diff --git a/cores/esp32/Stream.h b/cores/esp32/Stream.h
index 123694f6fc6..37346cdb99f 100644
--- a/cores/esp32/Stream.h
+++ b/cores/esp32/Stream.h
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ class Stream : public Print {
   float parseFloat(LookaheadMode lookahead = SKIP_ALL, char ignore = NO_IGNORE_CHAR);
   // float version of parseInt
 
-  size_t readBytes(char *buffer, size_t length);  // read chars from stream into buffer
-  size_t readBytes(uint8_t *buffer, size_t length) {
+  virtual size_t readBytes(char *buffer, size_t length);  // read chars from stream into buffer
+  virtual size_t readBytes(uint8_t *buffer, size_t length) {
     return readBytes((char *)buffer, length);
   }
   // terminates if length characters have been read or timeout (see setTimeout)
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class Stream : public Print {
   // returns the number of characters placed in the buffer (0 means no valid data found)
 
   // Arduino String functions to be added here
-  String readString();
+  virtual String readString();
   String readStringUntil(char terminator);
 
 protected: