diff --git a/stand/libsa/stand.h b/stand/libsa/stand.h
index c0550104bca0..b5087d17e114 100644
--- a/stand/libsa/stand.h
+++ b/stand/libsa/stand.h
@@ -61,8 +61,9 @@
 #ifndef	STAND_H
 #define	STAND_H
 
-#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/dirent.h>
 #include <sys/queue.h>
@@ -90,6 +91,8 @@
 /* Partial signal emulation for sig_atomic_t */
 #include <machine/signal.h>
 
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
 struct open_file;
 
 /*
@@ -509,4 +512,6 @@ void tslog(const char *, const char *, const char *);
 void tslog_setbuf(void * buf, size_t len);
 void tslog_getbuf(void ** buf, size_t * len);
 
+__END_DECLS
+
 #endif	/* STAND_H */