<double>&);
 
-template void PVBaseIn::read<std::string >(timespec*, std::string*) const;
-template void PVBaseIn::push<std::string >(const timespec&, const std::string&);
+template void NDS3_API PVBaseIn::read<std::string >(timespec*, std::string*) const;
+template void NDS3_API PVBaseIn::push<std::string >(const timespec&, const std::string&);
 
 }
 
diff --git a/src/threadStd.cpp b/src/threadStd.cpp
index 909449007..ca70fb414 100644
--- a/src/threadStd.cpp
+++ b/src/threadStd.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 
 #include <thread>
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <pthread.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "nds3/impl/threadStd.h"
 
 namespace nds
@@ -17,7 +21,15 @@ namespace nds
 ThreadStd::ThreadStd(FactoryBaseImpl* pFactory, const std::string &name, threadFunction_t function):
     ThreadBaseImpl(pFactory, name), m_thread(function)
 {
-    pthread_setname_np(m_thread.native_handle(), name.c_str());
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	pthread_t thread;
+	thread.p = m_thread.native_handle();
+	thread.x = 0;
+	pthread_setname_np(thread, name.c_str());
+#else
+	pthread_setname_np(m_thread.native_handle(), name.c_str());
+#endif
+
 }
 
 void ThreadStd::join()