diff --git a/libs/pbd/enums.cc b/libs/pbd/enums.cc
index 7081503cb1..87e8da4b71 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/enums.cc
+++ b/libs/pbd/enums.cc
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 #include "pbd/controllable.h"
 #include "pbd/enumwriter.h"
 
-void setup_libpbd_enums () __attribute__ ((constructor));
-
 using namespace PBD;
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/libs/pbd/pbd.cc b/libs/pbd/pbd.cc
index dd33f3103b..1bf977c90a 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/pbd.cc
+++ b/libs/pbd/pbd.cc
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 
 #include "i18n.h"
 
+extern void setup_libpbd_enums ();
+
 namespace {
 
 static bool libpbd_initialized = false;
@@ -52,6 +54,8 @@ PBD::init ()
 
 	PBD::ID::init ();
 
+	setup_libpbd_enums ();
+
 	libpbd_initialized = true;
 	return true;
 }