diff --git a/hal/lib/Athena/Task.cpp b/hal/lib/Athena/Task.cpp
index 9e4b2e9..3536544 100644
--- a/hal/lib/Athena/Task.cpp
+++ b/hal/lib/Athena/Task.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/* Copyright (c) FIRST 2016. All Rights Reserved.                             */
+/* Open Source Software - may be modified and shared by FRC teams. The code   */
+/* must be accompanied by the FIRST BSD license file in the root directory of */
+/* the project.                                                               */
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
 #include "HAL/Task.hpp"
 
 #ifndef OK
@@ -9,6 +16,8 @@
 
 #include <signal.h>
 
+extern "C" {
+
 STATUS verifyTaskID(TASK task) {
   if (task != nullptr && pthread_kill(*task, 0) == 0) {
 	return OK;
@@ -49,3 +58,5 @@
     return ERROR;
   }
 }
+
+}  // extern "C"