diff --git a/bsp/abstract-machine/include/extra.h b/bsp/abstract-machine/include/extra.h
index 27c72f4a51ce..0931a30dce28 100644
--- a/bsp/abstract-machine/include/extra.h
+++ b/bsp/abstract-machine/include/extra.h
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
+#ifndef __RTTHREAD_AM_EXTRA_H__
+#define __RTTHREAD_AM_EXTRA_H__
+
+#ifdef __ISA_NATIVE__
+/* glibc uses __timeval_defined, while RT-Thread checks this guard. */
+#define _TIMEVAL_DEFINED
+
+/* Use the host libc definitions when AM runs as a native process. */
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#else
 typedef long suseconds_t;
 typedef unsigned long useconds_t;
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#endif
 
 #ifdef __ISA_NATIVE__
 // rename posix API to avoid conflict with glibc in native
@@ -36,3 +47,5 @@ typedef unsigned long useconds_t;
 #define gettimeofday rt_gettimeofday
 
 #endif
+
+#endif /* __RTTHREAD_AM_EXTRA_H__ */
diff --git a/bsp/abstract-machine/integrate-am-apps.py b/bsp/abstract-machine/integrate-am-apps.py
index 8968df387054..60463d8aeee9 100644
--- a/bsp/abstract-machine/integrate-am-apps.py
+++ b/bsp/abstract-machine/integrate-am-apps.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 am_app_mk_fp = open(f"build/{ARCH}/am-apps.mk", "w")
 am_app_c_fp  = open("build/am-apps.c" , "w")
 lib_sym = [
+  # Linker-reserved symbol; do not namespace it with the application prefix.
+  "_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_",
   "memset", "memcpy", "memmove", "memcmp",
   "strlen", "strcat", "strcpy", "strncpy", "strcmp", "strncmp",
   "srand", "rand", "malloc", "free", "abs", "atoi",