diff --git a/hermit/include/sys/uio.h b/hermit/include/sys/uio.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83b5e66bd
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+++ b/hermit/include/sys/uio.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Just an empty dummy handler to be POSIX compliant.
+ */
+#ifndef __SYS_UIO_H__
+#define __SYS_UIO_H__
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif