diff --git a/extmod/modlwip.c b/extmod/modlwip.c
index 83104a487f6f15a451b26d3348d0649541ff10a8..1b8caa8944c4ca199305da6d21e4b78c00ffb8c5 100644
--- a/extmod/modlwip.c
+++ b/extmod/modlwip.c
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@
 #define ip_reset_option(pcb, opt) ((pcb)->so_options &= ~(opt))
 #endif
 
+// A port can define these hooks to provide concurrency protection
+#ifndef MICROPY_PY_LWIP_ENTER
+#define MICROPY_PY_LWIP_ENTER
+#define MICROPY_PY_LWIP_REENTER
+#define MICROPY_PY_LWIP_EXIT
+#endif
+
 #ifdef MICROPY_PY_LWIP_SLIP
 #include "netif/slipif.h"
 #include "lwip/sio.h"