diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
index 5a0ddf0a..3672442c 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 #ifndef _ALPM_H
 #define _ALPM_H
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Arch Linux Package Management library
  */
@@ -364,6 +368,10 @@ extern enum __pmerrno_t {
 
 char *alpm_strerror(int err);
 
+#ifdef  __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _ALPM_H */
 
 /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */