diff --git a/include/netinet/ether.h b/include/netinet/ether.h
index d64c9ef598bd2fec095ec45138c97be9ce3e5900..eec7e53ca497a4ec1041e7c29a8b5a41a801b182 100644
--- a/include/netinet/ether.h
+++ b/include/netinet/ether.h
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #ifndef _NETINET_ETHER_H
 #define _NETINET_ETHER_H
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
 #include <netinet/if_ether.h>
 
 char *ether_ntoa (const struct ether_addr *);
@@ -11,4 +15,8 @@ int ether_line(const char *, struct ether_addr *, char *);
 int ether_ntohost(char *, const struct ether_addr *);
 int ether_hostton(const char *, struct ether_addr *);
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif