diff --git a/cpu/native/include/native_internal.h b/cpu/native/include/native_internal.h
index 91744bab50..154baf2b33 100644
--- a/cpu/native/include/native_internal.h
+++ b/cpu/native/include/native_internal.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+#include "syscalls.h"
 /**
  * Prototype for native's internal callbacks
  */
@@ -89,77 +90,6 @@ void _native_syscall_enter(void);
 void _native_init_syscalls(void);
 
 /**
- * external functions regularly wrapped in native for direct use
- */
-extern ssize_t (*real_read)(int fd, void *buf, size_t count);
-extern ssize_t (*real_write)(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count);
-extern off_t (*real_lseek)(int fd, off_t offset, int whence);
-extern off_t (*real_fstat)(int fd, struct stat *statbuf);
-extern int (*real_statvfs)(const char *restrict path, struct statvfs *restrict buf);
-extern int (*real_fsync)(int fd);
-extern size_t (*real_fread)(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, FILE *stream);
-extern void (*real_clearerr)(FILE *stream);
-extern __attribute__((noreturn)) void (*real_exit)(int status);
-extern void (*real_free)(void *ptr);
-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);
-extern void (*real_freeaddrinfo)(struct addrinfo *res);
-extern void (*real_freeifaddrs)(struct ifaddrs *ifa);
-extern void (*real_srandom)(unsigned int seed);
-/* 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_connect)(int socket, ...);
-extern ssize_t (*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, ...);
-/* The ... is a hack to save includes: */
-extern int (*real_creat)(const char *path, ...);
-extern int (*real_dup2)(int, int);
-extern int (*real_execve)(const char *, char *const[], char *const[]);
-extern int (*real_feof)(FILE *stream);
-extern int (*real_ferror)(FILE *stream);
-extern int (*real_fork)(void);
-/* The ... is a hack to save includes: */
-extern int (*real_getaddrinfo)(const char *node, ...);
-extern int (*real_getifaddrs)(struct ifaddrs **ifap);
-extern int (*real_getpid)(void);
-extern int (*real_gettimeofday)(struct timeval *t, ...);
-extern int (*real_ioctl)(int fildes, unsigned long request, ...);
-extern int (*real_listen)(int socket, int backlog);
-extern int (*real_open)(const char *path, int oflag, ...);
-extern int (*real_mkdir)(const char *pathname, mode_t mode);
-extern int (*real_rmdir)(const char *pathname);
-extern DIR *(*real_opendir)(const char *name);
-extern struct dirent *(*real_readdir)(DIR *dirp);
-extern int (*real_closedir)(DIR *dirp);
-extern int (*real_pause)(void);
-extern int (*real_pipe)(int[2]);
-/* The ... is a hack to save includes: */
-extern int (*real_select)(int nfds, ...);
-extern int (*real_poll)(struct pollfd *nfds, ...);
-extern int (*real_setitimer)(int which, const struct itimerval
-        *__restrict value, struct itimerval *__restrict ovalue);
-extern int (*real_setsid)(void);
-extern int (*real_setsockopt)(int socket, ...);
-extern int (*real_socket)(int domain, int type, int protocol);
-extern int (*real_printf)(const char *format, ...);
-extern int (*real_unlink)(const char *);
-extern int (*real_rename)(const char *, const char *);
-extern long int (*real_random)(void);
-extern const char* (*real_gai_strerror)(int errcode);
-extern FILE* (*real_fopen)(const char *path, const char *mode);
-extern int (*real_fclose)(FILE *stream);
-extern int (*real_fseek)(FILE *stream, long offset, int whence);
-extern long (*real_ftell)(FILE *stream);
-extern int (*real_fputc)(int c, FILE *stream);
-extern int (*real_fgetc)(FILE *stream);
-extern mode_t (*real_umask)(mode_t cmask);
-extern ssize_t (*real_writev)(int fildes, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt);
-extern ssize_t (*real_send)(int sockfd, const void *buf, size_t len, int flags);
 
