diff --git a/libc/bionic/pthread_debug.cpp b/libc/bionic/pthread_debug.cpp
index c557211..7d98d10 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/pthread_debug.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/pthread_debug.cpp
@@ -272,8 +272,8 @@
 
 /****************************************************************************/
 
-extern int pthread_mutex_lock_impl(pthread_mutex_t *mutex);
-extern int pthread_mutex_unlock_impl(pthread_mutex_t *mutex);
+extern "C" int pthread_mutex_lock_impl(pthread_mutex_t *mutex);
+extern "C" int pthread_mutex_unlock_impl(pthread_mutex_t *mutex);
 
 static int pthread_mutex_lock_unchecked(pthread_mutex_t *mutex) {
     return pthread_mutex_lock_impl(mutex);