diff --git a/coverity/modeling.c b/coverity/modeling.c
index 5b42be28b9..321db68824 100644
--- a/coverity/modeling.c
+++ b/coverity/modeling.c
@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@
 void error(int errnum, const char *format, ...) {
 	__coverity_panic__();
 }
+
+int pipe(int pipefd[2]) {
+	pipefd[0] = 1;
+	pipefd[2] = 2;
+	return pipe2(pipefd, 0);
+}