diff --git a/Makefile.dep b/Makefile.dep
index f89090bbb5..ae9619f5d0 100644
--- a/Makefile.dep
+++ b/Makefile.dep
@@ -602,6 +602,10 @@ ifneq (,$(filter saul,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += phydat
 endif
 
+ifneq (,$(filter saul_nrf_temperature,$(USEMODULE)))
+  FEATURES_REQUIRED += periph_temperature
+endif
+
 ifneq (,$(filter phydat,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += fmt
 endif
diff --git a/boards/common/nrf51/Makefile.dep b/boards/common/nrf51/Makefile.dep
index 7de44689f6..6a9068ea8b 100644
--- a/boards/common/nrf51/Makefile.dep
+++ b/boards/common/nrf51/Makefile.dep
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 ifneq (,$(filter gnrc_netdev_default netdev_default,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += nrfmin
 endif
+
+ifneq (,$(filter saul_default,$(USEMODULE)))
+  USEMODULE += saul_nrf_temperature
+endif
diff --git a/boards/common/nrf52/Makefile.dep b/boards/common/nrf52/Makefile.dep
index 6f369896e7..c1c5d218e3 100644
--- a/boards/common/nrf52/Makefile.dep
+++ b/boards/common/nrf52/Makefile.dep
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@ include $(RIOTCPU)/nrf52/Makefile.dep
 ifneq (,$(filter skald,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += nrfble
 endif
+
+ifneq (,$(filter saul_default,$(USEMODULE)))
+  USEMODULE += saul_nrf_temperature
+endif
diff --git a/cpu/nrf5x_common/Makefile.features b/cpu/nrf5x_common/Makefile.features
index dd63600abc..0598f7219a 100644
--- a/cpu/nrf5x_common/Makefile.features
+++ b/cpu/nrf5x_common/Makefile.features
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_cpuid
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_flashpage
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_gpio periph_gpio_irq
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_hwrng
+FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_temperature
 
 # Various other features (if any)
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += radio_nrfmin
diff --git a/cpu/nrf5x_common/periph/temperature.c b/cpu/nrf5x_common/periph/temperature.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7547ef056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpu/nrf5x_common/periph/temperature.c
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Inria
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ *
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup     cpu_nrf5x_common
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @brief       Implementation of the temperature peripheral internal driver
+ *
+ * @author      Alexandre Abadie <alexandre.abadie@inria.fr>
+ *
+ * @}
+ */
+
+#include "cpu.h"
+#include "saul.h"
+#include "saul_reg.h"
+#include "phydat.h"
+
+void temperature_read(int16_t *temp)
+{
+    /* Start temperature measurement task */
+    NRF_TEMP->TASKS_START = 1;
+
+    /* Wait for temperature measurement to be ready */
+    while (!NRF_TEMP->EVENTS_DATARDY); /* takes 36us according to manual */
+
+    /* temperature is in 0.25°C step, so just divide by 4 */
+    *temp = (int16_t)NRF_TEMP->TEMP >> 2;
+
+    /* Clear data ready bit and stop temperature measurement task */
+    NRF_TEMP->EVENTS_DATARDY = 0;
+    NRF_TEMP->TASKS_STOP = 1;
+}
+
+static int _read_temperature(const void *dev, phydat_t *res)
+{
+    (void) dev;
+    temperature_read(&res->val[0]);
+    res->val[1] = 0;
+    res->val[2] = 0;
+    res->unit = UNIT_TEMP_C;
+    res->scale = 0;
+    return 1;
+}
+
+const saul_reg_info_t nrf_temperature_saul_info = {
+    .name = "NRF_TEMP"
+};
+
+const saul_driver_t nrf_temperature_saul_driver = {
+    .read = _read_temperature,
+    .write = saul_notsup,
+    .type = SAUL_SENSE_TEMP,
+};
diff --git a/makefiles/pseudomodules.inc.mk b/makefiles/pseudomodules.inc.mk
index 6132f5b16d..ec1a7f5462 100644
--- a/makefiles/pseudomodules.inc.mk
+++ b/makefiles/pseudomodules.inc.mk
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ PSEUDOMODULES += riotboot_%
 PSEUDOMODULES += saul_adc
 PSEUDOMODULES += saul_default
 PSEUDOMODULES += saul_gpio
+PSEUDOMODULES += saul_nrf_temperature
 PSEUDOMODULES += schedstatistics
 PSEUDOMODULES += sock
 PSEUDOMODULES += sock_ip
diff --git a/sys/auto_init/auto_init.c b/sys/auto_init/auto_init.c
index aa66344aef..73cff40e39 100644
--- a/sys/auto_init/auto_init.c
+++ b/sys/auto_init/auto_init.c
@@ -326,6 +326,10 @@ void auto_init(void)
     extern void auto_init_gpio(void);
     auto_init_gpio();
 #endif
+#ifdef MODULE_SAUL_NRF_TEMPERATURE
+    extern void auto_init_nrf_temperature(void);
+    auto_init_nrf_temperature();
+#endif
 #ifdef MODULE_AD7746
     extern void auto_init_ad7746(void);
     auto_init_ad7746();
diff --git a/sys/auto_init/saul/auto_init_nrf_temperature.c b/sys/auto_init/saul/auto_init_nrf_temperature.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84fda5f4c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/auto_init/saul/auto_init_nrf_temperature.c
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Inria
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ *
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup     sys_auto_init_saul
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @brief       Auto initialization of internal temperature sensor directly mapped to SAUL reg
+ *
+ * @author      Alexandre Abadie <alexandre.abadie@inria.fr>
+ *
+ * @}
+ */
+
+#ifdef MODULE_SAUL_NRF_TEMPERATURE
+
+#include "cpu.h"
+#include "log.h"
+#include "saul_reg.h"
+#include "saul/periph.h"
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Memory for the registry entries
+ */
+static saul_reg_t saul_reg_entry;
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Reference the driver struct
+ */
+extern saul_driver_t nrf_temperature_saul_driver;
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Reference the information for saul registry
+ */
+extern saul_reg_info_t nrf_temperature_saul_info;
+
+void auto_init_nrf_temperature(void)
+{
+    saul_reg_entry.dev = NULL;
+    saul_reg_entry.name = nrf_temperature_saul_info.name;
+    saul_reg_entry.driver = &nrf_temperature_saul_driver;
+    /* add to registry */
+    saul_reg_add(&(saul_reg_entry));
+}
+
+#else
+typedef int dont_be_pedantic;
+#endif /* MODULE_SAUL_NRF_TEMPERATURE */