diff --git a/dbus/CMakeLists.txt b/dbus/CMakeLists.txt
index 9e3f0a14..2f56e62c 100644
--- a/dbus/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dbus/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ set(DBUS_SHARED_HEADERS
     dbus-hash.h
     dbus-internals.h
     dbus-list.h
+    dbus-macros-internal.h
     dbus-marshal-basic.h
     dbus-mempool.h
     dbus-string.h
diff --git a/dbus/Makefile.am b/dbus/Makefile.am
index 7a71f468..fbd81758 100644
--- a/dbus/Makefile.am
+++ b/dbus/Makefile.am
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ DBUS_SHARED_SOURCES=				\
 	dbus-internals.h			\
 	dbus-list.c				\
 	dbus-list.h				\
+	dbus-macros-internal.h			\
 	dbus-marshal-basic.c			\
 	dbus-marshal-basic.h			\
 	dbus-memory.c				\
diff --git a/dbus/dbus-internals.h b/dbus/dbus-internals.h
index 3b293b05..1ca0065d 100644
--- a/dbus/dbus-internals.h
+++ b/dbus/dbus-internals.h
@@ -31,16 +31,11 @@
 #include <dbus/dbus-types.h>
 #include <dbus/dbus-errors.h>
 #include <dbus/dbus-sysdeps.h>
+#include <dbus/dbus-macros-internal.h>
 #include <dbus/dbus-threads-internal.h>
 
 DBUS_BEGIN_DECLS
 
-#ifdef DBUS_ENABLE_EMBEDDED_TESTS
-#define DBUS_EMBEDDED_TESTS_EXPORT DBUS_PRIVATE_EXPORT
-#else
-#define DBUS_EMBEDDED_TESTS_EXPORT /* nothing */
-#endif
-
 DBUS_PRIVATE_EXPORT
 void _dbus_warn               (const char *format,
                                ...) _DBUS_GNUC_PRINTF (1, 2);
diff --git a/dbus/dbus-macros-internal.h b/dbus/dbus-macros-internal.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d98891a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbus/dbus-macros-internal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2019 Collabora Ltd.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AFL-2.1 or GPL-2.0-or-later
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Academic Free License version 2.1
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifdef DBUS_INSIDE_DBUS_H
+#error "You can't include dbus-macros-internal.h in the public header dbus.h"
+#endif
+
+#ifndef DBUS_MACROS_INTERNAL_H
+#define DBUS_MACROS_INTERNAL_H
+
+#include <dbus/dbus-macros.h>
+
+#ifdef DBUS_ENABLE_EMBEDDED_TESTS
+# define DBUS_EMBEDDED_TESTS_EXPORT DBUS_PRIVATE_EXPORT
+#else
+# define DBUS_EMBEDDED_TESTS_EXPORT /* nothing */
+#endif
+
+#endif