diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index c1aad0ee1..6a5561f90 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.02.73 - 
 ================================
+  Drop explicit 'Base' version from exported symbols.
   Fix configure to supply DEFAULT_RUN_DIR to Makefiles.
   Fix wrong number of mirror log at allocate policy
 
diff --git a/make.tmpl.in b/make.tmpl.in
index 2eb6e9b21..5566cba23 100644
--- a/make.tmpl.in
+++ b/make.tmpl.in
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ distclean: cleandir $(SUBDIRS.distclean)
 	) > $@
 
 .export.sym: .exported_symbols_generated
-	set -e; (echo "Base {"; echo "	global:"; \
+	set -e; (echo "{"; echo "	global:"; \
 		 sed "s/^/		/;s/$$/;/" < $<; \
 		 echo "	local:"; echo "		*;"; echo "};") > $@