diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0ade1d4cb..2a10d7caf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
-project("mbed TLS" C)
+project("mbed TLS" C CXX)
 
 option(USE_PKCS11_HELPER_LIBRARY "Build mbed TLS with the pkcs11-helper library." OFF)
 option(ENABLE_ZLIB_SUPPORT "Build mbed TLS with zlib library." OFF)
diff --git a/programs/.gitignore b/programs/.gitignore
index ddfa1a426..5bbe2e825 100644
--- a/programs/.gitignore
+++ b/programs/.gitignore
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ ssl/mini_client
 test/benchmark
 test/ecp-bench
 test/selftest
+test/header_test
 test/ssl_cert_test
 test/udp_proxy
 test/zeroize
diff --git a/programs/Makefile b/programs/Makefile
index 080e82d88..c5dd9f9ee 100644
--- a/programs/Makefile
+++ b/programs/Makefile
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 
 CFLAGS	?= -O2
 WARNING_CFLAGS ?= -Wall -W -Wdeclaration-after-statement
+WARNING_CXXFLAGS ?= -Wall -W
 LDFLAGS ?=
 
 LOCAL_CFLAGS = $(WARNING_CFLAGS) -I../include -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
+LOCAL_CXXFLAGS = $(WARNING_CXXFLAGS) -I../include -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
 LOCAL_LDFLAGS = -L../library 			\
 		-lmbedtls$(SHARED_SUFFIX)	\
 		-lmbedx509$(SHARED_SUFFIX)	\
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ APPS =	aes/aescrypt2$(EXEXT)		aes/crypt_and_hash$(EXEXT)	\
 	test/ssl_cert_test$(EXEXT)	test/benchmark$(EXEXT)		\
 	test/selftest$(EXEXT)		test/udp_proxy$(EXEXT)		\
 	test/zeroize$(EXEXT)						\
+	test/header_test$(EXEXT)								\
 	util/pem2der$(EXEXT)		util/strerror$(EXEXT)		\
 	x509/cert_app$(EXEXT)		x509/crl_app$(EXEXT)		\
 	x509/cert_req$(EXEXT)		x509/cert_write$(EXEXT)		\
@@ -242,6 +245,10 @@ test/benchmark$(EXEXT): test/benchmark.c $(DEP)
 	echo "  CC    test/benchmark.c"
 	$(CC) $(LOCAL_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) test/benchmark.c   $(LOCAL_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
 
+test/header_test$(EXEXT): test/header_test.cpp $(DEP)
+	echo "  CXX   test/header_test.cpp"
+	$(CXX) $(LOCAL_CXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) test/header_test.cpp   $(LOCAL_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
+
 test/selftest$(EXEXT): test/selftest.c $(DEP)
 	echo "  CC    test/selftest.c"
 	$(CC) $(LOCAL_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) test/selftest.c    $(LOCAL_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
diff --git a/programs/test/CMakeLists.txt b/programs/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 0c5ce27f7..32c141551 100644
--- a/programs/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/programs/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ target_link_libraries(selftest ${libs})
 add_executable(benchmark benchmark.c)
 target_link_libraries(benchmark ${libs})
 
+add_executable(header_test header_test.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(header_test ${libs})
+    
 add_executable(ssl_cert_test ssl_cert_test.c)
 target_link_libraries(ssl_cert_test ${libs})
 
