diff --git a/kernel_module/user/Makefile b/kernel_module/user/Makefile
index b20328e..8ff2d59 100644
--- a/kernel_module/user/Makefile
+++ b/kernel_module/user/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 .PHONY: all clean
 
 CFLAGS_EXTRA ?= -fopenmp -std=c99 -Wall -Werror -Wextra
-IN_EXT ?= .c
+IN_EXT_C ?= .c
+IN_EXT_CXX ?= .cpp
 LIBS :=
 OUT_EXT ?= .out
 
-OUTS := $(addsuffix $(OUT_EXT), $(basename $(wildcard *$(IN_EXT))))
+OUTS := $(foreach IN_EXT,$(IN_EXT_C) $(IN_EXT_CXX),$(addsuffix $(OUT_EXT), $(basename $(wildcard *$(IN_EXT)))))
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENBLAS),y)
 	LIBS += -lopenblas
 else
@@ -14,8 +15,11 @@ endif
 
 all: $(OUTS)
 
-%$(OUT_EXT): %$(IN_EXT)
+%$(OUT_EXT): %$(IN_EXT_C)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_EXTRA) -o '$@' '$<' $(LIBS)
 
+%$(OUT_EXT): %$(IN_EXT_CXX)
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS_EXTRA) -o '$@' '$<' $(LIBS)
+
 clean:
 	rm -f *'$(OUT_EXT)'
diff --git a/kernel_module/user/README.adoc b/kernel_module/user/README.adoc
index ce20135..c4f89c5 100644
--- a/kernel_module/user/README.adoc
+++ b/kernel_module/user/README.adoc
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ These programs can also be compiled and used on host.
 
 . Standalone
 .. link:hello.c[]
+.. link:hello_cpp.cpp[]
 .. link:myinsmod.c[]
 .. link:myrmmod.c[]
 .. link:sched_getaffinity.c[]
diff --git a/kernel_module/user/hello_cpp.cpp b/kernel_module/user/hello_cpp.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52e3b2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel_module/user/hello_cpp.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#include <iostream>
+
+int main() {
+    std::cout << "hello world" << std::endl;
+}