diff --git a/drivers/mrf24j40/Makefile.include b/drivers/mrf24j40/Makefile.include
index 05f4585330..9ca799185c 100644
--- a/drivers/mrf24j40/Makefile.include
+++ b/drivers/mrf24j40/Makefile.include
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+# include variants of mrf24j40 drivers as pseudo modules
+PSEUDOMODULES += mrf24j40m%
+
 USEMODULE_INCLUDES_mrf24j40 := $(LAST_MAKEFILEDIR)/include
 USEMODULE_INCLUDES += $(USEMODULE_INCLUDES_mrf24j40)