diff --git a/src/libCom/osi/os/posix/osdTime.cpp b/src/libCom/osi/os/posix/osdTime.cpp
index 9d3938a6a..1f7dbd8e9 100644
--- a/src/libCom/osi/os/posix/osdTime.cpp
+++ b/src/libCom/osi/os/posix/osdTime.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include "epicsTime.h"
 #include "generalTimeSup.h"
 
-
+extern "C" {
 static int osdTimeGetCurrent (epicsTimeStamp *pDest)
 {
 #   ifdef CLOCK_REALTIME
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ static int osdTimeGetCurrent (epicsTimeStamp *pDest)
         return epicsTimeOK;
 #   endif
 }
+}
 
 static int timeRegister(void)
 {