diff --git a/lib/libc/minimal/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/libc/minimal/CMakeLists.txt
index 2eeffadeac1..2c7afb115b2 100644
--- a/lib/libc/minimal/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/libc/minimal/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ zephyr_system_include_directories(include)
 
 zephyr_library()
 zephyr_library_sources(
+  source/stdlib/abort.c
   source/stdlib/atoi.c
   source/stdlib/strtol.c
   source/stdlib/strtoul.c
diff --git a/lib/libc/minimal/include/stdlib.h b/lib/libc/minimal/include/stdlib.h
index fe396d4f954..57def608efa 100644
--- a/lib/libc/minimal/include/stdlib.h
+++ b/lib/libc/minimal/include/stdlib.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ static inline void exit(int status)
 {
 	_exit(status);
 }
+void abort(void);
 
 int rand(void);
 
diff --git a/lib/libc/minimal/source/stdlib/abort.c b/lib/libc/minimal/source/stdlib/abort.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..edda2b6bbb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/libc/minimal/source/stdlib/abort.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2020 Linaro Limited
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <zephyr.h>
+
+void abort(void)
+{
+	printk("abort()\n");
+	k_panic();
+}