diff --git a/disas/arm-a64.cc b/disas/arm-a64.cc
index 9fa779e175..27613d4b25 100644
--- a/disas/arm-a64.cc
+++ b/disas/arm-a64.cc
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-extern "C" {
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+extern "C" {
 #include "disas/dis-asm.h"
 }
 
diff --git a/disas/nanomips.cpp b/disas/nanomips.cpp
index 2b09655271..8ddef897f0 100644
--- a/disas/nanomips.cpp
+++ b/disas/nanomips.cpp
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
  *      Reference Manual", Revision 01.01, April 27, 2018
  */
 
-extern "C" {
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+extern "C" {
 #include "disas/dis-asm.h"
 }
 
diff --git a/include/qemu/compiler.h b/include/qemu/compiler.h
index cf28bb2bcd..091c45248b 100644
--- a/include/qemu/compiler.h
+++ b/include/qemu/compiler.h
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
 #define QEMU_STATIC_ANALYSIS 1
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+#define QEMU_EXTERN_C extern "C"
+#else
+#define QEMU_EXTERN_C extern
+#endif
+
 #define QEMU_NORETURN __attribute__ ((__noreturn__))
 
 #define QEMU_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
diff --git a/include/qemu/osdep.h b/include/qemu/osdep.h
index ab84ecc7c1..6d8562eaf4 100644
--- a/include/qemu/osdep.h
+++ b/include/qemu/osdep.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 #define daemon qemu_fake_daemon_function
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #undef daemon
-extern int daemon(int, int);
+QEMU_EXTERN_C int daemon(int, int);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ extern int daemon(int, int);
  */
 #include "glib-compat.h"
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include "sysemu/os-win32.h"
 #endif
@@ -728,4 +732,8 @@ static inline int platform_does_not_support_system(const char *command)
 }
 #endif /* !HAVE_SYSTEM_FUNCTION */
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif