diff --git a/dist/tools/Makefile b/dist/tools/Makefile
index 5f04e16986..edd9123247 100644
--- a/dist/tools/Makefile
+++ b/dist/tools/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-HOST_TOOLS=benchmark_udp ethos uhcpd sliptty zep_dispatch
+HOST_TOOLS=benchmark_udp dose ethos uhcpd sliptty zep_dispatch
 
 .PHONY: all $(HOST_TOOLS)
 
diff --git a/dist/tools/dose/.gitignore b/dist/tools/dose/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8cdbbf24d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/dose/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dose
diff --git a/dist/tools/dose/Makefile b/dist/tools/dose/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5bf6c4499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/dose/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+all: dose
+
+dose: dose.c
+	$(CC) -O3 -Wall dose.c -o dose
+
+clean:
+	rm -f dose
diff --git a/dist/tools/dose/dose.c b/dist/tools/dose/dose.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7142b98d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/dose/dose.c
@@ -0,0 +1,459 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 Benjamin Valentin <benjamin.valentin@ml-pa.com>
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
+ * License v2. See the file LICENSE for more details.
+ */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <linux/if.h>
+#include <linux/if_tun.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/select.h>
+
+#include <netdb.h>
+
+#include <termios.h>
+
+#define MTU 9000
+
+#define TRACE(x)
+#define TTY_TIMEOUT_MS (500)
+
+#define case_baudrate(val)    \
+    case val:                 \
+        *baudrate = B ## val; \
+        break
+
+#define BAUDRATE_DEFAULT B115200
+
+/* Size of serial write buffer */
+#define SERIAL_BUFFER_SIZE 64
+
+static void usage(void)
+{
+    fprintf(stderr, "Usage: dose [-w][-b baudrate] <tap> <serial>\n");
+}
+
+static uint16_t crc16_update(uint16_t crc, uint8_t octet)
+{
+    crc = (uint8_t)(crc >> 8) | (crc << 8);
+    crc ^= octet;
+    crc ^= (uint8_t)(crc & 0xff) >> 4;
+    crc ^= (crc << 8) << 4;
+    crc ^= ((crc & 0xff) << 4) << 1;
+    return crc;
+}
+
+static void checked_write(int handle, void *buffer, int nbyte)
+{
+    while (nbyte > 0) {
+        ssize_t res = write(handle, buffer, nbyte);
+        if (res <= 0) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "write to fd %i failed: %s\n", handle, strerror(errno));
+            return;
+        }
+        nbyte -= res;
+    }
+}
+
+int set_serial_attribs(int fd, int speed, int parity)
+{
+    struct termios tty;
+    memset(&tty, 0, sizeof tty);
+    if (tcgetattr(fd, &tty) != 0) {
+        perror("error in tcgetattr");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    cfsetospeed(&tty, speed);
+    cfsetispeed(&tty, speed);
+
+    tty.c_cflag = (tty.c_cflag & ~CSIZE) | CS8; /* 8-bit chars*/
+                                        /* disable IGNBRK for mismatched speed
+                                         * tests; otherwise receive break*/
+                                        /* as \000 chars*/
+    tty.c_iflag &= ~IGNBRK;             /* disable break processing*/
+    tty.c_lflag = 0;                    /* no signaling chars, no echo,*/
+                                        /* no canonical processing*/
+    tty.c_oflag = 0;                    /* no remapping, no delays*/
+    tty.c_cc[VMIN]  = 0;                /* read doesn't block*/
+    tty.c_cc[VTIME] = TTY_TIMEOUT_MS / 100; /* 0.5 seconds read timeout*/
+                                            /* in tenths of a second*/
+
+    tty.c_iflag &= ~(IXON | IXOFF | IXANY); /* shut off xon/xoff ctrl*/
+
+    tty.c_cflag |= (CLOCAL | CREAD);    /* ignore modem controls,*/
+                                        /* enable reading*/
+    tty.c_cflag &= ~(PARENB | PARODD);  /* shut off parity*/
