diff --git a/platforms/posix/src/px4_layer/CMakeLists.txt b/platforms/posix/src/px4_layer/CMakeLists.txt
index 03d3d79df0..2dbf47c4bb 100644
--- a/platforms/posix/src/px4_layer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/platforms/posix/src/px4_layer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ add_library(px4_layer
 	px4_posix_tasks.cpp
 	px4_sem.cpp
 	lib_crc32.c
-	drv_hrt.c
+	drv_hrt.cpp
 	${SHMEM_SRCS}
 )
 target_compile_definitions(px4_layer PRIVATE MODULE_NAME="px4")