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diff --git a/src/vlibapi/api_types.h b/src/vlibapi/api_types.h
index 0289a417c79..b0efa6177bd 100644
--- a/src/vlibapi/api_types.h
+++ b/src/vlibapi/api_types.h
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+{
+#endif
+
 /* VPP API string type */
 typedef struct
 {
@@ -31,4 +36,14 @@ typedef struct
   u8 buf[0];
 } __attribute__ ((packed)) vl_api_string_t;
 
+extern int vl_api_to_api_string (u32 len, const char *buf, vl_api_string_t * str);
+extern int vl_api_vec_to_api_string (const u8 *vec, vl_api_string_t * str);
+extern u8 * vl_api_from_api_string (vl_api_string_t * astr);
+extern u32 vl_api_string_len (vl_api_string_t * astr);
+extern u8 * vl_api_from_api_to_vec (vl_api_string_t *astr);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif