diff --git a/src/libsodium/include/sodium/runtime.h b/src/libsodium/include/sodium/runtime.h
index bd680efb..2e713f43 100644
--- a/src/libsodium/include/sodium/runtime.h
+++ b/src/libsodium/include/sodium/runtime.h
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
 #include "export.h"
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
 SODIUM_EXPORT
 int sodium_runtime_get_cpu_features(void);
 
@@ -16,4 +20,8 @@ int sodium_runtime_has_sse2(void);
 SODIUM_EXPORT
 int sodium_runtime_has_sse3(void);
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif