diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
index 49771ef3d..47863f094 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ sub compiler {
 	#
 	# And generate the auxilary config file
 	#
-	generate_aux_config if $export;
+	enable_object, generate_aux_config if $export;
     }
 
     close_log if $log;
diff --git a/Shorewall/changelog.txt b/Shorewall/changelog.txt
index 002b4d562..aee024b46 100644
--- a/Shorewall/changelog.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/changelog.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ Changes in Shorewall 4.3.10
 
 7) Remove IPMARK support.
 
+8) Fix compile for export.
+
 Changes in Shorewall 4.3.9
 
 1) Logging rules now create separate chain.
diff --git a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
index 5854dbaca..ffd8f4d15 100644
--- a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
@@ -208,6 +208,9 @@ None.
     /etc/shorewall/masq is now deprecated. Entering the name of an
     interface there will result in a compile-time warning.
 
+5)  Compile for export (such as in the 'shorewall reload' command)
+    caused the compiler to fail with an internal error.
+
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