diff --git a/include/cutils/atomic-inline.h b/include/cutils/atomic-inline.h
index 6acb67c..49f3e70 100644
--- a/include/cutils/atomic-inline.h
+++ b/include/cutils/atomic-inline.h
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 #ifndef ANDROID_CUTILS_ATOMIC_INLINE_H
 #define ANDROID_CUTILS_ATOMIC_INLINE_H
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Inline declarations and macros for some special-purpose atomic
  * operations.  These are intended for rare circumstances where a
@@ -61,4 +65,8 @@
 #define ANDROID_MEMBAR_STORE android_memory_store_barrier
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* ANDROID_CUTILS_ATOMIC_INLINE_H */