diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ad8b250..676a70d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to create configure.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.57])
 AC_INIT([util-macros],
-        [1.1.5],
+        [1.1.6],
         [https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2])
 
diff --git a/xorg-macros.m4.in b/xorg-macros.m4.in
index 11b1419..691460b 100644
--- a/xorg-macros.m4.in
+++ b/xorg-macros.m4.in
@@ -419,3 +419,32 @@ AC_SUBST(LINTLIB)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(MAKE_LINT_LIB, [test x$make_lint_lib != xno])
 
 ]) # XORG_LINT_LIBRARY
+
+# XORG_GCC_VISIBILITY()
+# --------------------------
+# Minimum version: 1.1.6
+#
+# Adds -fvisibility=hidden to CFLAGS if running with gcc 4 or greater.
+#
+
+AC_DEFUN([XORG_VISIBILITY],[
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether the compiler supports the visibility arg])
+
+dnl Check for gcc4 or greater
+AC_TRY_COMPILE([
+void
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ >= 4)
+foo () {};
+#endif
+], [], [
+  has_visibility=yes
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fvisibility=hidden"
+], [
+  has_visibility=no
+]
+)
+
+AC_MSG_RESULT($has_visibility)
+
+]) # XORG_GCC_VISIBILITY