diff --git a/include/zephyr/posix/unistd.h b/include/zephyr/posix/unistd.h
index 233b17a7b7c..10d44bfd4a8 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/posix/unistd.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/posix/unistd.h
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_POSIX_API
 #include <zephyr/fs/fs.h>
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_NETWORKING
+/* For zsock_gethostname() */
+#include <zephyr/net/socket.h>
+#include <zephyr/net/hostname.h>
+#endif
 #include <zephyr/posix/sys/confstr.h>
 #include <zephyr/posix/sys/stat.h>
 #include <zephyr/posix/sys/sysconf.h>
@@ -44,7 +49,10 @@ int rmdir(const char *path);
 FUNC_NORETURN void _exit(int status);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NETWORKING
-int gethostname(char *buf, size_t len);
+static inline int gethostname(char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+	return zsock_gethostname(buf, len);
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_NETWORKING */
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_POSIX_API */
diff --git a/lib/posix/options/net.c b/lib/posix/options/net.c
index 828bfb93f38..883bb9145ac 100644
--- a/lib/posix/options/net.c
+++ b/lib/posix/options/net.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include <zephyr/net/net_if.h>
-#include <zephyr/net/socket.h>
 #include <zephyr/posix/arpa/inet.h>
 #include <zephyr/posix/netinet/in.h>
 #include <zephyr/posix/net/if.h>
@@ -217,11 +216,6 @@ struct hostent *gethostent(void)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-int gethostname(char *buf, size_t len)
-{
-	return zsock_gethostname(buf, len);
-}
-
 int getnameinfo(const struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t addrlen, char *host, socklen_t hostlen,
 		char *serv, socklen_t servlen, int flags)
 {