diff --git a/components/lwip/CMakeLists.txt b/components/lwip/CMakeLists.txt
index 671da81e20..cae89d7c52 100644
--- a/components/lwip/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/lwip/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ if(CONFIG_LWIP_PPP_SUPPORT)
         "lwip/src/netif/ppp/polarssl/md4.c"
         "lwip/src/netif/ppp/polarssl/md5.c"
         "lwip/src/netif/ppp/polarssl/sha1.c")
+
+    if(CONFIG_LWIP_NETIF_API)
+        list(APPEND srcs "port/if_index.c")
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 if(NOT ${target} STREQUAL "linux")
diff --git a/components/lwip/port/if_index.c b/components/lwip/port/if_index.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7dcf25e71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/lwip/port/if_index.c
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+#include "lwip/if_api.h"
+
+unsigned int if_nametoindex(const char *ifname)
+{
+    return lwip_if_nametoindex(ifname);
+}
+
+char *if_indextoname(unsigned int ifindex, char *ifname)
+{
+    return lwip_if_indextoname(ifindex, ifname);
+}