diff --git a/host/include/interface/capture.h b/host/include/interface/capture.h
index b7fdd38b..4db37f02 100644
--- a/host/include/interface/capture.h
+++ b/host/include/interface/capture.h
@@ -22,9 +22,16 @@
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
-#include "common/framebuffer.h"
 #include "common/KVMFR.h"
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+/* using common/framebuffer.h breaks compatibillity with C++ due to it's usage
+ * of stdatomic.h, so we need to forward declare the structure here */
+typedef struct stFrameBuffer FrameBuffer;
+#else
+#include "common/framebuffer.h"
+#endif
+
 typedef enum CaptureResult
 {
   CAPTURE_RESULT_OK     ,