diff --git a/sys/net/gnrc/sock/include/gnrc_sock_internal.h b/sys/net/gnrc/sock/include/gnrc_sock_internal.h
index 897351f3b2fa..ea0a13e17566 100644
--- a/sys/net/gnrc/sock/include/gnrc_sock_internal.h
+++ b/sys/net/gnrc/sock/include/gnrc_sock_internal.h
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 #define GNRC_SOCK_DYN_PORTRANGE_ERR (0)
 
+/**
+ * @brief   Check if remote address of a UDP packet matches the address the socket
+ *          is bound to.
+ */
+#ifndef CONFIG_GNRC_SOCK_UDP_CHECK_REMOTE_ADDR
+#define CONFIG_GNRC_SOCK_UDP_CHECK_REMOTE_ADDR (1)
+#endif
+
 /**
  * @brief   Structure to retrieve auxiliary data from @ref gnrc_sock_recv
  *
diff --git a/sys/net/gnrc/sock/udp/gnrc_sock_udp.c b/sys/net/gnrc/sock/udp/gnrc_sock_udp.c
index 2d8f4a6abe15..23d62eb16612 100644
--- a/sys/net/gnrc/sock/udp/gnrc_sock_udp.c
+++ b/sys/net/gnrc/sock/udp/gnrc_sock_udp.c
@@ -231,7 +231,9 @@ static bool _accept_remote(const sock_udp_t *sock, const udp_hdr_t *hdr,
               ipv6_addr_to_str(addr_str, (ipv6_addr_t *)&sock->remote.addr, sizeof(addr_str)));
         DEBUG(", source (%s) does not match\n",
               ipv6_addr_to_str(addr_str, (ipv6_addr_t *)&remote->addr, sizeof(addr_str)));
-        return false;
+        if (CONFIG_GNRC_SOCK_UDP_CHECK_REMOTE_ADDR) {
+            return false;
+        }
     }
 
     return true;