 /**
  * data structures
diff --git a/cpu/native/include/syscalls.h b/cpu/native/include/syscalls.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3235af3a9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpu/native/include/syscalls.h
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Ludwig Knüpfer <ludwig.knuepfer@fu-berlin.de>
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+#ifndef SYSCALLS_H
+#define SYSCALLS_H
+
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <ifaddrs.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+/**
+ * @addtogroup cpu_native
+ * @{
+ */
+
+#ifndef DOXYGEN
+#  if NATIVE_SYSCALLS_DEFINITION
+#   define __SPECIFIER
+#  else
+#   define __SPECIFIER extern
+#  endif
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/* MARK: - System call wrappers */
+/** @cond */
+/**
+ * @name System call wrappers
+ *
+ * Internally, these function pointers are assigned their implementation in the standard library.
+ * We wrap system calls and syscall-invoking library calls to ensure **no context switches occur during a system call**.
+ * @{
+ */
+__SPECIFIER ssize_t (*real_read)(int fd, void *buf, size_t count);
+__SPECIFIER ssize_t (*real_write)(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count);
+__SPECIFIER size_t (*real_fread)(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, FILE *stream);
+__SPECIFIER ssize_t (*real_recv)(int sockfd, void *buf, size_t len, int flags);
+__SPECIFIER void (*real_clearerr)(FILE *stream);
+__SPECIFIER __attribute__((noreturn)) void (*real_exit)(int status);
+__SPECIFIER void (*real_free)(void *ptr);
+__SPECIFIER void* (*real_malloc)(size_t size);
+__SPECIFIER void* (*real_calloc)(size_t nmemb, size_t size);
+__SPECIFIER void* (*real_realloc)(void *ptr, size_t size);
+__SPECIFIER void (*real_freeaddrinfo)(struct addrinfo *res);
+__SPECIFIER void (*real_freeifaddrs)(struct ifaddrs *ifa);
+__SPECIFIER void (*real_srandom)(unsigned int seed);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_accept)(int socket, ...);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_bind)(int socket, ...);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_connect)(int socket, ...);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_printf)(const char *format, ...);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_getaddrinfo)(const char *node, ...);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_getifaddrs)(struct ifaddrs **ifap);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_gettimeofday)(struct timeval *t, ...);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_getpid)(void);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_chdir)(const char *path);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_close)(int);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_fcntl)(int, int, ...);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_creat)(const char *path, ...);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_dup2)(int, int);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_execve)(const char *, char *const[], char *const[]);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_fork)(void);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_feof)(FILE *stream);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_ferror)(FILE *stream);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_listen)(int socket, int backlog);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_ioctl)(int fildes, unsigned long request, ...);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_open)(const char *path, int oflag, ...);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_pause)(void);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_pipe)(int[2]);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_select)(int nfds, ...);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_poll)(struct pollfd *fds, ...);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_setsid)(void);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_setsockopt)(int socket, ...);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_socket)(int domain, int type, int protocol);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_unlink)(const char *);
+__SPECIFIER long int (*real_random)(void);
+__SPECIFIER const char* (*real_gai_strerror)(int errcode);
+__SPECIFIER FILE* (*real_fopen)(const char *path, const char *mode);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_fclose)(FILE *stream);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_fseek)(FILE *stream, long offset, int whence);
+__SPECIFIER long (*real_ftell)(FILE *stream);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_fputc)(int c, FILE *stream);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_fgetc)(FILE *stream);
+__SPECIFIER mode_t (*real_umask)(mode_t cmask);
+__SPECIFIER ssize_t (*real_writev)(int fildes, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt);
+__SPECIFIER ssize_t (*real_send)(int sockfd, const void *buf, size_t len, int flags);
+__SPECIFIER off_t (*real_lseek)(int fd, off_t offset, int whence);
+__SPECIFIER off_t (*real_fstat)(int fd, struct stat *statbuf);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_fsync)(int fd);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_mkdir)(const char *pathname, mode_t mode);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_rmdir)(const char *pathname);
+__SPECIFIER DIR *(*real_opendir)(const char *name);
+__SPECIFIER struct dirent *(*real_readdir)(DIR *dirp);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_closedir)(DIR *dirp);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_rename)(const char *, const char *);
+__SPECIFIER int (*real_statvfs)(const char *restrict path, struct statvfs *restrict buf);
+/** @}*/
+/** @endcond */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#if !defined(DOXYGEN)
+# undef __SPECIFIER
+#endif
+
+/** @} */
+
+#endif /* SYSCALLS_H */
diff --git a/cpu/native/syscalls.c b/cpu/native/syscalls.c
index 76a13e9f81..02ec691e88 100644
--- a/cpu/native/syscalls.c
+++ b/cpu/native/syscalls.c
@@ -46,73 +46,13 @@
 #include "stdio_base.h"
 
