diff --git a/ion/src/sdl/shared/images.h b/ion/src/sdl/shared/images.h
index ef3e1cc55..9fb79f23a 100644
--- a/ion/src/sdl/shared/images.h
+++ b/ion/src/sdl/shared/images.h
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 //
 #include <SDL.h>
 
-SDL_Texture * loadImage(SDL_Renderer * renderer, const char * identifier);
+extern "C" SDL_Texture * loadImage(SDL_Renderer * renderer, const char * identifier);