diff --git a/boards/common/nrf52/include/cfg_spi_default.h b/boards/common/nrf52/include/cfg_spi_default.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2847a962f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/common/nrf52/include/cfg_spi_default.h
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Freie Universität Berlin
+ *
+ * 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     boards_common_nrf52
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @brief       Default SPI config for nRF52 based boards
+ *
+ * @author      Hauke Petersen <hauke.petersen@fu-berlin.de>
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef CFG_SPI_DEFAULT_H
+#define CFG_SPI_DEFAULT_H
+
+#include "periph_cpu.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @name    SPI configuration
+ * @{
+ */
+static const spi_conf_t spi_config[] = {
+    {
+        .dev  = NRF_SPI0,
+        .sclk = GPIO_PIN(0, 15),
+        .mosi = GPIO_PIN(0, 13),
+        .miso = GPIO_PIN(0, 14),
+    }
+};
+
+#define SPI_NUMOF           (sizeof(spi_config) / sizeof(spi_config[0]))
+/** @} */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* CFG_SPI_DEFAULT_H */
+/** @} */
diff --git a/boards/common/nrf52xxxdk/include/periph_conf_common.h b/boards/common/nrf52xxxdk/include/periph_conf_common.h
index ddb13123b9..aef7fac8f5 100644
--- a/boards/common/nrf52xxxdk/include/periph_conf_common.h
+++ b/boards/common/nrf52xxxdk/include/periph_conf_common.h
@@ -30,22 +30,6 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-/**
- * @name    SPI configuration
- * @{
- */
-static const spi_conf_t spi_config[] = {
-    {
-        .dev  = NRF_SPI0,
-        .sclk = GPIO_PIN(0, 15),
-        .mosi = GPIO_PIN(0, 13),
-        .miso = GPIO_PIN(0, 14),
-    }
-};
-
-#define SPI_NUMOF           (sizeof(spi_config) / sizeof(spi_config[0]))
-/** @} */
-
 /**
  * @name    I2C configuration
  * @{