 #include "kernel_defines.h"
+/* This header defines the system call function pointers */
+#define NATIVE_SYSCALLS_DEFINITION 1
 #include "native_internal.h"
 
 #define ENABLE_DEBUG 0
 #include "debug.h"
 
-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);
-void* (*real_malloc)(size_t size);
-void* (*real_calloc)(size_t nmemb, size_t size);
-void* (*real_realloc)(void *ptr, size_t size);
-void (*real_freeaddrinfo)(struct addrinfo *res);
-void (*real_freeifaddrs)(struct ifaddrs *ifa);
-void (*real_srandom)(unsigned int seed);
-int (*real_accept)(int socket, ...);
-int (*real_bind)(int socket, ...);
-int (*real_connect)(int socket, ...);
-int (*real_printf)(const char *format, ...);
-int (*real_getaddrinfo)(const char *node, ...);
-int (*real_getifaddrs)(struct ifaddrs **ifap);
-int (*real_gettimeofday)(struct timeval *t, ...);
-int (*real_getpid)(void);
-int (*real_chdir)(const char *path);
-int (*real_close)(int);
-int (*real_fcntl)(int, int, ...);
-int (*real_creat)(const char *path, ...);
-int (*real_dup2)(int, int);
-int (*real_execve)(const char *, char *const[], char *const[]);
-int (*real_fork)(void);
-int (*real_feof)(FILE *stream);
-int (*real_ferror)(FILE *stream);
-int (*real_listen)(int socket, int backlog);
-int (*real_ioctl)(int fildes, unsigned long request, ...);
-int (*real_open)(const char *path, int oflag, ...);
-int (*real_pause)(void);
-int (*real_pipe)(int[2]);
-int (*real_select)(int nfds, ...);
-int (*real_poll)(struct pollfd *fds, ...);
-int (*real_setsid)(void);
-int (*real_setsockopt)(int socket, ...);
-int (*real_socket)(int domain, int type, int protocol);
-int (*real_unlink)(const char *);
-long int (*real_random)(void);
-const char* (*real_gai_strerror)(int errcode);
-FILE* (*real_fopen)(const char *path, const char *mode);
-int (*real_fclose)(FILE *stream);
-int (*real_fseek)(FILE *stream, long offset, int whence);
-long (*real_ftell)(FILE *stream);
-int (*real_fputc)(int c, FILE *stream);
-int (*real_fgetc)(FILE *stream);
-mode_t (*real_umask)(mode_t cmask);
-ssize_t (*real_writev)(int fildes, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt);
-ssize_t (*real_send)(int sockfd, const void *buf, size_t len, int flags);
-off_t (*real_lseek)(int fd, off_t offset, int whence);
-off_t (*real_fstat)(int fd, struct stat *statbuf);
-int (*real_fsync)(int fd);
-int (*real_mkdir)(const char *pathname, mode_t mode);
-int (*real_rmdir)(const char *pathname);
-DIR *(*real_opendir)(const char *name);
-struct dirent *(*real_readdir)(DIR *dirp);
-int (*real_closedir)(DIR *dirp);
-int (*real_rename)(const char *, const char *);
-int (*real_statvfs)(const char *restrict path, struct statvfs *restrict buf);
 
 void _native_syscall_enter(void)
 {