diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 613c385c480..fd2a782454b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6302,154 +6302,6 @@ if test x"$pgac_cv_prog_CC_cflags__ftree_vectorize" = x"yes"; then
 fi
 
 
-  #
-  # If the compiler knows how to hide symbols add the switch needed for that
-  # to CFLAGS_SL_MODULE and define HAVE_VISIBILITY_ATTRIBUTE.
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether ${CC} supports -fvisibility=hidden, for CFLAGS_SL_MODULE" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking whether ${CC} supports -fvisibility=hidden, for CFLAGS_SL_MODULE... " >&6; }
-if ${pgac_cv_prog_CC_cflags__fvisibility_hidden+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  pgac_save_CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
-pgac_save_CC=$CC
-CC=${CC}
-CFLAGS="${CFLAGS_SL_MODULE} -fvisibility=hidden"
-ac_save_c_werror_flag=$ac_c_werror_flag
-ac_c_werror_flag=yes
-cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-
-int
-main ()
-{
-
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
-  pgac_cv_prog_CC_cflags__fvisibility_hidden=yes
-else
-  pgac_cv_prog_CC_cflags__fvisibility_hidden=no
-fi
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
-ac_c_werror_flag=$ac_save_c_werror_flag
-CFLAGS="$pgac_save_CFLAGS"
-CC="$pgac_save_CC"
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $pgac_cv_prog_CC_cflags__fvisibility_hidden" >&5
-$as_echo "$pgac_cv_prog_CC_cflags__fvisibility_hidden" >&6; }
-if test x"$pgac_cv_prog_CC_cflags__fvisibility_hidden" = x"yes"; then
-  CFLAGS_SL_MODULE="${CFLAGS_SL_MODULE} -fvisibility=hidden"
-fi
-
-
-  if test "$pgac_cv_prog_CC_cflags__fvisibility_hidden" = yes; then
-
-$as_echo "#define HAVE_VISIBILITY_ATTRIBUTE 1" >>confdefs.h
-
-  fi
-  # For C++ we additionally want -fvisibility-inlines-hidden
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether ${CXX} supports -fvisibility=hidden, for CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking whether ${CXX} supports -fvisibility=hidden, for CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE... " >&6; }
-if ${pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__fvisibility_hidden+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  pgac_save_CXXFLAGS=$CXXFLAGS
-pgac_save_CXX=$CXX
-CXX=${CXX}
-CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE} -fvisibility=hidden"
-ac_save_cxx_werror_flag=$ac_cxx_werror_flag
-ac_cxx_werror_flag=yes
-ac_ext=cpp
-ac_cpp='$CXXCPP $CPPFLAGS'
-ac_compile='$CXX -c $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
-ac_link='$CXX -o conftest$ac_exeext $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
-ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu
-
-cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-
-int
-main ()
-{
-
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_cxx_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
-  pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__fvisibility_hidden=yes
-else
-  pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__fvisibility_hidden=no
-fi
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
-ac_ext=c
-ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
-ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
-ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
-ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
-
-ac_cxx_werror_flag=$ac_save_cxx_werror_flag
-CXXFLAGS="$pgac_save_CXXFLAGS"
-CXX="$pgac_save_CXX"
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__fvisibility_hidden" >&5
-$as_echo "$pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__fvisibility_hidden" >&6; }
-if test x"$pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__fvisibility_hidden" = x"yes"; then
-  CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE="${CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE} -fvisibility=hidden"
-fi
-
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether ${CXX} supports -fvisibility-inlines-hidden, for CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking whether ${CXX} supports -fvisibility-inlines-hidden, for CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE... " >&6; }
-if ${pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__fvisibility_inlines_hidden+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  pgac_save_CXXFLAGS=$CXXFLAGS
-pgac_save_CXX=$CXX
-CXX=${CXX}
-CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE} -fvisibility-inlines-hidden"
-ac_save_cxx_werror_flag=$ac_cxx_werror_flag
-ac_cxx_werror_flag=yes
-ac_ext=cpp
-ac_cpp='$CXXCPP $CPPFLAGS'
-ac_compile='$CXX -c $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
-ac_link='$CXX -o conftest$ac_exeext $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
-ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu
-
-cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-
-int
-main ()
-{
-
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_cxx_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
-  pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__fvisibility_inlines_hidden=yes
-else
-  pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__fvisibility_inlines_hidden=no
-fi
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
-ac_ext=c
-ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
-ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
-ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
-ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
-
-ac_cxx_werror_flag=$ac_save_cxx_werror_flag
-CXXFLAGS="$pgac_save_CXXFLAGS"
-CXX="$pgac_save_CXX"
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__fvisibility_inlines_hidden" >&5
-$as_echo "$pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__fvisibility_inlines_hidden" >&6; }
-if test x"$pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__fvisibility_inlines_hidden" = x"yes"; then
-  CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE="${CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE} -fvisibility-inlines-hidden"
-fi
-
   #
   # The following tests want to suppress various unhelpful warnings by adding
   # -Wno-foo switches.  But gcc won't complain about unrecognized -Wno-foo
@@ -7005,6 +6857,258 @@ fi
 
 fi
 
+# If the compiler knows how to hide symbols, add the switch needed for that to
+# CFLAGS_SL_MODULE and define HAVE_VISIBILITY_ATTRIBUTE.
+#
+# This is done separately from the above because -fvisibility is supported by
+# quite a few different compilers, making the required repetition bothersome.
+#
+# We might need to add a separate test to check if
+# __attribute__((visibility("hidden"))) is supported, if we encounter a
+# compiler that supports one of the supported variants of -fvisibility=hidden
+# but uses a different syntax to mark a symbol as exported.
+if test "$GCC" = yes -o "$SUN_STUDIO_CC" = yes ; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether ${CC} supports -fvisibility=hidden, for CFLAGS_SL_MODULE" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether ${CC} supports -fvisibility=hidden, for CFLAGS_SL_MODULE... " >&6; }
+if ${pgac_cv_prog_CC_cflags__fvisibility_hidden+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  pgac_save_CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
+pgac_save_CC=$CC
+CC=${CC}
+CFLAGS="${CFLAGS_SL_MODULE} -fvisibility=hidden"
+ac_save_c_werror_flag=$ac_c_werror_flag
+ac_c_werror_flag=yes
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  pgac_cv_prog_CC_cflags__fvisibility_hidden=yes
+else
+  pgac_cv_prog_CC_cflags__fvisibility_hidden=no
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+ac_c_werror_flag=$ac_save_c_werror_flag
+CFLAGS="$pgac_save_CFLAGS"
+CC="$pgac_save_CC"
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $pgac_cv_prog_CC_cflags__fvisibility_hidden" >&5
+$as_echo "$pgac_cv_prog_CC_cflags__fvisibility_hidden" >&6; }
+if test x"$pgac_cv_prog_CC_cflags__fvisibility_hidden" = x"yes"; then
+  CFLAGS_SL_MODULE="${CFLAGS_SL_MODULE} -fvisibility=hidden"
+fi
+
+
+  # For C++ we additionally want -fvisibility-inlines-hidden
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether ${CXX} supports -fvisibility=hidden, for CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether ${CXX} supports -fvisibility=hidden, for CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE... " >&6; }
+if ${pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__fvisibility_hidden+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  pgac_save_CXXFLAGS=$CXXFLAGS
+pgac_save_CXX=$CXX
+CXX=${CXX}
+CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE} -fvisibility=hidden"
+ac_save_cxx_werror_flag=$ac_cxx_werror_flag
+ac_cxx_werror_flag=yes
+ac_ext=cpp
+ac_cpp='$CXXCPP $CPPFLAGS'
+ac_compile='$CXX -c $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+ac_link='$CXX -o conftest$ac_exeext $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
+ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu
+
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_cxx_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__fvisibility_hidden=yes
+else
+  pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__fvisibility_hidden=no
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+ac_ext=c
+ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
+ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
+ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
+
+ac_cxx_werror_flag=$ac_save_cxx_werror_flag
+CXXFLAGS="$pgac_save_CXXFLAGS"
+CXX="$pgac_save_CXX"
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__fvisibility_hidden" >&5
+$as_echo "$pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__fvisibility_hidden" >&6; }
+if test x"$pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__fvisibility_hidden" = x"yes"; then
+  CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE="${CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE} -fvisibility=hidden"
+fi
+
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether ${CXX} supports -fvisibility-inlines-hidden, for CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether ${CXX} supports -fvisibility-inlines-hidden, for CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE... " >&6; }
+if ${pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__fvisibility_inlines_hidden+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  pgac_save_CXXFLAGS=$CXXFLAGS
+pgac_save_CXX=$CXX
+CXX=${CXX}
+CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE} -fvisibility-inlines-hidden"
+ac_save_cxx_werror_flag=$ac_cxx_werror_flag
+ac_cxx_werror_flag=yes
+ac_ext=cpp
+ac_cpp='$CXXCPP $CPPFLAGS'
+ac_compile='$CXX -c $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+ac_link='$CXX -o conftest$ac_exeext $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
+ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu
+
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_cxx_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__fvisibility_inlines_hidden=yes
+else
+  pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__fvisibility_inlines_hidden=no
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+ac_ext=c
+ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
+ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
+ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
+
+ac_cxx_werror_flag=$ac_save_cxx_werror_flag
+CXXFLAGS="$pgac_save_CXXFLAGS"
+CXX="$pgac_save_CXX"
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__fvisibility_inlines_hidden" >&5
+$as_echo "$pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__fvisibility_inlines_hidden" >&6; }
+if test x"$pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__fvisibility_inlines_hidden" = x"yes"; then
+  CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE="${CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE} -fvisibility-inlines-hidden"
+fi
+
+  have_visibility_attribute=$pgac_cv_prog_CC_cflags__fvisibility_hidden
+elif test "$PORTNAME" = "aix"; then
+  # Note that xlc accepts -fvisibility=hidden as a file.
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether ${CC} supports -qvisibility=hidden, for CFLAGS_SL_MODULE" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether ${CC} supports -qvisibility=hidden, for CFLAGS_SL_MODULE... " >&6; }
+if ${pgac_cv_prog_CC_cflags__qvisibility_hidden+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  pgac_save_CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
+pgac_save_CC=$CC
+CC=${CC}
+CFLAGS="${CFLAGS_SL_MODULE} -qvisibility=hidden"
+ac_save_c_werror_flag=$ac_c_werror_flag
+ac_c_werror_flag=yes
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  pgac_cv_prog_CC_cflags__qvisibility_hidden=yes
+else
+  pgac_cv_prog_CC_cflags__qvisibility_hidden=no
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+ac_c_werror_flag=$ac_save_c_werror_flag
+CFLAGS="$pgac_save_CFLAGS"
+CC="$pgac_save_CC"
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $pgac_cv_prog_CC_cflags__qvisibility_hidden" >&5
+$as_echo "$pgac_cv_prog_CC_cflags__qvisibility_hidden" >&6; }
+if test x"$pgac_cv_prog_CC_cflags__qvisibility_hidden" = x"yes"; then
+  CFLAGS_SL_MODULE="${CFLAGS_SL_MODULE} -qvisibility=hidden"
+fi
+
+
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether ${CXX} supports -qvisibility=hidden, for CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether ${CXX} supports -qvisibility=hidden, for CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE... " >&6; }
+if ${pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__qvisibility_hidden+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  pgac_save_CXXFLAGS=$CXXFLAGS
+pgac_save_CXX=$CXX
+CXX=${CXX}
+CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE} -qvisibility=hidden"
+ac_save_cxx_werror_flag=$ac_cxx_werror_flag
+ac_cxx_werror_flag=yes
+ac_ext=cpp
+ac_cpp='$CXXCPP $CPPFLAGS'
+ac_compile='$CXX -c $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+ac_link='$CXX -o conftest$ac_exeext $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
+ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu
+
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_cxx_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__qvisibility_hidden=yes
+else
+  pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__qvisibility_hidden=no
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+ac_ext=c
+ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
+ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
+ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
+
+ac_cxx_werror_flag=$ac_save_cxx_werror_flag
+CXXFLAGS="$pgac_save_CXXFLAGS"
+CXX="$pgac_save_CXX"
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__qvisibility_hidden" >&5
+$as_echo "$pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__qvisibility_hidden" >&6; }
+if test x"$pgac_cv_prog_CXX_cxxflags__qvisibility_hidden" = x"yes"; then
+  CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE="${CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE} -qvisibility=hidden"
+fi
+
+  have_visibility_attribute=$pgac_cv_prog_CC_cflags__qvisibility_hidden
+fi
+
+if test "$have_visibility_attribute" = "yes"; then
+
+$as_echo "#define HAVE_VISIBILITY_ATTRIBUTE 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+fi
+
 
 
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 993b5d5cb0a..7792ae5bad3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -525,17 +525,6 @@ if test "$GCC" = yes -a "$ICC" = no; then
   # Optimization flags for specific files that benefit from vectorization
   PGAC_PROG_CC_VAR_OPT(CFLAGS_VECTORIZE, [-ftree-vectorize])
   #
-  # If the compiler knows how to hide symbols add the switch needed for that
-  # to CFLAGS_SL_MODULE and define HAVE_VISIBILITY_ATTRIBUTE.
-  PGAC_PROG_CC_VAR_OPT(CFLAGS_SL_MODULE, [-fvisibility=hidden])
-  if test "$pgac_cv_prog_CC_cflags__fvisibility_hidden" = yes; then
-     AC_DEFINE([HAVE_VISIBILITY_ATTRIBUTE], 1,
-               [Define to 1 if your compiler knows the visibility("hidden") attribute.])
-  fi
-  # For C++ we additionally want -fvisibility-inlines-hidden
-  PGAC_PROG_VARCXX_VARFLAGS_OPT(CXX, CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE, [-fvisibility=hidden])
-  PGAC_PROG_VARCXX_VARFLAGS_OPT(CXX, CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE, [-fvisibility-inlines-hidden])
-  #
   # The following tests want to suppress various unhelpful warnings by adding
   # -Wno-foo switches.  But gcc won't complain about unrecognized -Wno-foo
   # switches, so we have to test for the positive form and if that works,
@@ -582,6 +571,34 @@ elif test "$PORTNAME" = "aix"; then
   PGAC_PROG_CXX_CFLAGS_OPT([-qlonglong])
 fi
 
+# If the compiler knows how to hide symbols, add the switch needed for that to
+# CFLAGS_SL_MODULE and define HAVE_VISIBILITY_ATTRIBUTE.
+#
+# This is done separately from the above because -fvisibility is supported by
+# quite a few different compilers, making the required repetition bothersome.
+#
+# We might need to add a separate test to check if
+# __attribute__((visibility("hidden"))) is supported, if we encounter a
+# compiler that supports one of the supported variants of -fvisibility=hidden
+# but uses a different syntax to mark a symbol as exported.
+if test "$GCC" = yes -o "$SUN_STUDIO_CC" = yes ; then
+  PGAC_PROG_CC_VAR_OPT(CFLAGS_SL_MODULE, [-fvisibility=hidden])
+  # For C++ we additionally want -fvisibility-inlines-hidden
+  PGAC_PROG_VARCXX_VARFLAGS_OPT(CXX, CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE, [-fvisibility=hidden])
+  PGAC_PROG_VARCXX_VARFLAGS_OPT(CXX, CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE, [-fvisibility-inlines-hidden])
+  have_visibility_attribute=$pgac_cv_prog_CC_cflags__fvisibility_hidden
+elif test "$PORTNAME" = "aix"; then
+  # Note that xlc accepts -fvisibility=hidden as a file.
+  PGAC_PROG_CC_VAR_OPT(CFLAGS_SL_MODULE, [-qvisibility=hidden])
+  PGAC_PROG_VARCXX_VARFLAGS_OPT(CXX, CXXFLAGS_SL_MODULE, [-qvisibility=hidden])
+  have_visibility_attribute=$pgac_cv_prog_CC_cflags__qvisibility_hidden
+fi
+
+if test "$have_visibility_attribute" = "yes"; then
+  AC_DEFINE([HAVE_VISIBILITY_ATTRIBUTE], 1,
+            [Define to 1 if your compiler knows the visibility("hidden") attribute.])
+fi
+
 AC_SUBST(CFLAGS_UNROLL_LOOPS)
 AC_SUBST(CFLAGS_VECTORIZE)
 AC_SUBST(CFLAGS_SL_MODULE)