diff --git a/src/cpptypesafeenum.h b/src/cpptypesafeenum.h
index 49564fa..303c193 100644
--- a/src/cpptypesafeenum.h
+++ b/src/cpptypesafeenum.h
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 // local includes
 #include "cppmacros.h"
 
+#define CPPTYPESAFEENUM_SHOULD_INLINE
+
 // These two macros make it possible to define a typesafe enum with parse and
 // toString methods
 
@@ -15,6 +17,37 @@
 #define DECLARE_TYPESAFE_ENUM_HELPER3(name) else if (str == CPP_STRINGIFY(name)) return TheEnum::name;
 #define DECLARE_TYPESAFE_ENUM_HELPER4(name) cb(TheEnum::name, CPP_STRINGIFY(name));
 
+#ifdef CPPTYPESAFEENUM_SHOULD_INLINE
+#define DECLARE_TYPESAFE_ENUM(Name, Derivation, Values) \
+    enum class Name Derivation \
+    { \
+        Values(DECLARE_TYPESAFE_ENUM_HELPER1) \
+    }; \
+    inline std::string toString(Name value) \
+    { \
+        switch (value) \
+        { \
+        using TheEnum = Name; \
+        Values(DECLARE_TYPESAFE_ENUM_HELPER2) \
+        } \
+        return std::string{"Unknown " #Name "("} + std::to_string(int(value)) + ')'; \
+    } \
+    inline std::optional<Name> parse##Name(std::string_view str) \
+    { \
+        using TheEnum = Name; \
+        if (false) {} \
+        Values(DECLARE_TYPESAFE_ENUM_HELPER3) \
+        return std::nullopt; \
+    } \
+    template<typename T> \
+    void iterate##Name(T &&cb) \
+    { \
+        using TheEnum = Name; \
+        Values(DECLARE_TYPESAFE_ENUM_HELPER4) \
+    }
+
+#define IMPLEMENT_TYPESAFE_ENUM(Name, Derivation, Values)
+#else
 #define DECLARE_TYPESAFE_ENUM(Name, Derivation, Values) \
     enum class Name Derivation \
     { \
@@ -30,7 +63,7 @@
     }
 
 #define IMPLEMENT_TYPESAFE_ENUM(Name, Derivation, Values) \
-    std::string toString(Name value) \
+    ExportPrefix std::string toString(Name value) \
     { \
         switch (value) \
         { \
@@ -39,10 +72,11 @@
         } \
         return std::string{"Unknown " #Name "("} + std::to_string(int(value)) + ')'; \
     } \
-    std::optional<Name> parse##Name(std::string_view str) \
+    ExportPrefix std::optional<Name> parse##Name(std::string_view str) \
     { \
-    using TheEnum = Name; \
-    if (false) {} \
-    Values(DECLARE_TYPESAFE_ENUM_HELPER3) \
-    return std::nullopt; \
+        using TheEnum = Name; \
+        if (false) {} \
+        Values(DECLARE_TYPESAFE_ENUM_HELPER3) \
+        return std::nullopt; \
     }
+#endif