diff --git a/cogl/deprecated/cogl-framebuffer-deprecated.h b/cogl/deprecated/cogl-framebuffer-deprecated.h
index 2ac29b1c7..68ed9d336 100644
--- a/cogl/deprecated/cogl-framebuffer-deprecated.h
+++ b/cogl/deprecated/cogl-framebuffer-deprecated.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 
 #include <cogl/cogl-macros.h>
 
+COGL_BEGIN_DECLS
+
 /**
  * cogl_set_framebuffer:
  * @buffer: A #CoglFramebuffer object, either onscreen or offscreen.
@@ -257,4 +259,6 @@ COGL_DEPRECATED_IN_1_18
 CoglPixelFormat
 cogl_framebuffer_get_color_format (CoglFramebuffer *framebuffer);
 
+COGL_END_DECLS
+
 #endif /* __COGL_FRAMEBUFFER_DEPRECATED_H__ */