diff --git a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-device.cpp b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-device.cpp
index 6517860fc..f3fc0b4e9 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-device.cpp
+++ b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-device.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include <spa/monitor/utils.h>
 #include <spa/param/param.h>
 
-#include "libcamera.h"
+#include "libcamera.hpp"
 #include "libcamera-manager.hpp"
 
 #include <libcamera/camera.h>
diff --git a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-manager.cpp b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-manager.cpp
index de59f6fbc..277a680b3 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-manager.cpp
+++ b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-manager.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ using namespace libcamera;
 #include <spa/monitor/device.h>
 #include <spa/monitor/utils.h>
 
-#include "libcamera.h"
+#include "libcamera.hpp"
 #include "libcamera-manager.hpp"
 
 namespace {
diff --git a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-source.cpp b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-source.cpp
index fba3d8b0b..e4ed7f2ec 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-source.cpp
+++ b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-source.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 #include <libcamera/framebuffer.h>
 #include <libcamera/framebuffer_allocator.h>
 
-#include "libcamera.h"
+#include "libcamera.hpp"
 #include "libcamera-manager.hpp"
 
 using namespace libcamera;
diff --git a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera.c b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera.cpp
similarity index 94%
rename from spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera.c
rename to spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera.cpp
index 2fea4ab66..3ea094e90 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 #include <spa/support/plugin.h>
 #include <spa/support/log.h>
 
-#include "libcamera.h"
+#include "libcamera.hpp"
+
+extern "C" {
 
 SPA_LOG_TOPIC_DEFINE(libcamera_log_topic, "spa.libcamera");
 
@@ -34,3 +36,5 @@ int spa_handle_factory_enum(const struct spa_handle_factory **factory,
 	(*index)++;
 	return 1;
 }
+
+}
diff --git a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera.h b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera.hpp
similarity index 87%
rename from spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera.h
rename to spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera.hpp
index 29e58a868..0d74df21e 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera.h
+++ b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera.hpp
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <spa/support/log.h>
 
-#ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
-#endif /* __cplusplus */
 
 extern const struct spa_handle_factory spa_libcamera_source_factory;
 extern const struct spa_handle_factory spa_libcamera_manager_factory;
@@ -18,11 +16,9 @@ extern const struct spa_handle_factory spa_libcamera_device_factory;
 #define SPA_LOG_TOPIC_DEFAULT &libcamera_log_topic
 extern struct spa_log_topic libcamera_log_topic;
 
+}
+
 static inline void libcamera_log_topic_init(struct spa_log *log)
 {
 	spa_log_topic_init(log, &libcamera_log_topic);
 }
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif /* __cplusplus */
diff --git a/spa/plugins/libcamera/meson.build b/spa/plugins/libcamera/meson.build
index 9f396aba2..00df52cbb 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/libcamera/meson.build
+++ b/spa/plugins/libcamera/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 libcamera_sources = [
-  'libcamera.c',
+  'libcamera.cpp',
   'libcamera-manager.cpp',
   'libcamera-device.cpp',
   'libcamera-source.cpp'