diff --git a/compat/rxml/rxml.h b/compat/rxml/rxml.h
index 50a97f79f8..396bafcb08 100644
--- a/compat/rxml/rxml.h
+++ b/compat/rxml/rxml.h
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 #ifndef RXML_H__
 #define RXML_H__
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
 // Total NIH. Very trivial "XML" implementation for use in RetroArch.
 // Error checking is minimal. Invalid documents may lead to very buggy behavior, but
 // memory corruption should never happen.
@@ -73,5 +77,9 @@ typedef rxml_document_t *xmlDocPtr;
 #define xmlFreeParserCtxt(ctx) ((void)0)
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif