diff --git a/headers/private/kernel/util/convertutf.h b/headers/private/kernel/util/convertutf.h
index 99403153a9..e07216d20b 100644
--- a/headers/private/kernel/util/convertutf.h
+++ b/headers/private/kernel/util/convertutf.h
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
 #include <SupportDefs.h>
 
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+
 ssize_t utf16le_to_utf8(const uint16* source, size_t sourceCodeUnitCount,
 	char* target, size_t targetLength);
 
@@ -22,4 +27,9 @@ ssize_t utf16be_to_utf8(const uint16* source, size_t sourceCodeUnitCount,
 	char* target, size_t targetLength);
 
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+};
+#endif
+
+
 #endif	// CONVERT_UTF_H