diff --git a/lib/trace-cmd/include/private/trace-cmd-private.h b/lib/trace-cmd/include/private/trace-cmd-private.h
index fdca7494..3a6ca3f7 100644
--- a/lib/trace-cmd/include/private/trace-cmd-private.h
+++ b/lib/trace-cmd/include/private/trace-cmd-private.h
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 #include "traceevent/event-parse.h"
 #include "trace-cmd/trace-cmd.h"
 
+#define __packed __attribute__((packed))
+#define __hidden __attribute__((visibility ("hidden")))
+
 #define TRACECMD_MAGIC { 23, 8, 68 }
 
 #define ARRAY_SIZE(_a) (sizeof(_a) / sizeof((_a)[0]))
diff --git a/lib/trace-cmd/include/trace-cmd-local.h b/lib/trace-cmd/include/trace-cmd-local.h
index d265e4c8..0cd27441 100644
--- a/lib/trace-cmd/include/trace-cmd-local.h
+++ b/lib/trace-cmd/include/trace-cmd-local.h
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 /* Can be overridden */
 void warning(const char *fmt, ...);
 
-#define __packed __attribute__((packed))
-
 /* trace.dat file format version */
 #define FILE_VERSION 6
 
diff --git a/lib/trace-cmd/trace-hash.c b/lib/trace-cmd/trace-hash.c
index 47703153..bed97323 100644
--- a/lib/trace-cmd/trace-hash.c
+++ b/lib/trace-cmd/trace-hash.c
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
+#include "trace-cmd-private.h"
 #include "trace-hash.h"
 
-int trace_hash_init(struct trace_hash *hash, int buckets)
+int __hidden trace_hash_init(struct trace_hash *hash, int buckets)
 {
 	memset(hash, 0, sizeof(*hash));
 
@@ -27,12 +28,12 @@ int trace_hash_init(struct trace_hash *hash, int buckets)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void trace_hash_free(struct trace_hash *hash)
+void __hidden trace_hash_free(struct trace_hash *hash)
 {
 	free(hash->buckets);
 }
 
-int trace_hash_empty(struct trace_hash *hash)
+int __hidden trace_hash_empty(struct trace_hash *hash)
 {
 	struct trace_hash_item **bucket;
 
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ int trace_hash_empty(struct trace_hash *hash)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-int trace_hash_add(struct trace_hash *hash, struct trace_hash_item *item)
+int __hidden trace_hash_add(struct trace_hash *hash, struct trace_hash_item *item)
 {
 	struct trace_hash_item *next;
 	int bucket = hash->power ? item->key & hash->power :
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ int trace_hash_add(struct trace_hash *hash, struct trace_hash_item *item)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-struct trace_hash_item *
+ __hidden struct trace_hash_item *
 trace_hash_find(struct trace_hash *hash, unsigned long long key,
 		trace_hash_func match, void *data)
 {
diff --git a/lib/trace-cmd/trace-perf.c b/lib/trace-cmd/trace-perf.c
index 2a24a244..a10da55d 100644
--- a/lib/trace-cmd/trace-perf.c
+++ b/lib/trace-cmd/trace-perf.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static void default_perf_init_pe(struct perf_event_attr *pe)
  * Returns 0 on success, or -1 in case of an error.
  *
  */
-int trace_perf_init(struct trace_perf *perf, int pages, int cpu, int pid)
+int __hidden trace_perf_init(struct trace_perf *perf, int pages, int cpu, int pid)
 {
 	if (!perf)
 		return -1;
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ int trace_perf_init(struct trace_perf *perf, int pages, int cpu, int pid)
  *	  with trace_perf_open()
  *
  */
-void trace_perf_close(struct trace_perf *perf)
+void __hidden trace_perf_close(struct trace_perf *perf)
 {
 	if (perf->fd >= 0)
 		close(perf->fd);
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void trace_perf_close(struct trace_perf *perf)
  * Returns 0 on success, or -1 in case of an error. In case of success, the
  * session must be closed with trace_perf_close()
  */
-int trace_perf_open(struct trace_perf *perf)
+int __hidden trace_perf_open(struct trace_perf *perf)
 {
 	perf->fd = syscall(__NR_perf_event_open, &perf->pe, perf->pid, perf->cpu, -1, 0);
 	if (perf->fd < 0)
diff --git a/lib/trace-cmd/trace-timesync.c b/lib/trace-cmd/trace-timesync.c
index ba877f70..a0b07f40 100644
--- a/lib/trace-cmd/trace-timesync.c
+++ b/lib/trace-cmd/trace-timesync.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ int tracecmd_tsync_proto_unregister(char *proto_name)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-bool tsync_proto_is_supported(const char *proto_name)
+bool __hidden tsync_proto_is_supported(const char *proto_name)
 {
 	if (tsync_proto_find(proto_name))
 		return true;
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ static int vsock_make(void)
 	return sd;
 }
 
-int vsock_get_port(int sd, unsigned int *port)
+int __hidden vsock_get_port(int sd, unsigned int *port)
 {
 	struct sockaddr_vm addr;
 	socklen_t addr_len = sizeof(addr);
diff --git a/lib/trace-cmd/trace-util.c b/lib/trace-cmd/trace-util.c
index 538adbc2..9e37b371 100644
--- a/lib/trace-cmd/trace-util.c
+++ b/lib/trace-cmd/trace-util.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ static void add_plugin_file(struct tep_handle *pevent, const char *path,
  *
  * Use trace_util_free_plugin_files() to free the result.
  */
-char **trace_util_find_plugin_files(const char *suffix)
+__hidden char **trace_util_find_plugin_files(const char *suffix)
 {
 	struct add_plugin_data pdata;
 
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ char **trace_util_find_plugin_files(const char *suffix)
  *
  * Frees the contents that were allocated by trace_util_find_plugin_files().
  */
-void trace_util_free_plugin_files(char **files)
+void __hidden trace_util_free_plugin_files(char **files)
 {
 	int i;
 
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static char *get_source_plugins_dir(void)
 	return strdup(path);
 }
 
-struct tep_plugin_list*
+__hidden struct tep_plugin_list *
 trace_load_plugins(struct tep_handle *tep, int flags)
 {
 	struct tep_plugin_list *list;