+    tty.c_cflag |= parity;
+    tty.c_cflag &= ~CSTOPB;
+    tty.c_cflag &= ~CRTSCTS;
+    cfmakeraw(&tty);
+
+    if (tcsetattr(fd, TCSANOW, &tty) != 0) {
+        perror("error from tcsetattr");
+        return -1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+void set_blocking(int fd, int should_block)
+{
+    struct termios tty;
+    memset(&tty, 0, sizeof tty);
+    if (tcgetattr(fd, &tty) != 0) {
+        perror("error from tggetattr");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    tty.c_cc[VMIN]  = should_block ? 1 : 0;
+    tty.c_cc[VTIME] = TTY_TIMEOUT_MS / 100; /* 0.5 seconds read timeout*/
+                                            /* in tenths of a second*/
+
+    if (tcsetattr(fd, TCSANOW, &tty) != 0) {
+        perror("error setting term attributes");
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Escape char definitions
+ * @{
+ */
+#define LINE_FRAME_DELIMITER        (0xFF)
+#define LINE_ESC_CHAR               (0xFE)
+#define DOSE_FRAME_CRC_LEN          (2)
+/** @} */
+
+typedef enum {
+    WAIT_FRAMESTART,
+    IN_FRAME,
+    IN_ESCAPE
+} line_state_t;
+
+typedef struct {
+    line_state_t state;
+    int frametype;
+    size_t framebytes;
+    uint8_t frame[MTU];
+} serial_t;
+
+/**************************************************************************
+ * tun_alloc: allocates or reconnects to a tun/tap device. The caller     *
+ *            needs to reserve enough space in *dev.                      *
+ **************************************************************************/
+int tun_alloc(char *dev, int flags)
+{
+    struct ifreq ifr = { 0 };
+    int fd, err;
+
+    if ((fd = open("/dev/net/tun", O_RDWR)) < 0 ) {
+        perror("Opening /dev/net/tun");
+        return fd;
+    }
+
+    ifr.ifr_flags = flags;
+
+    if (*dev) {
+        strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, dev, IFNAMSIZ - 1);
+    }
+
+    if ((err = ioctl(fd, TUNSETIFF, (void *)&ifr)) < 0 ) {
+        perror("ioctl(TUNSETIFF)");
+        close(fd);
+        return err;
+    }
+
+    strcpy(dev, ifr.ifr_name);
+
+    return fd;
+}
+
+static int _handle_char(serial_t *serial, char c)
+{
+    if (serial->framebytes >= sizeof(serial->frame)) {
+        TRACE("rx buffer overflow");
+        serial->state = WAIT_FRAMESTART;
+        return -1;
+    }
+    serial->frame[serial->framebytes] = c;
+    serial->framebytes++;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int _serial_handle_byte(serial_t *serial, uint8_t c)
+{
+    switch (serial->state) {
+    case WAIT_FRAMESTART:
+        TRACE("frame start");
+        serial->state = IN_FRAME;
+        serial->frametype = 0;
+        serial->framebytes = 0;
+        /* fall-through */
+    case IN_FRAME:
+        if (c == LINE_ESC_CHAR) {
+            TRACE("i esc");
+            serial->state = IN_ESCAPE;
+        }
+        else if (c == LINE_FRAME_DELIMITER) {
+            if (!serial->framebytes) {
+                TRACE("i del unexp");
+            } else {
+                TRACE("i del");
+                serial->state = WAIT_FRAMESTART;
+                return serial->framebytes;
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            return _handle_char(serial, c);
+        }
+        break;
+    case IN_ESCAPE:
+        serial->state = IN_FRAME;
+        return _handle_char(serial, c);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static uint16_t _write_escaped(int fd, void* buf, ssize_t n)
+{
+    /*
+     * Certain USB-to-UART adapters/drivers will immediately send a USB packet
+     * with a single byte instead of buffering internally when the application
+     * does writes one byte at a time. Since USB Full Speed can only send 1
+     * packet per 1 ms, this causes huge latencies for the network, because each
+     * byte of data will then add at least 1 ms on the latency.
