diff --git a/cpu/native/async_read.c b/cpu/native/async_read.c
index 889c4917eb..eeb0ba9435 100644
--- a/cpu/native/async_read.c
+++ b/cpu/native/async_read.c
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ static int _next_index;
 static struct pollfd _fds[ASYNC_READ_NUMOF];
 static async_read_t pollers[ASYNC_READ_NUMOF];
 
-#ifdef __MACH__
 static void _sigio_child(int fd);
-#endif
 
 static void _async_io_isr(void) {
     if (real_poll(_fds, _next_index, 0) > 0) {
@@ -104,7 +102,17 @@ void native_async_read_add_handler(int fd, void *arg, native_async_read_callback
     _next_index++;
 }
 
-#ifdef __MACH__
+void native_async_read_add_int_handler(int fd, void *arg, native_async_read_callback_t handler) {
+    if (_next_index >= ASYNC_READ_NUMOF) {
+        err(EXIT_FAILURE, "native_async_read_add_int_handler(): too many callbacks");
+    }
+
+    _add_handler(fd, arg, handler);
+
+    _sigio_child(_next_index);
+    _next_index++;
+}
+
 static void _sigio_child(int index)
 {
     struct pollfd fds = _fds[index];
@@ -148,5 +156,4 @@ static void _sigio_child(int index)
         sigwait(&sigmask, &sig);
     }
 }
-#endif
 /** @} */
diff --git a/cpu/native/include/async_read.h b/cpu/native/include/async_read.h
index 7451046d02..d6adee979f 100644
--- a/cpu/native/include/async_read.h
+++ b/cpu/native/include/async_read.h
@@ -80,6 +80,16 @@ void native_async_read_continue(int fd);
  */
 void native_async_read_add_handler(int fd, void *arg, native_async_read_callback_t handler);
 
+/**
+ * @brief   start monitoring of file descriptor as interrupt
+ *
+ * @param[in] fd       The file descriptor to monitor
+ * @param[in] arg      Pointer to be passed as arguments to the callback
+ * @param[in] handler  The callback function to be called when the file
+ *                     descriptor is ready to read.
+ */
+void native_async_read_add_int_handler(int fd, void *arg, native_async_read_callback_t handler);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif