diff --git a/UltiSnips/cpp.snippets b/UltiSnips/cpp.snippets
index a49c433..ce79fd6 100644
--- a/UltiSnips/cpp.snippets
+++ b/UltiSnips/cpp.snippets
@@ -92,3 +92,15 @@ endsnippet
 snippet printf_sv "printf for std::string_view"
 printf("$1: %.*s\n", static_cast<int>(${1:view}.size()), $1.data());$0
 endsnippet
+
+snippet externc "extern C block"
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+$0
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+endsnippet