diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 63d9efeb2..6d8324643 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -470,6 +470,9 @@ if(GOST_PROVIDER_ENABLE)
     PREFIX "" OUTPUT_NAME "gostprov" SUFFIX ${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
     COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "BUILDING_GOST_PROVIDER;OPENSSL_NO_DYNAMIC_ENGINE"
     )
+  if(MSVC)
+    target_link_options(gost_prov PRIVATE "/EXPORT:OSSL_provider_init")
+  endif()
   target_link_libraries(gost_prov PRIVATE gost_core libprov)
 
   if (NOT MSVC)
diff --git a/gost12sum.c b/gost12sum.c
index 7e443d30d..8ad50e36c 100644
--- a/gost12sum.c
+++ b/gost12sum.c
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         switch (c) {
         case 'h':
             help();
-            exit(0);
             break;
         case 'v':
             verbose = 1;