diff --git a/include/spdlog/sinks/stdout_sinks.h b/include/spdlog/sinks/stdout_sinks.h
index 36c2f3cd..0a93146c 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/stdout_sinks.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/stdout_sinks.h
@@ -71,4 +71,8 @@ std::shared_ptr<logger> stderr_logger_st(const std::string &logger_name);
 
 } // namespace spdlog
 
+
+
+#ifdef SPDLOG_HEADER_ONLY
 #include "stdout_sinks-inl.h"
+#endif
diff --git a/src/spdlog.cpp b/src/spdlog.cpp
index 39d775fd..fe16f1cc 100644
--- a/src/spdlog.cpp
+++ b/src/spdlog.cpp
@@ -80,6 +80,28 @@ template std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> spdlog::stdout_color_st<spdlog::async_f
 template std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> spdlog::stderr_color_mt<spdlog::async_factory>(const std::string &logger_name, color_mode mode);
 template std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> spdlog::stderr_color_st<spdlog::async_factory>(const std::string &logger_name, color_mode mode);
 
+
+
+#include "spdlog/sinks/stdout_sinks-inl.h"
+
+template class spdlog::sinks::stdout_sink_base<spdlog::details::console_mutex>;
+template class spdlog::sinks::stdout_sink_base<spdlog::details::console_nullmutex>;
+template class spdlog::sinks::stdout_sink<spdlog::details::console_mutex>;
+template class spdlog::sinks::stdout_sink<spdlog::details::console_nullmutex>;
+template class spdlog::sinks::stderr_sink<spdlog::details::console_mutex>;
+template class spdlog::sinks::stderr_sink<spdlog::details::console_nullmutex>;
+
+template std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> spdlog::stdout_logger_mt<spdlog::synchronous_factory>(const std::string &logger_name);
+template std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> spdlog::stdout_logger_st<spdlog::synchronous_factory>(const std::string &logger_name);
+template std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> spdlog::stderr_logger_mt<spdlog::synchronous_factory>(const std::string &logger_name);
+template std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> spdlog::stderr_logger_st<spdlog::synchronous_factory>(const std::string &logger_name);
+
+template std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> spdlog::stdout_logger_mt<spdlog::async_factory>(const std::string &logger_name);
+template std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> spdlog::stdout_logger_st<spdlog::async_factory>(const std::string &logger_name);
+template std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> spdlog::stderr_logger_mt<spdlog::async_factory>(const std::string &logger_name);
+template std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> spdlog::stderr_logger_st<spdlog::async_factory>(const std::string &logger_name);
+
+
 // Slightly modified version of fmt lib's format.cc source file.
 // Copyright (c) 2012 - 2016, Victor Zverovich
 // All rights reserved.