Index: libcxx/include/string
===================================================================
--- libcxx/include/string
+++ libcxx/include/string
@@ -4314,8 +4314,60 @@
 
 #endif  // _LIBCPP_DEBUG_LEVEL >= 2
 
-_LIBCPP_EXTERN_TEMPLATE(class _LIBCPP_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_TYPE_VIS basic_string<char>)
-_LIBCPP_EXTERN_TEMPLATE(class _LIBCPP_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_TYPE_VIS basic_string<wchar_t>)
+
+#define _LIBCPP_STRING_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_LIST(_Func, _CharType) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>& basic_string<_CharType>::replace(size_type, size_type, value_type const*, size_type)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>::size_type basic_string<_CharType>::rfind(value_type const*, size_type, size_type) const) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS void basic_string<_CharType>::__init(value_type const*, size_type, size_type)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>::basic_string(basic_string const&)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>& basic_string<_CharType>::replace(size_type, size_type, value_type const*)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>::basic_string(basic_string const&, std::allocator<_CharType> const&)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>::size_type basic_string<_CharType>::find_last_not_of(value_type const*, size_type, size_type) const) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>::~basic_string()) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>::size_type basic_string<_CharType>::find_first_not_of(value_type const*, size_type, size_type) const) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>& basic_string<_CharType>::insert(size_type, size_type, value_type)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>& basic_string<_CharType>::operator=(value_type)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS void basic_string<_CharType>::__init(value_type const*, size_type)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS const _CharType& basic_string<_CharType>::at(size_type) const) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>& basic_string<_CharType>::insert(size_type, value_type const*, size_type)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>::size_type basic_string<_CharType>::find_first_of(value_type const*, size_type, size_type) const) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>& basic_string<_CharType>::replace(size_type, size_type, size_type, value_type)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>& basic_string<_CharType>::assign(value_type const*, size_type)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS void basic_string<_CharType>::reserve(size_type)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>& basic_string<_CharType>::append(value_type const*, size_type)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>& basic_string<_CharType>::assign(basic_string const&, size_type, size_type)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>::size_type basic_string<_CharType>::copy(value_type*, size_type, size_type) const) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>::basic_string(basic_string const&, size_type, size_type, std::allocator<_CharType> const&)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>::size_type basic_string<_CharType>::find(value_type, size_type) const) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS void basic_string<_CharType>::__init(size_type, value_type)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>& basic_string<_CharType>::insert(size_type, value_type const*)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>::size_type basic_string<_CharType>::find_last_of(value_type const*, size_type, size_type) const) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS void basic_string<_CharType>::__grow_by(size_type, size_type, size_type, size_type, size_type, size_type)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS void basic_string<_CharType>::__grow_by_and_replace(size_type, size_type, size_type, size_type, size_type, size_type, value_type const*)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS void basic_string<_CharType>::push_back(value_type)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>& basic_string<_CharType>::append(size_type, value_type)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>::size_type basic_string<_CharType>::rfind(value_type, size_type) const) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>::size_type basic_string<_CharType>::npos) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>& basic_string<_CharType>::assign(size_type, value_type)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>& basic_string<_CharType>::erase(size_type, size_type)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>& basic_string<_CharType>::append(basic_string const&, size_type, size_type)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS int basic_string<_CharType>::compare(value_type const*) const) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS int basic_string<_CharType>::compare(size_type, size_type, value_type const*) const) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS _CharType& basic_string<_CharType>::at(size_type)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>& basic_string<_CharType>::assign(value_type const*)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>::size_type basic_string<_CharType>::find(value_type const*, size_type, size_type) const) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS int basic_string<_CharType>::compare(size_type, size_type, basic_string const&, size_type, size_type) const) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS int basic_string<_CharType>::compare(size_type, size_type, value_type const*, size_type) const) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>& basic_string<_CharType>::operator=(basic_string const&)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>& basic_string<_CharType>::append(value_type const*)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>& basic_string<_CharType>::replace(size_type, size_type, basic_string const&, size_type, size_type)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>::iterator basic_string<_CharType>::insert(basic_string::const_iterator, value_type)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS void basic_string<_CharType>::resize(size_type, value_type)) \
+  _Func(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS basic_string<_CharType>& basic_string<_CharType>::insert(size_type, basic_string const&, size_type, size_type))
+
+_LIBCPP_STRING_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_LIST(_LIBCPP_EXTERN_TEMPLATE, char)
+_LIBCPP_STRING_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_LIST(_LIBCPP_EXTERN_TEMPLATE, wchar_t)
+
 
 #if _LIBCPP_STD_VER > 11
 // Literal suffixes for basic_string [basic.string.literals]
Index: libcxx/src/string.cpp
===================================================================
--- libcxx/src/string.cpp
+++ libcxx/src/string.cpp
@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@
 
 template class _LIBCPP_CLASS_TEMPLATE_INSTANTIATION_VIS __basic_string_common<true>;
 
-template class _LIBCPP_CLASS_TEMPLATE_INSTANTIATION_VIS basic_string<char>;
-template class _LIBCPP_CLASS_TEMPLATE_INSTANTIATION_VIS basic_string<wchar_t>;
+#define _LIBCPP_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_DEFINE(...) template __VA_ARGS__;
+_LIBCPP_STRING_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_LIST(_LIBCPP_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_DEFINE, char)
+_LIBCPP_STRING_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_LIST(_LIBCPP_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_DEFINE, wchar_t)
+
+
 
 template
     string