diff --git a/include/nccl_ofi.h b/include/nccl_ofi.h
index e502f6cc9..e1e39b2a4 100644
--- a/include/nccl_ofi.h
+++ b/include/nccl_ofi.h
@@ -192,8 +192,7 @@ typedef struct nccl_ofi_connection_info {
 	nccl_net_ofi_req_t* req;
 } nccl_ofi_connection_info_t;
 /* Since this is a message on the wire, check that it has the expected size */
-_Static_assert(sizeof(nccl_ofi_connection_info_t) == 80,
-	       "Wrong size for SENDRECV connect message");
+static_assert(sizeof(nccl_ofi_connection_info_t) == 80, "Wrong size for SENDRECV connect message");
 
 typedef struct nccl_net_ofi_conn_handle {
 	char ep_name[MAX_EP_ADDR];
diff --git a/include/nccl_ofi_config_bottom.h b/include/nccl_ofi_config_bottom.h
index 38e0ec9f8..5c18d7c83 100644
--- a/include/nccl_ofi_config_bottom.h
+++ b/include/nccl_ofi_config_bottom.h
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 
 #define NCCL_OFI_EXPORT_SYMBOL __attribute__((visibility("default")))
 
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+#define static_assert _Static_assert
+#endif
+
 /* Maximum length of directory path */
 #ifdef HAVE_LINUX_LIMITS_H
 #include <linux/limits.h>
diff --git a/include/nccl_ofi_freelist.h b/include/nccl_ofi_freelist.h
index 089128019..b8ee9d63f 100644
--- a/include/nccl_ofi_freelist.h
+++ b/include/nccl_ofi_freelist.h
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ struct nccl_ofi_freelist_reginfo_t {
 };
 typedef struct nccl_ofi_freelist_reginfo_t nccl_ofi_freelist_reginfo_t;
 
-_Static_assert(offsetof(nccl_ofi_freelist_reginfo_t, elem) == 0,
+static_assert(offsetof(nccl_ofi_freelist_reginfo_t, elem) == 0,
 	       "elem is not the first member of the structure nccl_ofi_freelist_reginfo_t");
-_Static_assert(sizeof(nccl_ofi_freelist_reginfo_t) - offsetof(nccl_ofi_freelist_reginfo_t, redzone) == MEMCHECK_REDZONE_SIZE,
+static_assert(sizeof(nccl_ofi_freelist_reginfo_t) - offsetof(nccl_ofi_freelist_reginfo_t, redzone) == MEMCHECK_REDZONE_SIZE,
 	       "redzone is not the last member of the structure nccl_ofi_freelist_reginfo_t");
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/nccl_ofi_memcheck.h b/include/nccl_ofi_memcheck.h
index 20eb8bf46..52247eb25 100644
--- a/include/nccl_ofi_memcheck.h
+++ b/include/nccl_ofi_memcheck.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ extern "C" {
  * MEMCHECK_REDZONE_SIZE defines the size of redzones prefixing each
  * entry. Redzones are required to be a multiple of 8 due to ASAN
  * shadow-map granularity */
-_Static_assert(MEMCHECK_REDZONE_SIZE % MEMCHECK_GRANULARITY == 0,
+static_assert(MEMCHECK_REDZONE_SIZE % MEMCHECK_GRANULARITY == 0,
 	       "Size of redzone is not a multiple of ASAN shadow-map granularity");
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/nccl_ofi_api.c b/src/nccl_ofi_api.c
index 0bbf1ce01..60ad3f7ff 100644
--- a/src/nccl_ofi_api.c
+++ b/src/nccl_ofi_api.c
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 #include "nccl_ofi_api.h"
 
 
-_Static_assert(sizeof(nccl_net_ofi_conn_handle_t) <= NCCL_NET_HANDLE_MAXSIZE,
+static_assert(sizeof(nccl_net_ofi_conn_handle_t) <= NCCL_NET_HANDLE_MAXSIZE,
 	       "Size of OFI Handle is too large");
-_Static_assert(offsetof(nccl_net_ofi_conn_handle_t, state) <= NCCL_NET_HANDLE_MAXSIZE_V4,
+static_assert(offsetof(nccl_net_ofi_conn_handle_t, state) <= NCCL_NET_HANDLE_MAXSIZE_V4,
 	       "Size of OFI Handle (without state) is too large");
-_Static_assert(NCCL_NET_MAX_REQUESTS <= NCCL_OFI_MAX_REQUESTS,
+static_assert(NCCL_NET_MAX_REQUESTS <= NCCL_OFI_MAX_REQUESTS,
 	       "Maximum outstanding requests for plugin is less than what NCCL requires");