diff --git a/drivers/sx127x/sx127x_netdev.c b/drivers/sx127x/sx127x_netdev.c
index ee021e956f..740299df6c 100644
--- a/drivers/sx127x/sx127x_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/sx127x/sx127x_netdev.c
@@ -460,6 +460,11 @@ static int _set(netdev_t *netdev, netopt_t opt, const void *val, size_t len)
             sx127x_set_rx_single(dev, *((const netopt_enable_t*) val) ? true : false);
             return sizeof(netopt_enable_t);
 
+        case NETOPT_RX_SYMBOL_TIMEOUT:
+            assert(len <= sizeof(uint16_t));
+            sx127x_set_symbol_timeout(dev, *((const uint16_t*) val));
+            return sizeof(uint16_t);
+
         case NETOPT_RX_TIMEOUT:
             assert(len <= sizeof(uint32_t));
             sx127x_set_rx_timeout(dev, *((const uint32_t*) val));
diff --git a/sys/include/net/netopt.h b/sys/include/net/netopt.h
index 779aeb4a49..563e3e8be4 100644
--- a/sys/include/net/netopt.h
+++ b/sys/include/net/netopt.h
@@ -657,6 +657,11 @@ typedef enum {
      */
     NETOPT_RANDOM,
 
+    /**
+     * @brief (uint8_t) Get or set the number of PHY symbols before assuming there's no data
+     */
+    NETOPT_RX_SYMBOL_TIMEOUT,
+
     /* add more options if needed */
 
     /**
diff --git a/sys/net/crosslayer/netopt/netopt.c b/sys/net/crosslayer/netopt/netopt.c
index e7c9a26a37..ab26c1e7e2 100644
--- a/sys/net/crosslayer/netopt/netopt.c
+++ b/sys/net/crosslayer/netopt/netopt.c
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ static const char *_netopt_strmap[] = {
     [NETOPT_LORAWAN_MIN_RX_SYMBOL] = "NETOPT_LORAWAN_MIN_RX_SYMBOL",
     [NETOPT_SYNCWORD]              = "NETOPT_SYNCWORD",
     [NETOPT_RANDOM]                = "NETOPT_RANDOM",
+    [NETOPT_RX_SYMBOL_TIMEOUT]     = "NETOPT_RX_SYMBOL_TIMEOUT",
     [NETOPT_NUMOF]                 = "NETOPT_NUMOF",
 };