diff --git a/src/glsl/nir/nir_spirv.h b/src/glsl/nir/nir_spirv.h
index 789d30cd672..3254f10a88d 100644
--- a/src/glsl/nir/nir_spirv.h
+++ b/src/glsl/nir/nir_spirv.h
@@ -32,7 +32,15 @@
 
 #include "nir.h"
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
 nir_shader *spirv_to_nir(const uint32_t *words, size_t word_count,
                          const nir_shader_compiler_options *options);
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _NIR_SPIRV_H_ */