diff --git a/include/cstd.h b/include/cstd.h
index 707f74157..10951d1d2 100644
--- a/include/cstd.h
+++ b/include/cstd.h
@@ -49,9 +49,11 @@
  * <uchar.h> (C11)       UTF-16 and UTF-32 character utilities
  *
  */
+#if !defined(__cplusplus)
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 
+#endif /* !__cplusplus */
 #endif /* CSTD_H */