diff --git a/c/src/lib/libcpu/powerpc/ChangeLog b/c/src/lib/libcpu/powerpc/ChangeLog
index 4df2cce276..f41af2658d 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libcpu/powerpc/ChangeLog
+++ b/c/src/lib/libcpu/powerpc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-02-17	Ralf Corsépius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
+
+	* new-exceptions/bspsupport/vectors.h: Add extern "C" {}.
+
 2011-02-16	Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de>
 
 	* shared/include/powerpc-utility.h: Fixed LINKER_SYMBOL() for
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libcpu/powerpc/new-exceptions/bspsupport/vectors.h b/c/src/lib/libcpu/powerpc/new-exceptions/bspsupport/vectors.h
index 7a64bb2d43..278d5af5ec 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libcpu/powerpc/new-exceptions/bspsupport/vectors.h
+++ b/c/src/lib/libcpu/powerpc/new-exceptions/bspsupport/vectors.h
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
 
 #include <libcpu/powerpc-utility.h>
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
 /**
  * @defgroup ppc_exc PowerPC Exceptions
  *
@@ -506,4 +510,8 @@ typedef exception_handler_t cpuExcHandlerType;
 
 #endif /* ASM */
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* LIBCPU_VECTORS_H */