diff --git a/glib/gmacros.h b/glib/gmacros.h
index fb14aa81a..45a7874ef 100644
--- a/glib/gmacros.h
+++ b/glib/gmacros.h
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@
 #ifndef __GI_SCANNER__ /* The static assert macro really confuses the introspection parser */
 #define G_PASTE_ARGS(identifier1,identifier2) identifier1 ## identifier2
 #define G_PASTE(identifier1,identifier2)      G_PASTE_ARGS (identifier1, identifier2)
-#if defined(__STDC_VERSION__) && __STDC_VERSION__ >= 201112L
+#if !defined(__cplusplus) && defined(__STDC_VERSION__) && __STDC_VERSION__ >= 201112L
 #define G_STATIC_ASSERT(expr) _Static_assert (expr, "Expression evaluates to false")
 #elif (defined(__cplusplus) && __cplusplus >= 201103L) || \
       (defined(__cplusplus) && defined (_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1600)) || \