diff --git a/boards/calliope-mini/Makefile.include b/boards/calliope-mini/Makefile.include
index 23f1c6e7d0..35575ba53e 100644
--- a/boards/calliope-mini/Makefile.include
+++ b/boards/calliope-mini/Makefile.include
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ ifeq (fscopy,$(PROGRAMMER))
   export DEBUGSERVER =
 else ifeq (openocd,$(PROGRAMMER))
   DEBUG_ADAPTER = dap
+else ifeq (pyocd,$(PROGRAMMER))
+  # PyOCD doesn't recognize automatically the board ID, so target type has to
+  # be passed explicitly
+  export FLASH_TARGET_TYPE ?= -t nrf51
+  include $(RIOTMAKE)/tools/pyocd.inc.mk
 endif
 
 # include nrf51 boards common configuration