diff --git a/Zend/zend_vm_gen.php b/Zend/zend_vm_gen.php
index 08657e5f31e..41febfa44dc 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_vm_gen.php
+++ b/Zend/zend_vm_gen.php
@@ -1181,7 +1181,9 @@ function gen_vm($def, $skel) {
 	out($f, $GLOBALS['header_text']);
 
 	fputs($f, "#ifndef ZEND_VM_OPCODES_H\n#define ZEND_VM_OPCODES_H\n\n");
+	fputs($f, "BEGIN_EXTERN_C()\n\n");
 	fputs($f, "ZEND_API const char *zend_get_opcode_name(zend_uchar opcode);\n\n");
+	fputs($f, "END_EXTERN_C()\n\n");
 	
 	foreach ($opcodes as $code => $dsc) {
 		$code = str_pad((string)$code,$code_len," ",STR_PAD_LEFT);