diff --git a/lib/libc/newlib/libc-hooks.c b/lib/libc/newlib/libc-hooks.c
index bb551c6ed59..9ba04cab654 100644
--- a/lib/libc/newlib/libc-hooks.c
+++ b/lib/libc/newlib/libc-hooks.c
@@ -358,3 +358,13 @@ void *_sbrk_r(struct _reent *r, int count)
 	return _sbrk(count);
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_XTENSA */
+
+struct timeval;
+
+int _gettimeofday(struct timeval *__tp, void *__tzp)
+{
+	ARG_UNUSED(__tp);
+	ARG_UNUSED(__tzp);
+
+	return -1;
+}