diff --git a/lib/metrics/rte_metrics_telemetry.h b/lib/metrics/rte_metrics_telemetry.h
index 2b6eb1ccc8..09b14d9336 100644
--- a/lib/metrics/rte_metrics_telemetry.h
+++ b/lib/metrics/rte_metrics_telemetry.h
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 #ifndef _RTE_METRICS_TELEMETRY_H_
 #define _RTE_METRICS_TELEMETRY_H_
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
 
 enum rte_telemetry_stats_type {
 	PORT_STATS = 0,
@@ -60,4 +63,8 @@ __rte_experimental
 int32_t
 rte_metrics_tel_extract_data(struct telemetry_encode_param *ep, json_t *data);
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif