diff --git a/common/CMakeLists.txt b/common/CMakeLists.txt
index a3f0de058..d2db89030 100644
--- a/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ include_directories(.)
 
 add_library(common OBJECT ${COMMON_SOURCES})
 set_property(TARGET common PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+set_target_properties(common PROPERTIES C_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden)
 
 # required by clang
 target_link_libraries(common PUBLIC stdc++)
diff --git a/libdnf5-cli/CMakeLists.txt b/libdnf5-cli/CMakeLists.txt
index 0874fcf5b..2367fc406 100644
--- a/libdnf5-cli/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libdnf5-cli/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ install(TARGETS libdnf5-cli LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR})
 
 # link libraries and set pkg-config requires
 
+target_link_libraries(libdnf5-cli PRIVATE common)
+
 target_link_libraries(libdnf5-cli PUBLIC libdnf5)
 
 pkg_check_modules(LIBFMT REQUIRED fmt)