diff --git a/liboctave/util/quit.cc b/liboctave/util/quit.cc
index 0386a6ce52..6cf61c039c 100644
--- a/liboctave/util/quit.cc
+++ b/liboctave/util/quit.cc
@@ -96,13 +96,14 @@ void execution_exception::display (std::ostream& os) const
     }
 }
 
-void octave_quit_c (void)
+OCTAVE_END_NAMESPACE(octave)
+
+extern "C" OCTAVE_API void
+octave_quit_c (void)
 {
   octave_quit ();
 }
 
-OCTAVE_END_NAMESPACE(octave)
-
 void
 octave_handle_signal ()
 {