diff --git a/include/net/sntp.h b/include/net/sntp.h
index eeaaf8194978..93126261e623 100644
--- a/include/net/sntp.h
+++ b/include/net/sntp.h
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 
 #include <net/socket.h>
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
 /**
  * @brief Simple Network Time Protocol API
  * @defgroup sntp SNTP
@@ -98,6 +102,10 @@ void sntp_close(struct sntp_ctx *ctx);
 int sntp_simple(const char *server, u32_t timeout,
 		struct sntp_time *time);
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 /**
  * @}
  */