diff --git a/headers/posix/sys/utsname.h b/headers/posix/sys/utsname.h
index 2b3d75c6e0..dbce9e7e2c 100644
--- a/headers/posix/sys/utsname.h
+++ b/headers/posix/sys/utsname.h
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 
 #define _SYS_NAMELEN 256
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
 struct utsname {
 	char sysname[_SYS_NAMELEN];	/* Name of the OS */
 	char nodename[_SYS_NAMELEN];	/* Name of this node (network related) */
@@ -19,5 +23,9 @@ struct utsname {
 
 int uname(struct utsname *);
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif