diff --git a/esp8266/Makefile b/esp8266/Makefile
index 5f48baff7b7715a0798f61d9d93aa7f508649d5f..ae3321768ff7975b4af8cfcf93b65fba8f2c4997 100644
--- a/esp8266/Makefile
+++ b/esp8266/Makefile
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ SRC_C = \
 	ets_alt_task.c \
 	$(BUILD)/frozen.c \
 	fatfs_port.c \
+	axtls_helpers.c \
 
 STM_SRC_C = $(addprefix stmhal/,\
 	pybstdio.c \
diff --git a/esp8266/axtls_helpers.c b/esp8266/axtls_helpers.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..097d9ed4c3fa971cd4364d58dc855c48d0e6839f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esp8266/axtls_helpers.c
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of the MicroPython project, http://micropython.org/
+ *
+ * The MIT License (MIT)
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 Paul Sokolovsky
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "py/mphal.h"
+#include "py/gc.h"
+
+// Functions for axTLS
+
+void *malloc(size_t size) {
+    return gc_alloc(size, false);
+}
+void free(void *ptr) {
+    gc_free(ptr);
+}
+void *calloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size) {
+    return m_malloc0(nmemb * size);
+}
+void *realloc(void *ptr, size_t size) {
+    return gc_realloc(ptr, size, true);
+}
+void abort_(void) {
+    printf("Aborted\n");
+}
+
+#define PLATFORM_HTONL(_n) ((uint32_t)( (((_n) & 0xff) << 24) | (((_n) & 0xff00) << 8) | (((_n) >> 8)  & 0xff00) | (((_n) >> 24) & 0xff) ))
+#undef htonl
+#undef ntohl
+uint32_t ntohl(uint32_t netlong) {
+    return PLATFORM_HTONL(netlong);
+}
+uint32_t htonl(uint32_t netlong) {
+    return PLATFORM_HTONL(netlong);
+}
+
+time_t time(time_t *t) {
+    return mp_hal_ticks_ms() / 1000;
+}
+
+time_t mktime(void *tm) {
+    return 0;
+}