diff --git a/lapack-netlib/LAPACKE/include/lapacke.h b/lapack-netlib/LAPACKE/include/lapacke.h
index 11740e113..c5ea465e0 100644
--- a/lapack-netlib/LAPACKE/include/lapacke.h
+++ b/lapack-netlib/LAPACKE/include/lapacke.h
@@ -70,7 +70,11 @@
 
 /* Complex type (single precision) */
 #ifndef lapack_complex_float
+#ifndef __cplusplus
 #include <complex.h>
+#else
+#include <complex>
+#endif
 #define lapack_complex_float    float _Complex
 #endif