diff --git a/cpu/native/include/native_internal.h b/cpu/native/include/native_internal.h
index 1372dda9f5..bda525440b 100644
--- a/cpu/native/include/native_internal.h
+++ b/cpu/native/include/native_internal.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ extern int (*real_accept)(int socket, ...);
 /* The ... is a hack to save includes: */
 extern int (*real_bind)(int socket, ...);
 extern int (*real_connect)(int socket, ...);
+extern int (*real_recv)(int sockfd, void *buf, size_t len, int flags);
 extern int (*real_chdir)(const char *path);
 extern int (*real_close)(int);
 extern int (*real_fcntl)(int, int, ...);
diff --git a/cpu/native/syscalls.c b/cpu/native/syscalls.c
index 8cdf857542..5dbcdc35af 100644
--- a/cpu/native/syscalls.c
+++ b/cpu/native/syscalls.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 ssize_t (*real_read)(int fd, void *buf, size_t count);
 ssize_t (*real_write)(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count);
 size_t (*real_fread)(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, FILE *stream);
+ssize_t (*real_recv)(int sockfd, void *buf, size_t len, int flags);
 void (*real_clearerr)(FILE *stream);
 __attribute__((noreturn)) void (*real_exit)(int status);
 void (*real_free)(void *ptr);
@@ -505,6 +506,7 @@ void _native_init_syscalls(void)
     *(void **)(&real_accept) = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "accept");
     *(void **)(&real_bind) = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "bind");
     *(void **)(&real_connect) = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "connect");
+    *(void **)(&real_recv) = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "recv");
     *(void **)(&real_printf) = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "printf");
     *(void **)(&real_gai_strerror) = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "gai_strerror");
     *(void **)(&real_getaddrinfo) = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "getaddrinfo");