+     * Observed on NXP OpenSDAv2 (Kinetis FRDM boards), both CMSIS/mbed DAPlink
+     * and Segger Jlink firmware are affected.
+     */
+    /* Our workaround is to prepare the data to send in a local buffer and then
+     * call write() on the buffer instead of one char at a time */
+    uint8_t out[SERIAL_BUFFER_SIZE];
+    size_t buffered = 0;
+    uint8_t *_buf = buf;
+    uint16_t crc = 0xffff;
+
+    while (n--) {
+        unsigned char c = *_buf++;
+        crc = crc16_update(crc, c);
+        if (c == LINE_FRAME_DELIMITER || c == LINE_ESC_CHAR) {
+            out[buffered++] = LINE_ESC_CHAR;
+            if (buffered >= SERIAL_BUFFER_SIZE) {
+                checked_write(fd, out, buffered);
+                buffered = 0;
+            }
+        }
+        out[buffered++] = c;
+        if (buffered >= SERIAL_BUFFER_SIZE) {
+            checked_write(fd, out, buffered);
+            buffered = 0;
+        }
+    }
+    if (buffered) {
+        checked_write(fd, out, buffered);
+    }
+
+    return htons(crc);
+}
+
+static int _parse_baudrate(const char *arg, unsigned *baudrate)
+{
+    if (arg == NULL) {
+        *baudrate = BAUDRATE_DEFAULT;
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    switch (strtol(arg, NULL, 10)) {
+    case 9600:
+        *baudrate = B9600;
+        break;
+    case 19200:
+        *baudrate = B19200;
+        break;
+    case 38400:
+        *baudrate = B38400;
+        break;
+    case 57600:
+        *baudrate = B57600;
+        break;
+    case 115200:
+        *baudrate = B115200;
+        break;
+    /* the following baudrates might not be available on all platforms */
+    #ifdef B230400
+        case_baudrate(230400);
+    #endif
+    #ifdef B460800
+        case_baudrate(460800);
+    #endif
+    #ifdef B500000
+        case_baudrate(500000);
+    #endif
+    #ifdef B576000
+        case_baudrate(576000);
+    #endif
+    #ifdef B921600
+        case_baudrate(921600);
+    #endif
+    #ifdef B1000000
+        case_baudrate(1000000);
+    #endif
+    #ifdef B1152000
+        case_baudrate(1152000);
+    #endif
+    #ifdef B1500000
+        case_baudrate(1500000);
+    #endif
+    #ifdef B2000000
+        case_baudrate(2000000);
+    #endif
+    #ifdef B2500000
+        case_baudrate(2500000);
+    #endif
+    #ifdef B3000000
+        case_baudrate(3000000);
+    #endif
+    #ifdef B3500000
+        case_baudrate(3500000);
+    #endif
+    #ifdef B4000000
+        case_baudrate(4000000);
+    #endif
+    default:
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int _open_serial_connection(char *name, char *baudrate_arg)
+{
+    unsigned baudrate = 0;
+    if (_parse_baudrate(baudrate_arg, &baudrate) == -1) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Invalid baudrate specified: %s\n", baudrate_arg);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    int serial_fd = open(name, O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY | O_SYNC);
+
+    if (serial_fd < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error opening serial device %s\n", name);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    set_serial_attribs(serial_fd, baudrate, 0);
+    set_blocking(serial_fd, 1);
+
+    return serial_fd;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    uint8_t inbuf[MTU];
+    char *port;
+    char *serial_option = NULL;
+    bool write_enabled = false;
+
+    serial_t serial = { 0 };
+
+    int c;
+    while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "b:w")) != -1) {
+        switch (c) {
+        case 'b':
+            serial_option = optarg;
+            break;
+        case 'w':
+            write_enabled = true;
+            break;
+        default:
+            usage();
