diff --git a/sys/net/link_layer/Kconfig b/sys/net/link_layer/Kconfig
index bb915b4e01..7b0c2c7794 100644
--- a/sys/net/link_layer/Kconfig
+++ b/sys/net/link_layer/Kconfig
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ rsource "csma_sender/Kconfig"
 rsource "eui_provider/Kconfig"
 rsource "ieee802154/Kconfig"
 rsource "l2filter/Kconfig"
+rsource "l2util/Kconfig"
 rsource "Kconfig.lorawan"
diff --git a/sys/net/link_layer/l2util/Kconfig b/sys/net/link_layer/l2util/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..44d77fb200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/net/link_layer/l2util/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2021 HAW Hamburg
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+config MODULE_L2UTIL
+    bool "Link layer utils"
+    select MODULE_FMT