diff --git a/payloads/libpayload/include/malloc.h b/payloads/libpayload/include/malloc.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8b49f26d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/payloads/libpayload/include/malloc.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/payloads/libpayload/include/stdlib.h b/payloads/libpayload/include/stdlib.h
index a106607b4b..6fb73ad98c 100644
--- a/payloads/libpayload/include/stdlib.h
+++ b/payloads/libpayload/include/stdlib.h
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ void *memalign(size_t align, size_t size);
  */
 long int strtol(const char *s, char **nptr, int base);
 unsigned long int strtoul(const char *s, char **nptr, int base);
+long atol(const char *nptr);
 
 /** @} */
 
diff --git a/payloads/libpayload/libc/string.c b/payloads/libpayload/libc/string.c
index 2e0a558b20..8c6ea99115 100644
--- a/payloads/libpayload/libc/string.c
+++ b/payloads/libpayload/libc/string.c
@@ -473,6 +473,11 @@ long int strtol(const char *ptr, char **endptr, int base)
         return ret * negative;
 }
 
+long atol(const char *nptr)
+{
+	return strtol(nptr, NULL, 10);
+}
+
 /**
  * Convert the initial portion of a string into an unsigned int
  * @param ptr A pointer to the string to convert