diff --git a/coap_io.c b/coap_io.c
index 2dbdd359..81e79267 100644
--- a/coap_io.c
+++ b/coap_io.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #include "mem.h"
 #include "coap_io.h"
 
-#ifndef WITH_LWIP
 struct coap_packet_t {
   coap_if_handle_t hnd;	      /**< the interface handle */
   coap_address_t src;	      /**< the packet's source address */
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ struct coap_packet_t {
   size_t length;		/**< length of payload */
   unsigned char payload[];	/**< payload */
 };
-#endif
 
 #ifndef CUSTOM_COAP_NETWORK_ENDPOINT
 
@@ -322,9 +320,6 @@ coap_free_packet(coap_packet_t *packet) {
 #ifdef WITH_CONTIKI
 /* FIXME: implement coap_malloc_packet and coap_free_packet */
 #endif /* WITH_CONTIKI */
-#ifdef WITH_LWIP
-/* FIXME: implement coap_malloc_packet and coap_free_packet */
-#endif /* WITH_LWIP */
 
 static inline size_t
 coap_get_max_packetlength(const coap_packet_t *packet UNUSED_PARAM) {
diff --git a/coap_io_lwip.c b/coap_io_lwip.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa894d76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coap_io_lwip.c
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/* coap_io_lwip.h -- Network I/O functions for libcoap on lwIP
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012,2014 Olaf Bergmann <bergmann@tzi.org>
+ *               2014 chrysn <chrysn@fsfe.org>
+ *
+ * This file is part of the CoAP library libcoap. Please see
+ * README for terms of use. 
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+#include "mem.h"
+#include "coap_io.h"
+
+void coap_packet_populate_endpoint(coap_packet_t *incoming, coap_endpoint_t *target)
+{
+	printf("FIXME no endpoint populated\n");
+}
+void coap_packet_copy_source(coap_packet_t *incoming, coap_address_t *target)
+{
+	/** @FIXME types wtf */
+	memcpy(target, ip_current_src_addr(), sizeof(coap_address_t));
+}
+void coap_packet_get_memmapped(coap_packet_t *incoming, unsigned char **address, size_t *length)
+{
+	LWIP_ASSERT("Can only deal with contiguous PBUFs to read the initial details", incoming->pbuf->tot_len == incoming->pbuf->len);
+	*address = incoming->pbuf->payload;
+	*length = incoming->pbuf->tot_len;
+}
+void coap_free_packet(coap_packet_t *packet)
+{
+	pbuf_free(packet->pbuf);
+	coap_free_type(COAP_PACKET, packet);
+}
+
+/** Callback from lwIP when a package was received.
+ *
+ * The current implemntation deals this to coap_handle_message immedately, but
+ * other mechanisms (as storing the package in a queue and later fetching it
+ * when coap_read is called) can be envisioned.
+ *
+ * It handles everything coap_read does on other implementations.
+ */
+static void coap_recv(void *arg, struct udp_pcb *upcb, struct pbuf *p, ip_addr_t *addr, u16_t port)
+{
+	coap_endpoint_t *ep = (coap_endpoint_t*)arg;
+	coap_packet_t *packet = coap_malloc_type(COAP_PACKET, sizeof(coap_packet_t));
+	/* this is fatal because due to the short life of the packet, never should there be more than one coap_packet_t required */
+	LWIP_ASSERT("Insufficient coap_packet_t resources.", packet != NULL);
+	packet->pbuf = p;
+
+	/** FIXME derive the context without changing endopint definition */
+	coap_handle_message(ep->context, packet);
+
+	coap_free_packet(packet);
+}
+
+coap_endpoint_t *coap_new_endpoint(const coap_address_t *addr, int flags) {
+	coap_endpoint_t *result;
+	err_t err;
+
+	LWIP_ASSERT("Flags not supported for LWIP endpoints", flags == COAP_ENDPOINT_NOSEC);
+
+	result = coap_malloc_type(COAP_ENDPOINT, sizeof(coap_endpoint_t));
+	if (!result) return NULL;
+
+	result->pcb = udp_new();
+	if (result->pcb == NULL) goto error;
+
+	udp_recv(result->pcb, coap_recv, (void*)result);
+	err = udp_bind(result->pcb, &addr->addr, addr->port);
+	if (err) {
+		udp_remove(result->pcb);
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	return result;
+
+error:
+	coap_free_type(COAP_ENDPOINT, result);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+void coap_free_endpoint(coap_endpoint_t *ep)
+{
+	udp_remove(ep->pcb);
+	coap_free_type(COAP_ENDPOINT, ep);
+}