diff --git a/libasn1compiler/asn1c_save.c b/libasn1compiler/asn1c_save.c
index 8fc0fcf..8a67e26 100644
--- a/libasn1compiler/asn1c_save.c
+++ b/libasn1compiler/asn1c_save.c
@@ -227,9 +227,7 @@
 		"#define\t_%s_H_\n"
 		"\n", header_id, header_id);
 
-	fprintf(fp_h, "#ifdef __cplusplus\nextern \"C\" {\n#endif\n\n");
-
-	fprintf(fp_h, "#include <asn_application.h>\n");
+	fprintf(fp_h, "\n#include <asn_application.h>\n");
 
 #define	SAVE_STREAM(fp, idx, msg, actdep)	do {			\
 	if(TQ_FIRST(&(cs->destination[idx].chunks)) && *msg)		\
@@ -241,6 +239,9 @@
 } while(0)
 
 	SAVE_STREAM(fp_h, OT_INCLUDES,	"Including external dependencies", 1);
+
+	fprintf(fp_h, "\n#ifdef __cplusplus\nextern \"C\" {\n#endif\n");
+
 	SAVE_STREAM(fp_h, OT_DEPS,	"Dependencies", 0);
 	SAVE_STREAM(fp_h, OT_FWD_DECLS,	"Forward declarations", 0);
 	SAVE_STREAM(fp_h, OT_TYPE_DECLS, expr->Identifier, 0);