diff --git a/cpu/native/Makefile b/cpu/native/Makefile
index 7b8920349b..51adb1efba 100644
--- a/cpu/native/Makefile
+++ b/cpu/native/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 MODULE = cpu
 
 DIRS += periph
+DIRS += drivers
 ifneq (,$(filter rtc,$(USEMODULE)))
 	DIRS += rtc
 endif
diff --git a/cpu/native/Makefile.include b/cpu/native/Makefile.include
index b77487230e..ab8277f48c 100644
--- a/cpu/native/Makefile.include
+++ b/cpu/native/Makefile.include
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 export NATIVEINCLUDES += -I$(RIOTCPU)/native/include -I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/include
-export USEMODULE += periph
+export USEMODULE += periph drivers
diff --git a/cpu/native/drivers/Makefile b/cpu/native/drivers/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48422e909a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpu/native/drivers/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base