diff --git a/sys/net/dlt.h b/sys/net/dlt.h
index 31ad4e010c5..853dcb8448e 100644
--- a/sys/net/dlt.h
+++ b/sys/net/dlt.h
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@
  * input packets such as port scans, packets from old lost connections,
  * etc. to force the connection to stay up).
  *
- * The first byte of the PPP header (0xff03) is modified to accomodate
+ * The first byte of the PPP header (0xff03) is modified to accommodate
  * the direction - 0x00 = IN, 0x01 = OUT.
  */
 #define DLT_PPP_PPPD		166