diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/console_globals-inl.h b/include/spdlog/details/console_globals-inl.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be5da4ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/console_globals-inl.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright(c) 2015-present, Gabi Melman & spdlog contributors.
+// Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "spdlog/common.h"
+#include "spdlog/details/console_globals.h"
+
+namespace spdlog {
+namespace details {
+
+SPDLOG_INLINE console_mutex::mutex_t &console_mutex::mutex()
+{
+    static mutex_t s_mutex;
+    return s_mutex;
+}
+
+SPDLOG_INLINE console_nullmutex::mutex_t &console_nullmutex::mutex()
+{
+    static mutex_t s_mutex;
+    return s_mutex;
+}
+
+} // namespace details
+} // namespace spdlog
+
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/console_globals.h b/include/spdlog/details/console_globals.h
index 6761a30d..098f1fab 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/console_globals.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/console_globals.h
@@ -12,21 +12,17 @@ namespace details {
 struct console_mutex
 {
     using mutex_t = std::mutex;
-    static mutex_t &mutex()
-    {
-        static mutex_t s_mutex;
-        return s_mutex;
-    }
+    static mutex_t &mutex();
 };
 
 struct console_nullmutex
 {
     using mutex_t = null_mutex;
-    static mutex_t &mutex()
-    {
-        static mutex_t s_mutex;
-        return s_mutex;
-    }
+    static mutex_t &mutex();
 };
 } // namespace details
 } // namespace spdlog
+
+#ifdef SPDLOG_HEADER_ONLY
+#include "console_globals-inl.h"
+#endif
diff --git a/src/spdlog.cpp b/src/spdlog.cpp
index be91412d..956384f2 100644
--- a/src/spdlog.cpp
+++ b/src/spdlog.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ template class spdlog::sinks::rotating_file_sink<std::mutex>;
 template class spdlog::sinks::rotating_file_sink<spdlog::details::null_mutex>;
 
 #include "spdlog/details/registry-inl.h"
+#include "spdlog/details/console_globals-inl.h"
 
 #include "spdlog/details/os-inl.h"
 #include "spdlog/details/periodic_worker-inl.h"