diff --git a/programs/test/header_test.cpp b/programs/test/header_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1ddd4ba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/programs/test/header_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+/*
+ *  A C++ program that includes all of the mbed TLS header files, in order to
+ *  test if no errors are raised in the process.
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018, ARM Limited, All Rights Reserved
+ *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ *  not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ *  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *  This file is part of mbed TLS (https://tls.mbed.org)
+ */
+
+#if !defined(MBEDTLS_CONFIG_FILE)
+#include "mbedtls/config.h"
+#else
+#include MBEDTLS_CONFIG_FILE
+#endif
+
+#include "mbedtls/aes.h"
+#include "mbedtls/aesni.h"
+#include "mbedtls/arc4.h"
+#include "mbedtls/aria.h"
+#include "mbedtls/asn1.h"
+#include "mbedtls/asn1write.h"
+#include "mbedtls/base64.h"
+#include "mbedtls/bignum.h"
+#include "mbedtls/blowfish.h"
+#include "mbedtls/bn_mul.h"
+#include "mbedtls/camellia.h"
+#include "mbedtls/ccm.h"
+#include "mbedtls/certs.h"
+#include "mbedtls/chacha20.h"
+#include "mbedtls/chachapoly.h"
+#include "mbedtls/cipher.h"
+#include "mbedtls/cipher_internal.h"
+#include "mbedtls/cmac.h"
+#include "mbedtls/compat-1.3.h"
+#include "mbedtls/ctr_drbg.h"
+#include "mbedtls/debug.h"
+#include "mbedtls/des.h"
+#include "mbedtls/dhm.h"
+#include "mbedtls/ecdh.h"
+#include "mbedtls/ecdsa.h"
+#include "mbedtls/ecjpake.h"
+#include "mbedtls/ecp.h"
+#include "mbedtls/ecp_internal.h"
+#include "mbedtls/entropy.h"
+#include "mbedtls/entropy_poll.h"
+#include "mbedtls/error.h"
+#include "mbedtls/gcm.h"
+#include "mbedtls/havege.h"
+#include "mbedtls/hkdf.h"
+#include "mbedtls/hmac_drbg.h"
+#include "mbedtls/md2.h"
+#include "mbedtls/md4.h"
+#include "mbedtls/md5.h"
+#include "mbedtls/md.h"
+#include "mbedtls/md_internal.h"
+#include "mbedtls/net.h"
+#include "mbedtls/net_sockets.h"
+#include "mbedtls/oid.h"
+#include "mbedtls/padlock.h"
+#include "mbedtls/pem.h"
+#include "mbedtls/pkcs11.h"
+#include "mbedtls/pkcs12.h"
+#include "mbedtls/pkcs5.h"
+#include "mbedtls/pk.h"
+#include "mbedtls/pk_internal.h"
+#include "mbedtls/platform_time.h"
+#include "mbedtls/platform_util.h"
+#include "mbedtls/poly1305.h"
+#include "mbedtls/ripemd160.h"
+#include "mbedtls/rsa.h"
+#include "mbedtls/rsa_internal.h"
+#include "mbedtls/sha1.h"
+#include "mbedtls/sha256.h"
+#include "mbedtls/sha512.h"
+#include "mbedtls/ssl_cache.h"
+#include "mbedtls/ssl_ciphersuites.h"
+#include "mbedtls/ssl_cookie.h"
+#include "mbedtls/ssl.h"
+#include "mbedtls/ssl_internal.h"
+#include "mbedtls/ssl_ticket.h"
+#include "mbedtls/threading.h"
+#include "mbedtls/timing.h"
+#include "mbedtls/version.h"
+#include "mbedtls/x509_crl.h"
+#include "mbedtls/x509_crt.h"
+#include "mbedtls/x509_csr.h"
+#include "mbedtls/x509.h"
+#include "mbedtls/xtea.h"
+
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_C)
+#include "mbedtls/platform.h"
+#else
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#define mbedtls_printf     printf
+#define mbedtls_snprintf   snprintf
+#define mbedtls_exit       exit
+#define MBEDTLS_EXIT_SUCCESS EXIT_SUCCESS
+#define MBEDTLS_EXIT_FAILURE EXIT_FAILURE
+#endif
+
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_MEMORY_BUFFER_ALLOC_C)
+#include "mbedtls/memory_buffer_alloc.h"
+#endif
+
+int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
+{
+    (void) argc;
+    (void) argv;
+}