diff --git a/libevmjit-cpp/JitVM.cpp b/libevmjit-cpp/JitVM.cpp
index ab1a4cf2b..53282e3ae 100644
--- a/libevmjit-cpp/JitVM.cpp
+++ b/libevmjit-cpp/JitVM.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ namespace dev
 namespace eth
 {
 
+extern "C" void env_sload(); // fake declaration for linker symbol stripping workaround, see a call below
+
 bytesConstRef JitVM::go(ExtVMFace& _ext, OnOpFunc const& _onOp, uint64_t _step)
 {
 	using namespace jit;
@@ -65,6 +67,9 @@ bytesConstRef JitVM::go(ExtVMFace& _ext, OnOpFunc const& _onOp, uint64_t _step)
 		BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(StackTooSmall());
 	case ReturnCode::BadInstruction:
 		BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(BadInstruction());
+	case ReturnCode::LinkerWorkaround:	// never happens
+		env_sload();					// but forces linker to include env_* JIT callback functions
+		break;
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -75,14 +80,3 @@ bytesConstRef JitVM::go(ExtVMFace& _ext, OnOpFunc const& _onOp, uint64_t _step)
 
 }
 }
-
-namespace
-{
-	// MSVS linker ignores export symbols in Env.cpp if nothing points at least one of them
-	extern "C" void env_sload();
-	void linkerWorkaround() 
-	{ 
-		env_sload();
-		(void)&linkerWorkaround; // suppress unused function warning from GCC
-	}
-}
diff --git a/libevmjit/Common.h b/libevmjit/Common.h
index 9c9dfd8a2..20d9bdab3 100644
--- a/libevmjit/Common.h
+++ b/libevmjit/Common.h
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ enum class ReturnCode
 	LLVMLinkError      = -103,
 
 	UnexpectedException = -111,
+
+	LinkerWorkaround = -299,
 };
 
 /// Representation of 256-bit value binary compatible with LLVM i256