diff --git a/include/vlc_objects.h b/include/vlc_objects.h
index 8ffe9ae7c1a7321b6a5fcb332dd0fdc3905b3e78..3232dfcecd76b057debe2c8f4e737043ec40a6bb 100644
--- a/include/vlc_objects.h
+++ b/include/vlc_objects.h
@@ -67,21 +67,21 @@ struct vlc_object_t
 /*****************************************************************************
  * Prototypes
  *****************************************************************************/
-VLC_EXPORT( void *, __vlc_object_create, ( vlc_object_t *, int ) );
+VLC_EXPORT( void *, __vlc_object_create, ( vlc_object_t *, int ) ) LIBVLC_MALLOC LIBVLC_USED;
 VLC_EXPORT( void, __vlc_object_set_destructor, ( vlc_object_t *, vlc_destructor_t ) );
 VLC_EXPORT( void, __vlc_object_attach, ( vlc_object_t *, vlc_object_t * ) );
 VLC_EXPORT( void, __vlc_object_detach, ( vlc_object_t * ) );
 #if defined (__GNUC__) && !defined __cplusplus
 __attribute__((deprecated))
 #endif
-VLC_EXPORT( void *, __vlc_object_find, ( vlc_object_t *, int, int ) );
+VLC_EXPORT( void *, __vlc_object_find, ( vlc_object_t *, int, int ) ) LIBVLC_USED;
 #if defined (__GNUC__) && !defined __cplusplus
 __attribute__((deprecated))
 #endif
-VLC_EXPORT( vlc_object_t *, vlc_object_find_name, ( vlc_object_t *, const char *, int ) );
+VLC_EXPORT( vlc_object_t *, vlc_object_find_name, ( vlc_object_t *, const char *, int ) ) LIBVLC_USED;
 VLC_EXPORT( void *, __vlc_object_hold, ( vlc_object_t * ) );
 VLC_EXPORT( void, __vlc_object_release, ( vlc_object_t * ) );
-VLC_EXPORT( vlc_list_t *, __vlc_list_children, ( vlc_object_t * ) );
+VLC_EXPORT( vlc_list_t *, __vlc_list_children, ( vlc_object_t * ) ) LIBVLC_USED;
 VLC_EXPORT( void, vlc_list_release, ( vlc_list_t * ) );
 VLC_EXPORT( char *, vlc_object_get_name, ( const vlc_object_t * ) ) LIBVLC_USED;
 #define vlc_object_get_name(o) vlc_object_get_name(VLC_OBJECT(o))
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ VLC_EXPORT( void, __vlc_object_kill, ( vlc_object_t * ) );
 #define vlc_object_kill(a) \
     __vlc_object_kill( VLC_OBJECT(a) )
 
+LIBVLC_USED
 static inline bool vlc_object_alive (const vlc_object_t *obj)
 {
     barrier ();