diff --git a/win32/mkexports.rb b/win32/mkexports.rb
index 3bb7594b3e..336a757b8f 100755
--- a/win32/mkexports.rb
+++ b/win32/mkexports.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module RbConfig
 end
 
 class Exports
-  PrivateNames = /(?:Init_|ruby_static_id_|DllMain\b)/
+  PrivateNames = /(?:Init_|InitVM_|ruby_static_id_|DllMain\b)/
 
   @@subclass = []
   def self.inherited(klass)