diff --git a/googlemock/src/gmock_main.cc b/googlemock/src/gmock_main.cc
index 6b554127..4db26367 100644
--- a/googlemock/src/gmock_main.cc
+++ b/googlemock/src/gmock_main.cc
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ void loop() { RUN_ALL_TESTS(); }
 
 GTEST_API_ int _tmain(int argc, TCHAR** argv) {
 #else
-GTEST_API_ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+extern "C" GTEST_API_ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 #endif  // GTEST_OS_WINDOWS_MOBILE
   std::cout << "Running main() from gmock_main.cc\n";
   // Since Google Mock depends on Google Test, InitGoogleMock() is
diff --git a/googletest/src/gtest_main.cc b/googletest/src/gtest_main.cc
index 8141caf4..ea027d57 100644
--- a/googletest/src/gtest_main.cc
+++ b/googletest/src/gtest_main.cc
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ GTEST_API_ int main() {
 #else
 // Normal platforms: program entry point is main, argc/argv are initialized.
 
-GTEST_API_ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+extern "C" GTEST_API_ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   printf("Running main() from %s\n", __FILE__);
   testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
   return RUN_ALL_TESTS();