diff --git a/exporters/elasticsearch/CMakeLists.txt b/exporters/elasticsearch/CMakeLists.txt
index 0c303db074..1bd671696b 100644
--- a/exporters/elasticsearch/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/exporters/elasticsearch/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/include)
 
 add_library(opentelemetry_exporter_elasticsearch_logs src/es_log_exporter.cc)
 
+target_link_libraries(opentelemetry_exporter_elasticsearch_logs
+                      PUBLIC opentelemetry_trace http_client_curl)
+
 if(BUILD_TESTING)
   add_executable(es_log_exporter_test test/es_log_exporter_test.cc)
 
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/CMakeLists.txt b/exporters/otlp/CMakeLists.txt
index 526a824da6..c2acd6b0ca 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/exporters/otlp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ set_target_properties(opentelemetry_exporter_otprotocol
 
 target_link_libraries(
   opentelemetry_exporter_otprotocol
-  PUBLIC opentelemetry_trace opentelemetry_resources opentelemetry_proto)
+  PUBLIC opentelemetry_trace opentelemetry_resources opentelemetry_proto
+         protobuf::libprotobuf gRPC::grpc++)
 
 install(
   TARGETS opentelemetry_exporter_otprotocol
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
   add_executable(recordable_test test/recordable_test.cc)
   target_link_libraries(
     recordable_test ${GTEST_BOTH_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
-    opentelemetry_exporter_otprotocol protobuf::libprotobuf gRPC::grpc++)
+    opentelemetry_exporter_otprotocol)
   gtest_add_tests(
     TARGET recordable_test
     TEST_PREFIX exporter.otlp.
@@ -44,13 +45,8 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
   endif()
   add_executable(otlp_exporter_test test/otlp_exporter_test.cc)
   target_link_libraries(
-    otlp_exporter_test
-    ${GTEST_BOTH_LIBRARIES}
-    ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
-    ${GMOCK_LIB}
-    opentelemetry_exporter_otprotocol
-    protobuf::libprotobuf
-    gRPC::grpc++)
+    otlp_exporter_test ${GTEST_BOTH_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
+    ${GMOCK_LIB} opentelemetry_exporter_otprotocol)
   gtest_add_tests(
     TARGET otlp_exporter_test
     TEST_PREFIX exporter.otlp.
diff --git a/exporters/zipkin/CMakeLists.txt b/exporters/zipkin/CMakeLists.txt
index 50c3103533..5f6f9887a6 100644
--- a/exporters/zipkin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/exporters/zipkin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ endif()
 add_library(opentelemetry_exporter_zipkin_trace src/zipkin_exporter.cc
                                                 src/recordable.cc)
 
+target_link_libraries(opentelemetry_exporter_zipkin_trace
+                      PUBLIC opentelemetry_trace http_client_curl)
+
 install(
   TARGETS opentelemetry_exporter_zipkin_trace
   EXPORT "${PROJECT_NAME}-target"
@@ -38,8 +41,7 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
 
   target_link_libraries(
     zipkin_recordable_test ${GTEST_BOTH_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
-    opentelemetry_exporter_zipkin_trace opentelemetry_resources
-    http_client_curl)
+    opentelemetry_exporter_zipkin_trace opentelemetry_resources)
 
   gtest_add_tests(
     TARGET zipkin_recordable_test
diff --git a/sdk/src/common/core.cc b/sdk/src/common/core.cc
index a8db9a0448..aaf013e2c6 100644
--- a/sdk/src/common/core.cc
+++ b/sdk/src/common/core.cc
@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@
 #include "opentelemetry/version.h"
 
 #if defined(HAVE_ABSEIL)
+
+#  if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__GNUG__)
+#    ifndef __cdecl
+// see https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/x86-Function-Attributes.html
+// Intel x86 architecture specific calling conventions
+#      ifdef _M_IX86
+#        define __cdecl __attribute__((__cdecl__))
+#      else
+#        define __cdecl
+#      endif
+#    endif
+#  endif
+
 namespace absl
 {
 namespace variant_internal