diff --git a/include/kernelmq/stdlib.h b/include/kernelmq/stdlib.h
index e99e11e..818f0ca 100644
--- a/include/kernelmq/stdlib.h
+++ b/include/kernelmq/stdlib.h
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 #ifndef KERNELMQ_INCLUDED_STDLIB
 #define KERNELMQ_INCLUDED_STDLIB 1
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
 void kmemset(void *buffer, unsigned char value, unsigned int size);
 unsigned int kstrlen(const char *s);
 void kitoa(char *buf, int base, int d);
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif