diff --git a/base/inference.jl b/base/inference.jl
index 08adbcb5af2fc..855f54138efe0 100644
--- a/base/inference.jl
+++ b/base/inference.jl
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ function _iisconst(s::Symbol)
     isdefined(m,s) && (ccall(:jl_is_const, Int32, (Any, Any), m, s) != 0)
 end
 
-_ieval(x::ANY) = eval((inference_stack::CallStack).mod, x)
+_ieval(x::ANY) =
+    ccall(:jl_interpret_toplevel_expr_in, Any, (Any, Any, Ptr{Void}, Csize_t),
+          (inference_stack::CallStack).mod, x, C_NULL, 0)
 _iisdefined(x::ANY) = isdefined((inference_stack::CallStack).mod, x)
 
 _iisconst(s::SymbolNode) = _iisconst(s.name)
diff --git a/src/interpreter.c b/src/interpreter.c
index 4587803921c9e..be4e1c6d48c7b 100644
--- a/src/interpreter.c
+++ b/src/interpreter.c
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ jl_value_t *jl_interpret_toplevel_expr_with(jl_value_t *e,
     return eval(e, locals, nl);
 }
 
-jl_value_t *jl_interpret_toplevel_expr_in(jl_module_t *m, jl_value_t *e,
-                                          jl_value_t **locals, size_t nl)
+DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_interpret_toplevel_expr_in(jl_module_t *m, jl_value_t *e,
+                                                    jl_value_t **locals, size_t nl)
 {
     jl_value_t *v=NULL;
     jl_module_t *last_m = jl_current_module;
diff --git a/src/julia.h b/src/julia.h
index f8bf0d89b35bc..052906bfe2db7 100644
--- a/src/julia.h
+++ b/src/julia.h
@@ -912,8 +912,8 @@ jl_value_t *jl_interpret_toplevel_thunk_with(jl_lambda_info_t *lam,
 jl_value_t *jl_interpret_toplevel_expr(jl_value_t *e);
 jl_value_t *jl_interpret_toplevel_expr_with(jl_value_t *e,
                                             jl_value_t **locals, size_t nl);
-jl_value_t *jl_interpret_toplevel_expr_in(jl_module_t *m, jl_value_t *e,
-                                          jl_value_t **locals, size_t nl);
+DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_interpret_toplevel_expr_in(jl_module_t *m, jl_value_t *e,
+                                                    jl_value_t **locals, size_t nl);
 int jl_is_toplevel_only_expr(jl_value_t *e);
 jl_module_t *jl_base_relative_to(jl_module_t *m);
 void jl_type_infer(jl_lambda_info_t *li, jl_tuple_t *argtypes,