diff --git a/net/lwip/src/lwipopts.h b/net/lwip/src/lwipopts.h
index 08727d167dd5747a76e4cecf5c79c1835fb7b643..b24b4b0463f817c863f63aa4d035033d8a507562 100644
--- a/net/lwip/src/lwipopts.h
+++ b/net/lwip/src/lwipopts.h
@@ -305,4 +305,7 @@
 
 #endif /* PPP_SUPPORT */
 
+/* no read/write/close for socket */
+#define LWIP_POSIX_SOCKETS_IO_NAMES	0
+
 #endif /* __LWIPOPTS_H__ */