diff --git a/include/patomic/types/ops/explicit.h b/include/patomic/types/ops/explicit.h
index 2d66e3156..d4fa6abdb 100644
--- a/include/patomic/types/ops/explicit.h
+++ b/include/patomic/types/ops/explicit.h
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef PATOMIC_OPS_EXPLICIT_H
 #define PATOMIC_OPS_EXPLICIT_H
 
-// TODO: extern "C"
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
 
 
 /**
@@ -532,4 +534,8 @@ typedef struct {
 } patomic_ops_explicit_t;
 
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}  /* extern "C" */
+#endif
+
 #endif  /* PATOMIC_OPS_EXPLICIT_H */