diff --git a/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/time.hpp b/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/time.hpp
index af41bef435..15533f39ef 100644
--- a/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/time.hpp
+++ b/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/time.hpp
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ class Time
 /**
  * \throws std::overflow_error if addition leads to overflow
  */
+RCLCPP_PUBLIC
 Time
 operator+(const rclcpp::Duration & lhs, const rclcpp::Time & rhs);