diff --git a/lwip/include/netbuf_helpers.h b/lwip/include/netbuf_helpers.h
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+/* Some netbuf helpers that should probably be rolled into a patch to lwip soon */
+#ifndef _NETBUF_HELPERS_H
+#define _NETBUF_HELPERS_H
+#include "lwip/netbuf.h"
+
+/* Read a 16 bit wide unsigned integer, stored host order, from the netbuf */
+inline static u16_t netbuf_read_u16_h(struct netbuf *netbuf, u16_t offs)
+{
+    u16_t raw;
+    netbuf_copy_partial(netbuf, &raw, 2, offs);
+    return raw;
+}
+
+/* Read a 16 bit wide unsigned integer, stored network order, from the netbuf */
+inline static u16_t netbuf_read_u16_n(struct netbuf *netbuf, u16_t offs)
+{
+    return ntohs(netbuf_read_u16_h(netbuf, offs));
+}
+
+/* Read an 8 bit unsigned integer from the netbuf */
+inline static u8_t netbuf_read_u8(struct netbuf *netbuf, u16_t offs)
+{
+    u8_t result;
+    netbuf_copy_partial(netbuf, &result, 1, offs);
+    return result;
+}
+
+#endif