diff --git a/graphify/extract.py b/graphify/extract.py
index 2fbd748cb..db4fd1bad 100644
--- a/graphify/extract.py
+++ b/graphify/extract.py
@@ -2992,6 +2992,60 @@ def _normalize_cpp_cli(source: bytes) -> bytes | None:
     return _CPP_CLI_ATTR_RE.sub(_blank_keeping_newlines, out)
 
 
+_CPP_EXPORT_MACRO_RE = re.compile(
+    # Match `class` or `struct`
+    rb"(\b(?:class|struct)[ \t\r\n]+)"
+    # Match one or more ALL-CAPS macros (stacked or single)
+    rb"((?:[A-Z][A-Z0-9_]*[ \t\r\n]+)+)"
+    # Negative lookahead: the matched class name cannot be exactly "final"
+    rb"(?!final[ \t\r\n]*[:{])"
+    # Match the actual class name (and optional final), ending with `:` or `{`
+    rb"([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*(?:[ \t\r\n]+final)?[ \t\r\n]*)([:{])"
+)
+
+
+def _normalize_cpp_export_macros(source: bytes) -> bytes:
+    """Blank an export macro between ``class``/``struct`` and the type name.
+
+    Single ALL-CAPS identifier macros (and stacked ones) are handled.
+    Note: paren-attribute macros like ``__declspec(dllexport)`` and
+    ``__attribute__((visibility("default")))`` are currently unsupported,
+    as well as template specializations (e.g. ``template<> class MODULE_API Widget<int>``).
+    """
+
+    def repl(m: re.Match[bytes]) -> bytes:
+        start = m.start()
+
+        # Check if preceded by `(` (e.g. range-based for loop `for(class MACRO var: items)`)
+        idx = start - 1
+        while idx >= 0 and source[idx] in b" \t\r\n":
+            idx -= 1
+        if idx >= 0 and source[idx] == ord(b"("):
+            return m.group(0)
+
+        # Check for brace initialization like `var{1}`
+        if m.group(4) == b"{":
+            end = m.end()
+            idx_after = end
+            while idx_after < len(source) and source[idx_after] in b" \t\r\n":
+                idx_after += 1
+            if idx_after < len(source):
+                next_char = source[idx_after : idx_after + 1]
+                if next_char in b"0123456789\"'-":
+                    return m.group(0)
+
+        # Blank the macro with spaces to preserve offsets, but KEEP NEWLINES!
+        macro_text = m.group(2)
+        blanked_macro = bytearray(macro_text)
+        for i in range(len(blanked_macro)):
+            if blanked_macro[i] not in b"\r\n":
+                blanked_macro[i] = ord(b" ")
+
+        return m.group(1) + bytes(blanked_macro) + m.group(3) + m.group(4)
+
+    return _CPP_EXPORT_MACRO_RE.sub(repl, source)
+
+
 def extract_cpp(path: Path) -> dict:
     """Extract functions, classes, and includes from a .cpp/.cc/.cxx/.hpp file.
 
@@ -3006,8 +3060,10 @@ def extract_cpp(path: Path) -> dict:
     except OSError:
         # Let _extract_generic report the read failure in its usual shape.
         return _augment_cpp_string_tests(path, _extract_generic(path, _CPP_CONFIG))
+    source_override = _normalize_cpp_cli(source) or source
+    source_override = _normalize_cpp_export_macros(source_override)
     result = _extract_generic(
-        path, _CPP_CONFIG, source_override=_normalize_cpp_cli(source) or source
+        path, _CPP_CONFIG, source_override=source_override
     )
     return _augment_cpp_string_tests(path, result)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_cpp_nested_and_cli.py b/tests/test_cpp_nested_and_cli.py
index 1f5ddcc8c..b9668b24d 100644
--- a/tests/test_cpp_nested_and_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cpp_nested_and_cli.py
@@ -375,3 +375,87 @@ def test_cli_type_suffixes_are_still_rewritten(decl, rewritten):
     assert out is not None
     assert len(out) == len(src)
     assert rewritten in out
+
+def test_cpp_export_macros_survive(tmp_path):
+    """Verify that classes with export macros extract correctly, including inherits edges."""
+    p = tmp_path / "export.h"
+    p.write_text(
+        "class MODULE_API Widget : public BaseWidget {\n"
+        "public:\n"
+        "    void DoThing() {}\n"
+        "};\n"
+        "class SOME_OTHER_MACRO Widget2 {};\n"
+        "class MODULE_API Widget3 final : public BaseWidget {};\n"
+        "class API FINAL Foo {};\n"
+        "struct EXPORT S {};\n"
+    )
+    from graphify.extract import extract_cpp
+    result = extract_cpp(p)
+    labels = [n["label"] for n in result["nodes"]]
+    assert "Widget" in labels
+    assert ".DoThing()" in labels
+    assert "Widget2" in labels
+    assert "Widget3" in labels
+    assert "Foo" in labels
+    assert "S" in labels
+
+    # assertion that the inherits edge actually reappears
+    edges = result.get("edges", [])
+    nodes = {n["id"]: n["label"] for n in result["nodes"]}
+    inherits_edges = [e for e in edges if e["relation"] == "inherits"]
+
+    # We should have Widget -> BaseWidget, Widget3 -> BaseWidget
+    widget_inherits = [e for e in inherits_edges if nodes.get(e["source"]) == "Widget" and nodes.get(e["target"]) == "BaseWidget"]
+    assert widget_inherits, "Widget -> BaseWidget inherits edge should reappear after macro blanking"
+
+    widget3_inherits = [e for e in inherits_edges if nodes.get(e["source"]) == "Widget3" and nodes.get(e["target"]) == "BaseWidget"]
+    assert widget3_inherits, "Widget3 -> BaseWidget inherits edge should reappear after macro blanking"
+
+
+def test_cpp_export_macro_does_not_break_variables(tmp_path):
+    """Ensure elaborated type variable declarations don't trigger macro stripping."""
+    p = tmp_path / "vars.h"
+    p.write_text(
+        "void F() {\n"
+        "    for (class MODULE_API var: container) {}\n"
+        "    class MODULE_API var2{1};\n"
+        "    class MODULE_API v {1};\n"
+        "}\n"
+    )
+    from graphify.extract import extract_cpp
+    result = extract_cpp(p)
+    # The extraction should just parse normally. We don't extract local vars, but
+    # we ensure there are no parse_errors.
+    assert result.get("parse_errors") is None
+
+
+def test_cpp_export_macro_normalization_preserves_byte_offsets(tmp_path):
+    src = (
+        '#define API\n'
+        "class API \n"
+        "Widget : public Base {\n"
+        "  int x;\n"
+        "};\n"
+    ).encode()
+    from graphify.extract import _normalize_cpp_export_macros
+    out = _normalize_cpp_export_macros(src)
+    assert out is not None
+    assert len(out) == len(src)
+    assert b"class     \nWidget : public Base" in out
+
+    # Check that newlines are preserved exactly
+    assert out.count(b"\n") == src.count(b"\n")
+
+
+def test_cpp_export_macro_all_caps_class_final(tmp_path):
+    """Ensure an ALL-CAPS class name marked as final is not mistaken for a macro."""
+    p = tmp_path / "final.h"
+    p.write_text(
+        "class MY_WIDGET final : public Base {};\n"
+        "class MACRO Foo final : public Base {};\n"
+    )
+    from graphify.extract import extract_cpp
+    result = extract_cpp(p)
+    labels = [n["label"] for n in result["nodes"]]
+    assert "MY_WIDGET" in labels, "MY_WIDGET was stripped as a macro!"
+    assert "Foo" in labels