diff --git a/include/spdk/bdev_zone.h b/include/spdk/bdev_zone.h
index 1965810f4..eddf85968 100644
--- a/include/spdk/bdev_zone.h
+++ b/include/spdk/bdev_zone.h
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 #include "spdk/stdinc.h"
 #include "spdk/bdev.h"
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
 /**
  * \brief SPDK block device.
  *
@@ -285,4 +289,8 @@ int spdk_bdev_zone_appendv_with_md(struct spdk_bdev_desc *desc, struct spdk_io_c
  */
 uint64_t spdk_bdev_io_get_append_location(struct spdk_bdev_io *bdev_io);
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* SPDK_BDEV_ZONE_H */