diff --git a/boards/common/atmega/Makefile b/boards/common/atmega/Makefile
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+MODULE = boards_common_atmega
+
+include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
diff --git a/boards/common/atmega/board.c b/boards/common/atmega/board.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
+ *
+ * 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_atmega
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @brief       Common implementations for Atmega boards
+ *
+ * @author      Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
+ *
+ * @}
+ */
+
+#include "board.h"
+#include "cpu.h"
+#include "irq.h"
+#include "periph/gpio.h"
+
+void led_init(void);
+
+void board_init(void)
+{
+    atmega_stdio_init();
+    cpu_init();
+    led_init();
+    irq_enable();
+}