diff --git a/platform/galileo/Makefile.galileo b/platform/galileo/Makefile.galileo
index 9aca3d0a8..a1429b398 100644
--- a/platform/galileo/Makefile.galileo
+++ b/platform/galileo/Makefile.galileo
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PROJECT_SOURCEFILES += newlib-syscalls.c
 CONTIKI_CPU=$(CONTIKI)/cpu/x86
 include $(CONTIKI)/cpu/x86/Makefile.x86_quarkX1000
 
-CFLAGS += -fno-stack-protector -nostdinc -isystem $(LIBC)/include -isystem $(LIBGCC_PATH)/include -isystem $(LIBGCC_PATH)/include-fixed
+CFLAGS += -fno-stack-protector -nostdinc -I$(LIBC)/include -isystem $(LIBGCC_PATH)/include -isystem $(LIBGCC_PATH)/include-fixed
 LDFLAGS += -nostdlib -L$(LIBC)/lib -L$(LIBGCC_PATH)/32
 
 TARGET_LIBFILES += -lm -lc -lgcc
diff --git a/platform/galileo/newlib-syscalls.c b/platform/galileo/newlib-syscalls.c
index 8032e6da8..fa098c6eb 100644
--- a/platform/galileo/newlib-syscalls.c
+++ b/platform/galileo/newlib-syscalls.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 
 #include "uart.h"
+#include "helpers.h"
 
 #define CONSOLE_OUTPUT_DEV QUARK_X1000_UART_1
 
@@ -48,19 +49,42 @@ _close_r(struct _reent *ptr, int file)
   return -1;
 }
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+void
+_exit(int status)
+{
+  halt();
+}
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+int
+_getpid_r(struct _reent *ptr)
+{
+  /* Stubbed function */
+  ptr->_errno = ENOTSUP;
+  return -1;
+}
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 int
 _isatty_r(struct _reent *ptr, int file)
 {
   /* Stubbed function */
+  ptr->_errno = ENOTSUP;
   return 0;
 }
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 int
+_kill_r(struct _reent *ptr, int pid, int signal)
+{
+  /* Stubbed function */
+  ptr->_errno = ENOTSUP;
+  return -1;
+}
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+int
 _read_r(struct _reent *ptr, int file, char *buf, int len)
 {
   /* Stubbed function */
   ptr->_errno = ENOTSUP;
-  return 0;
+  return -1;
 }
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 int
@@ -107,7 +131,7 @@ _lseek_r(struct _reent *ptr, int file, int p, int dir)
 {
   /* Stubbed function */
   ptr->_errno = ENOTSUP;
-  return 0;
+  return -1;
 }
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 int