diff --git a/linker/tests/Makefile b/linker/tests/Makefile
index 8b153ed8df..f3f8beb5d4 100644
--- a/linker/tests/Makefile
+++ b/linker/tests/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 all: platform
 
-platform: platform.c libapp.so
-	$(CC) -O2 -fPIC -fPIE -o $@ $^
+platform: platform.cc libapp.so
+	$(CXX) -O2 -fPIC -fPIE -o $@ $^
 
-libapp.so: app.c
-	$(CC) -O2 -fPIC -shared -o $@ $^
+libapp.so: app.cc
+	$(CXX) -O2 -fPIC -shared -o $@ $^
 
 clean:
-	rm -f platform libapp.so
\ No newline at end of file
+	rm -f platform libapp.so
diff --git a/linker/tests/app.c b/linker/tests/app.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d3311dd93..0000000000
--- a/linker/tests/app.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-void app() { printf("Hello World from the application"); }
diff --git a/linker/tests/app.cc b/linker/tests/app.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6626169c95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linker/tests/app.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#include <iostream>
+
+void app() { std::cout << "Hello World from the application" << std::endl; }
diff --git a/linker/tests/platform.c b/linker/tests/platform.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 41d36b1bcb..0000000000
--- a/linker/tests/platform.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-void app();
-
-int main() {
-  printf("Hello World from the platform");
-  app();
-  return 0;
-}
diff --git a/linker/tests/platform.cc b/linker/tests/platform.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34581c7432
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linker/tests/platform.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#include <iostream>
+
+void app();
+
+int main() {
+  std::cout << "Hello World from the platform\n";
+  app();
+  return 0;
+}