diff --git a/cli/config_cli.h b/cli/config_cli.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6faeb3606
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/config_cli.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#ifndef LIGHTNING_CLI_CONFIG_CLI_H
+#define LIGHTNING_CLI_CONFIG_CLI_H
+
+#include "config.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#ifndef CLN_TEST
+/* Redefinition procedure is a very cool feature, but
+   if we try to redefine a procedure that is already
+   redefined somewhere (like read in alpine) we can have
+   tricky compilation error */
+#define cli_read read
+#endif
+
+#endif /* LIGHTNING_CLI_CONFIG_CLI_H */
diff --git a/cli/lightning-cli.c b/cli/lightning-cli.c
index 743d8b8f0..06e47f2b8 100644
--- a/cli/lightning-cli.c
+++ b/cli/lightning-cli.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * Helper to submit via JSON-RPC and get back response.
  */
 #include "config.h"
+#include "config_cli.h"
 #include <ccan/asort/asort.h>
 #include <ccan/err/err.h>
 #include <ccan/json_escape/json_escape.h>
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <common/utils.h>
 #include <common/version.h>
 #include <libgen.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/un.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ static size_t read_nofail(int fd, void *buf, size_t len)
 	ssize_t i;
 	assert(len > 0);
 
-	i = read(fd, buf, len);
+	i = cli_read(fd, buf, len);
 	if (i == 0)
 		errx(ERROR_TALKING_TO_LIGHTNINGD,
 		     "reading response: socket closed");
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ static void enable_notifications(int fd)
 	memset(rbuf, 0, sizeof(rbuf));
 	while (!strends(rbuf, "\n\n")) {
 		size_t len = strlen(rbuf);
-		if (read(fd, rbuf + len, sizeof(rbuf) - len) < 0)
+		if (cli_read(fd, rbuf + len, sizeof(rbuf) - len) < 0)
 			err(ERROR_TALKING_TO_LIGHTNINGD,
 			    "Reading enable response");
 	}
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	while (parserr <= 0) {
 		/* Read more if parser says, or we have 0 tokens. */
 		if (parserr == 0 || parserr == JSMN_ERROR_PART) {
-			ssize_t i = read(fd, resp + off, tal_bytelen(resp) - 1 - off);
+			ssize_t i = cli_read(fd, resp + off, tal_bytelen(resp) - 1 - off);
 			if (i == 0)
 				errx(ERROR_TALKING_TO_LIGHTNINGD,
 				     "reading response: socket closed");
diff --git a/cli/test/config_test.h b/cli/test/config_test.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..288751118
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/test/config_test.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef LIGHTNING_CLI_TEST_CONFIG_TEST_H
+#define LIGHTNING_CLI_TEST_CONFIG_TEST_H
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#define CLN_TEST 1
+
+#endif /* LIGHTNING_CLI_TEST_CONFIG_TEST_H */
diff --git a/cli/test/run-human-mode.c b/cli/test/run-human-mode.c
index bf7c4a25f..1548aa404 100644
--- a/cli/test/run-human-mode.c
+++ b/cli/test/run-human-mode.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "config.h"
+#include "config_test.h"
 #include <common/amount.h>
 #include <common/bigsize.h>
 #include <common/channel_id.h>
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ int test_printf(const char *format, ...);
 int test_chdir(const char *path);
 
 #define main test_main
-#define read test_read
+#define cli_read test_read
 #define socket test_socket
 #define connect test_connect
 #define getpid test_getpid
@@ -174,4 +175,3 @@ int main(int argc UNUSED, char *argv[])
 	common_shutdown();
 	return 0;
 }
-
diff --git a/cli/test/run-large-input.c b/cli/test/run-large-input.c
index 40c8d67f9..507b4e01d 100644
--- a/cli/test/run-large-input.c
+++ b/cli/test/run-large-input.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "config.h"
+#include "config_test.h"
 #include <common/amount.h>
 #include <common/bigsize.h>
 #include <common/channel_id.h>
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ int test_printf(const char *format, ...);
 int test_chdir(const char *path);
 
 #define main test_main
-#define read test_read
+#define cli_read test_read
 #define socket test_socket
 #define connect test_connect
 #define getpid test_getpid
diff --git a/cli/test/run-remove-hint.c b/cli/test/run-remove-hint.c
index 18e21e490..795488483 100644
--- a/cli/test/run-remove-hint.c
+++ b/cli/test/run-remove-hint.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "config.h"
+#include "config_test.h"
 #include <common/amount.h>
 #include <common/bigsize.h>
 #include <common/channel_id.h>
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ int test_fputc(int c, FILE *stream);
 int test_chdir(const char *path);
 
 #define main test_main
-#define read test_read
+#define cli_read test_read
 #define socket test_socket
 #define connect test_connect
 #define getpid test_getpid