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    argc -= optind;
+    argv += optind;
+
+    if (argc < 2) {
+        usage();
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    port = argv[1];
+
+    char ifname[IFNAMSIZ] = { 0 };
+    strncpy(ifname, argv[0], IFNAMSIZ - 1);
+
+    int tap_fd = tun_alloc(ifname, IFF_TAP | IFF_NO_PI);
+    if (tap_fd < 0) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    int serial_fd = _open_serial_connection(port, serial_option);
+    if (serial_fd < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error opening serial device %s\n", argv[2]);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    fd_set readfds;
+    int max_fd = (serial_fd > tap_fd) ? serial_fd : tap_fd;
+
+    int stdin_open = 1;
+    while (1) {
+        int activity;
+        FD_ZERO(&readfds);
+        if (stdin_open) {
+            FD_SET(STDIN_FILENO, &readfds);
+        }
+        FD_SET(tap_fd, &readfds);
+        FD_SET(serial_fd, &readfds);
+        activity = select(max_fd + 1, &readfds, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
+        if ((activity < 0) && (errno != EINTR)) {
+            perror("select error");
+        }
+
+        if (FD_ISSET(serial_fd, &readfds)) {
+            ssize_t n = read(serial_fd, inbuf, sizeof(inbuf));
+            if (n < 0) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "lost serial connection.\n");
+                exit(1);
+            }
+            uint8_t *ptr = inbuf;
+            while (n--) {
+                size_t res = _serial_handle_byte(&serial, *ptr++);
+                if (res) {
+                    checked_write(tap_fd, serial.frame,
+                                  serial.framebytes - DOSE_FRAME_CRC_LEN);
+                    memset(&serial, '\0', sizeof(serial));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (FD_ISSET(tap_fd, &readfds)) {
+            ssize_t res = read(tap_fd, inbuf, sizeof(inbuf));
+            if (res <= 0) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "error reading from tap device. res=%zi\n", res);
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (!write_enabled) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            char delim = LINE_FRAME_DELIMITER;
+            uint16_t crc = _write_escaped(serial_fd, inbuf, res);
+            checked_write(serial_fd, &crc, sizeof(crc));
+            checked_write(serial_fd, &delim, 1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/dose/start_network.sh b/dist/tools/dose/start_network.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b88525e7a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/dose/start_network.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+DOSE_DIR="$(dirname "$(readlink -f $0)")"
+USE_WRITE=0
+
+create_tap() {
+    ip tuntap add ${TAP} mode tap user ${USER}
+    sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.${TAP}.forwarding=${USE_WRITE}
+    sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.${TAP}.accept_ra=1
+    ip link set "${TAP}" up
+}
+
+remove_tap() {
+    ip tuntap del "${TAP}" mode tap
+}
+
+cleanup() {
+    echo "Cleaning up..."
+    remove_tap
+    trap "" INT QUIT TERM EXIT
+}
+
+if [ "$1" = "-w" ] || [ "$1" = "--write" ]; then
+    USE_WRITE=1
+    shift 1
+fi
+
+PORT=$1
+TAP=$2
+
+BAUDRATE=115200
+START_DOSE=0
+
+[ -z "${PORT}" ] || [ -z "${TAP}" ] && {
+    echo "usage: $0 [-w|--write]" \
+         "<serial-port> <tap-device>" \
+         "[baudrate]"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+shift 2
+
+[ ! -z "$1" ] && {
+    BAUDRATE=$1
+}
+
+if [ ${USE_WRITE} -eq 1 ]; then
+    ARGS="-w"
+fi
+
+trap "cleanup" INT QUIT TERM EXIT
+
+create_tap
+
+[ ${START_DOSE} -eq 0 ] && "${DOSE_DIR}/dose" ${ARGS} -b ${BAUDRATE} ${TAP} ${PORT}