diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index 6166f9d577ea41..e42c176d9fd3e1 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -491,6 +491,19 @@
       ['clang==0 and OS!="win"', {
         'cflags': [ '-Wno-restrict', ],
       }],
+      # TODO(joyeecheung): investigate if it breaks addons.
+      # ['OS=="mac"', {
+      #   'xcode_settings': {
+      #     'GCC_SYMBOLS_PRIVATE_EXTERN': 'YES',  # -fvisibility=hidden
+      #     'GCC_INLINES_ARE_PRIVATE_EXTERN': 'YES'  # -fvisibility-inlines-hidden
+      #   },
+      # }],
+      # ['OS!="win" or clang==1', {
+      #   'cflags': [
+      #     '-fvisibility=hidden',
+      #     '-fvisibility-inlines-hidden'
+      #   ],
+      # }],
       # Pointer authentication for ARM64.
       ['target_arch=="arm64"', {
           'target_conditions': [
diff --git a/tools/v8_gypfiles/v8.gyp b/tools/v8_gypfiles/v8.gyp
index 9ccab9214a650c..7c8f5c98fbfd49 100644
--- a/tools/v8_gypfiles/v8.gyp
+++ b/tools/v8_gypfiles/v8.gyp
@@ -42,17 +42,26 @@
       }
     },
     'conditions': [
+      # Build with -fvisibility=hidden and -fvisibility-inlines-hidden to avoid
+      # including unnecessary internal symbols, which may lead to run-time fixups.
+      # This is not done on AIX where symbols are exported by tools/create_expfile.sh
+      # see https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/56290#issuecomment-2582703109
+      ['OS!="aix"', {
+        'defines': [
+          'BUILDING_V8_SHARED',  # Make V8_EXPORT visible.
+        ]
+      }],
       ['OS=="mac"', {
-        # Hide symbols that are not explicitly exported with V8_EXPORT.
-        # TODO(joyeecheung): enable it on other platforms. Currently gcc times out
-        # or run out of memory with -fvisibility=hidden on some machines in the CI.
         'xcode_settings': {
           'GCC_SYMBOLS_PRIVATE_EXTERN': 'YES',  # -fvisibility=hidden
+          'GCC_INLINES_ARE_PRIVATE_EXTERN': 'YES'  # -fvisibility-inlines-hidden
         },
-        'defines': [
-          'BUILDING_V8_SHARED',  # Make V8_EXPORT visible.
+      }, 'OS!="aix" and (OS!="win" or clang==1)', {
+        'cflags': [
+          '-fvisibility=hidden',
+          '-fvisibility-inlines-hidden'
         ],
-      }],
+      }],  # MSVC hides the non-public symbols by default so no need to configure it.
     ],
   },
   'targets': [