diff --git a/lib/syscall_shim/uk_syscall.awk b/lib/syscall_shim/uk_syscall.awk
index a4af266bdd..67c3f6f35b 100644
--- a/lib/syscall_shim/uk_syscall.awk
+++ b/lib/syscall_shim/uk_syscall.awk
@@ -56,4 +56,5 @@ END {
 	printf "\tva_end(ap);\n"
 	printf "\treturn ret;\n"
 	printf "}\n"
+	printf "long syscall() __attribute__ ((weak, alias (\"uk_syscall\")));\n"
 }