diff --git a/boards/native/drivers/native-uart0.c b/boards/native/drivers/native-uart0.c
index 4f651d3b7f..cbed70d90d 100644
--- a/boards/native/drivers/native-uart0.c
+++ b/boards/native/drivers/native-uart0.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ void handle_uart_sock(void)
     t = sizeof(remote);
 
     _native_syscall_enter();
-    if ((s = accept(_native_uart_sock, &remote, &t)) == -1) {
+    if ((s = real_accept(_native_uart_sock, &remote, &t)) == -1) {
         err(EXIT_FAILURE, "handle_uart_sock: accept");
     }
     else {
diff --git a/cpu/native/include/native_internal.h b/cpu/native/include/native_internal.h
index 28c814c734..fa9880ff00 100644
--- a/cpu/native/include/native_internal.h
+++ b/cpu/native/include/native_internal.h
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ extern void* (*real_calloc)(size_t nmemb, size_t size);
 extern void* (*real_malloc)(size_t size);
 extern void* (*real_realloc)(void *ptr, size_t size);
 /* The ... is a hack to save includes: */
+extern int (*real_accept)(int socket, ...);
+/* The ... is a hack to save includes: */
 extern int (*real_bind)(int socket, ...);
 extern int (*real_close)(int);
 extern int (*real_dup2)(int, int);
diff --git a/cpu/native/syscalls.c b/cpu/native/syscalls.c
index 01bc226c17..38714e5577 100644
--- a/cpu/native/syscalls.c
+++ b/cpu/native/syscalls.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ void (*real_free)(void *ptr);
 void* (*real_malloc)(size_t size);
 void* (*real_calloc)(size_t nmemb, size_t size);
 void* (*real_realloc)(void *ptr, size_t size);
+int (*real_accept)(int socket, ...);
 int (*real_bind)(int socket, ...);
 int (*real_printf)(const char *format, ...);
 int (*real_getpid)(void);
@@ -355,6 +356,7 @@ void _native_init_syscalls(void)
     *(void **)(&real_malloc) = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "malloc");
     *(void **)(&real_realloc) = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "realloc");
     *(void **)(&real_free) = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "free");
+    *(void **)(&real_accept) = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "accept");
     *(void **)(&real_bind) = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "bind");
     *(void **)(&real_printf) = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "printf");
     *(void **)(&real_getpid) = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "getpid");