diff --git a/headers/posix/sys/socket.h b/headers/posix/sys/socket.h
index a9ca808b68..8fabb94333 100644
--- a/headers/posix/sys/socket.h
+++ b/headers/posix/sys/socket.h
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 
+#if __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
+
 typedef uint32 socklen_t;
 
 /* These are the address/protocol families we'll be using... */
@@ -252,5 +256,9 @@ int     getpeername(int, struct sockaddr *, int *);
 int     getsockname(int, struct sockaddr *, int *);
 #endif /* _KERNEL_MODE */
 
+#if __cplusplus
+}
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
+
 #endif /* _SYS_SOCKET_H */