diff --git a/headers/posix/sys/ioctl.h b/headers/posix/sys/ioctl.h
index 8a2bcb6243..eccb5b375d 100644
--- a/headers/posix/sys/ioctl.h
+++ b/headers/posix/sys/ioctl.h
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-
 #include <sys/ioccom.h>
-
 #include <sys/filio.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 
@@ -33,5 +31,9 @@ extern "C" {
   int ioctl(int, ulong, ...);
 #endif /* !_KERNEL_MODE */
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 /** @} */
 #endif /* _SYS_IOCTL_H */