diff --git a/include/openmc/tallies/filter.h b/include/openmc/tallies/filter.h
index 5590a07674..fd3be0aafe 100644
--- a/include/openmc/tallies/filter.h
+++ b/include/openmc/tallies/filter.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public:
 // Without an explicit instantiation of vector<FilterMatch>, the Intel compiler
 // will complain about the threadprivate directive on filter_matches. Note that
 // this has to happen *outside* of the openmc namespace
-template class std::vector<openmc::FilterMatch>;
+extern template class std::vector<openmc::FilterMatch>;
 
 namespace openmc {
 
diff --git a/src/tallies/filter.cpp b/src/tallies/filter.cpp
index aa5d196072..7cf54165d9 100644
--- a/src/tallies/filter.cpp
+++ b/src/tallies/filter.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #include "openmc/tallies/filter_universe.h"
 #include "openmc/tallies/filter_zernike.h"
 
+// explicit template instantiation definition
+template class std::vector<openmc::FilterMatch>;
 
 namespace openmc {