diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 773ea3af9..073b11585 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ### SDFormat 7.0.0 (xxxx-xx-xx)
 
+1. Build Utils_TEST with Utils.cc explicitly passed since its symbols are not visible.
+    * [Pull request 572](https://bitbucket.org/osrf/sdformat/pull-requests/572)
+
 1. Parse urdf files to sdf 1.5 instead of 1.4 to avoid `use_parent_model_frame`.
     * [Pull request 575](https://bitbucket.org/osrf/sdformat/pull-requests/575)
 
diff --git a/cmake/SDFUtils.cmake b/cmake/SDFUtils.cmake
index aa998aac0..8027512ce 100644
--- a/cmake/SDFUtils.cmake
+++ b/cmake/SDFUtils.cmake
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ macro (sdf_setup_apple)
 endmacro()
 
 #################################################
+# VAR: SDF_BUILD_TESTS_EXTRA_EXE_SRCS
+# Hack: extra sources to build binaries can be supplied to gz_build_tests in
+# the variable SDF_BUILD_TESTS_EXTRA_EXE_SRCS. This variable will be clean up
+# at the end of the function
+#
 include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/gtest/include)
 macro (sdf_build_tests)
   # Build all the tests
@@ -133,10 +138,13 @@ macro (sdf_build_tests)
     set(BINARY_NAME ${TEST_TYPE}_${BINARY_NAME})
 
     if (UNIX)
-      add_executable(${BINARY_NAME} ${GTEST_SOURCE_file})
+      add_executable(${BINARY_NAME}
+        ${GTEST_SOURCE_file}
+        ${SDF_BUILD_TESTS_EXTRA_EXE_SRCS})
     elseif(WIN32)
       add_executable(${BINARY_NAME}
         ${GTEST_SOURCE_file}
+        ${SDF_BUILD_TESTS_EXTRA_EXE_SRCS}
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/win/tinyxml/tinystr.cpp
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/win/tinyxml/tinyxmlerror.cpp
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/win/tinyxml/tinyxml.cpp
@@ -214,6 +222,8 @@ macro (sdf_build_tests)
                --error-exitcode=1 --show-leak-kinds=all ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${BINARY_NAME})
     endif()
   endforeach()
+
+  set(GZ_BUILD_TESTS_EXTRA_EXE_SRCS "")
 endmacro()
 
 #################################################
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 54c724e6f..7641a8456 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ if (IGNITION-TOOLS_BINARY_DIRS)
   )
 endif()
 
+if (NOT WIN32)
+  set(SDF_BUILD_TESTS_EXTRA_EXE_SRCS Utils.cc)
+  sdf_build_tests(Utils_TEST.cc)
+endif()
+
 sdf_build_tests(${gtest_sources})
 
 sdf_add_library(${sdf_target} ${sources})