diff --git a/boards/nucleo-l152/Makefile.include b/boards/nucleo-l152/Makefile.include
index 2902085408..89655823dc 100644
--- a/boards/nucleo-l152/Makefile.include
+++ b/boards/nucleo-l152/Makefile.include
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## the cpu to build for
 export CPU = stm32l1
-export CPU_MODEL = stm32l152ret6
+export CPU_MODEL = stm32l152re
 
 # load the common Makefile.include for Nucleo boards
 include $(RIOTBOARD)/nucleo-common/Makefile.include