diff --git a/pkg/lwip/Makefile.dep b/pkg/lwip/Makefile.dep
index 0574301ead..bb95efdb5c 100644
--- a/pkg/lwip/Makefile.dep
+++ b/pkg/lwip/Makefile.dep
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ endif
 
 ifneq (,$(filter lwip_ipv6,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += ipv6
+  USEMODULE += ipv6_addr
   USEMODULE += random
 endif
 
@@ -108,6 +109,18 @@ ifneq (,$(filter lwip_ethernet lwip_sixlowpan,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += lwip_netdev
 endif
 
+# Addition of missing modules for boards that do not have physical network
+# module - a dirty hack when lwip_dhcp is used for IPv4 (use of lwip_ipv4 module)
+# on such boards (lack of netdev_new_api module)
+ifneq (,$(filter lwip_dhcp,$(USEMODULE)))
+  ifneq (,$(filter lwip_ipv4,$(USEMODULE)))
+    ifeq (,$(filter netdev_new_api,$(USEMODULE)))
+      USEMODULE += netdev_eth
+      USEMODULE += netdev_new_api
+   endif
+  endif
+endif
+
 ifneq (,$(filter netif,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += fmt
 endif