diff --git a/api/librdb-api.h b/api/librdb-api.h
index 76a4048..0f707ec 100644
--- a/api/librdb-api.h
+++ b/api/librdb-api.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 #ifndef _LIBRDB_API
-#define _LIBRDB_API
+#define _LIBRDB_API __attribute__((visibility("default")))
 #endif
 
 typedef char *RdbBulk;
diff --git a/deps/redis/Makefile b/deps/redis/Makefile
index 40eda6d..a7b0f13 100644
--- a/deps/redis/Makefile
+++ b/deps/redis/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ OPTIMIZATION?=-O3
 
 STD            = -std=c99
 WARNS          = -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Werror
-CFLAGS         = -fPIC $(OPTIMIZATION) $(STD) $(WARNS)
+CFLAGS         = -fPIC $(OPTIMIZATION) $(STD) $(WARNS) -fvisibility=hidden
 DEBUG          = -g3 -DDEBUG=1
 LIBS           =
 
diff --git a/deps/redis/crc64.h b/deps/redis/crc64.h
index e0fccd9..d41155b 100644
--- a/deps/redis/crc64.h
+++ b/deps/redis/crc64.h
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 #define CRC64_H
 
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include "librdb-hidden-api.h"
 
-void crc64_init(void);
-uint64_t crc64(uint64_t crc, const unsigned char *s, uint64_t l);
+_LIBRDB_HIDDEN_API void crc64_init(void);
+_LIBRDB_HIDDEN_API uint64_t crc64(uint64_t crc, const unsigned char *s, uint64_t l);
 
 #ifdef REDIS_TEST
 int crc64Test(int argc, char *argv[], int flags);
diff --git a/deps/redis/librdb-hidden-api.h b/deps/redis/librdb-hidden-api.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7ca3e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/redis/librdb-hidden-api.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * The core library of LIBRDB is librdb.so. It is also responsible for linking
+ * and combining Redis object files from this folder. The extension library of
+ * LIBRDB (librdb-ext.so) also requires certain functionality from this folder,
+ * such as the use of the rax data structure or CRC.
+ *
+ * Instead of refactoring and creating an additional shared library, or making
+ * copies for each library (with all the associated implications) we shall expose
+ * specific symbols from librdb.so that are needed by librdb-ext.so. These symbols
+ * won't be documented in the API, but they will be available for use. Since we
+ * compile by default with hidden visibility, we need to mark them explicitly as
+ * visible using the following macro.
+ *
+ * While it might initially seem cumbersome to manually designate each function as
+ * visible, this approach has its benefits. By carefully selecting the functions
+ * to expose, we are encouraged to contemplate what we are exposing and why.
+ * Moreover, it helps prevent the cluttering clients of librdb with unnecessary
+ * symbols.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef __HIDDEN_API_H__
+#define __HIDDEN_API_H__
+
+#define _LIBRDB_HIDDEN_API __attribute__((visibility("default")))
+
+#endif /*__HIDDEN_API_H__*/
diff --git a/deps/redis/rax.h b/deps/redis/rax.h
index a836b84..5756632 100644
--- a/deps/redis/rax.h
+++ b/deps/redis/rax.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #define RAX_H
 
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include "librdb-hidden-api.h"
 
 /* Representation of a radix tree as implemented in this file, that contains
  * the strings "foo", "foobar" and "footer" after the insertion of each
@@ -186,19 +187,19 @@ typedef struct raxIterator {
 } raxIterator;
 
 /* A special pointer returned for not found items. */
-extern void *raxNotFound;
+_LIBRDB_HIDDEN_API extern void *raxNotFound;
 
 /* Exported API. */
-rax *raxNew(void);
+_LIBRDB_HIDDEN_API rax *raxNew(void);
 int raxInsert(rax *rax, unsigned char *s, size_t len, void *data, void **old);
-int raxTryInsert(rax *rax, unsigned char *s, size_t len, void *data, void **old);
+_LIBRDB_HIDDEN_API int raxTryInsert(rax *rax, unsigned char *s, size_t len, void *data, void **old);
 int raxRemove(rax *rax, unsigned char *s, size_t len, void **old);
-void *raxFind(rax *rax, unsigned char *s, size_t len);
-void raxFree(rax *rax);
+_LIBRDB_HIDDEN_API void *raxFind(rax *rax, unsigned char *s, size_t len);
+_LIBRDB_HIDDEN_API void raxFree(rax *rax);
 void raxFreeWithCallback(rax *rax, void (*free_callback)(void*));
-void raxStart(raxIterator *it, rax *rt);
-int raxSeek(raxIterator *it, const char *op, unsigned char *ele, size_t len);
-int raxNext(raxIterator *it);
+_LIBRDB_HIDDEN_API void raxStart(raxIterator *it, rax *rt);
+_LIBRDB_HIDDEN_API int raxSeek(raxIterator *it, const char *op, unsigned char *ele, size_t len);
+_LIBRDB_HIDDEN_API int raxNext(raxIterator *it);
 int raxPrev(raxIterator *it);
 //int raxRandomWalk(raxIterator *it, size_t steps);
 int raxCompare(raxIterator *iter, const char *op, unsigned char *key, size_t key_len);
diff --git a/deps/redis/util.h b/deps/redis/util.h
index 4c7e541..0aa1508 100644
--- a/deps/redis/util.h
+++ b/deps/redis/util.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define LIBRDB_UTIL_H
 
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include "librdb-hidden-api.h"
 
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 #define likely(x)       __builtin_expect(!!(x), 1)
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@
 #define MAX_D2STRING_CHARS 128
 
 int string2ll(const char *s, size_t slen, long long *value);
-int ll2string(char *s, size_t len, long long value);
+_LIBRDB_HIDDEN_API int ll2string(char *s, size_t len, long long value);
 int ull2string(char *s, size_t len, unsigned long long value);
 int lpStringToInt64(const char *s, unsigned long slen, int64_t *value);
 unsigned int getEnvVar(const char* varName, unsigned int defaultVal);
@@ -29,6 +30,6 @@ unsigned int getEnvVar(const char* varName, unsigned int defaultVal);
  * incompatibilities as you can also convert double to string that results in
  * loss of precision, or it might not represent inf, -inf or nan values
  * similar to this function output. */
-int d2string(char *buf, size_t len, double value);
+_LIBRDB_HIDDEN_API int d2string(char *buf, size_t len, double value);
 
 #endif /*LIBRDB_UTIL_H*/
diff --git a/src/cli/Makefile b/src/cli/Makefile
index d445148..a94ef0a 100644
--- a/src/cli/Makefile
+++ b/src/cli/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 default: all
 
-LIB_NAME              = rdb
 LIB_DIR               = ../../lib
-LIB_NAME_EXT          = $(LIB_NAME)-ext
+LIB_NAME              = librdb.a
+LIB_NAME_EXT          = librdb-ext.a
 
 # Artifacts:
 TARGET_APP           = rdb-cli
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ STACK       = -fstack-protector-all -Wstack-protector
 WARNS       = -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Werror
 CFLAGS      = -fPIC $(OPTIMIZATION) $(STD) $(STACK) $(WARNS)
 DEBUG       = -g3 -DDEBUG=1
-LIBS        = -L /usr/lib -L $(LIB_DIR) -l $(LIB_NAME) -l $(LIB_NAME_EXT)
+LIBS        = -L /usr/lib -L $(LIB_DIR) -l:$(LIB_NAME_EXT)  -l:$(LIB_NAME)
 
 ifeq ($(BUILD_TLS),yes)
 CFLAGS+=-DUSE_OPENSSL=1
diff --git a/src/ext/Makefile b/src/ext/Makefile
index cf821ad..582d1c5 100644
--- a/src/ext/Makefile
+++ b/src/ext/Makefile
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ TARGET_LIB_STATIC_EXT = $(LIB_DIR)/lib$(LIB_NAME_EXT).a
 SOURCES  = $(notdir $(basename $(wildcard *.c)))
 OBJECTS  = $(patsubst %,%.o,$(SOURCES))
 
+
 OPTIMIZATION?=-O3
 LIBRDB_DEBUG?=0
 
 STD      = -std=c99
 STACK    = -fstack-protector-all -Wstack-protector
 WARNS    = -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Werror
-CFLAGS   = -fPIC $(OPTIMIZATION) $(STD) $(STACK) $(WARNS)
+CFLAGS   = -fPIC $(OPTIMIZATION) $(STD) $(STACK) $(WARNS) -fvisibility=hidden
 DEBUG    = -g3 -DLIBRDB_DEBUG=$(LIBRDB_DEBUG)
 LDFLAGS  =
 LIBS     = -L $(LIB_DIR) -l $(LIB_NAME)
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ $(TARGET_LIB_EXT): $(OBJECTS)
 $(TARGET_LIB_STATIC_EXT): $(OBJECTS)
 	ar rcs $@ $^
 
+# Include object file dependencies
 -include $(OBJECTS:.o=.d)
 
 %.o: %.c
diff --git a/src/lib/Makefile b/src/lib/Makefile
index cf61b64..fd62724 100644
--- a/src/lib/Makefile
+++ b/src/lib/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LIBRDB_DEBUG?=0
 STD      = -std=c99
 STACK    = -fstack-protector-all -Wstack-protector
 WARNS    = -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Werror
-CFLAGS   = -fPIC $(OPTIMIZATION) $(STD) $(STACK) $(WARNS)
+CFLAGS   = -fPIC $(OPTIMIZATION) $(STD) $(STACK) $(WARNS) -fvisibility=hidden
 DEBUG    = -g3
 LIBS     =