diff --git a/cpu/fe310/Makefile.include b/cpu/fe310/Makefile.include
index 564abaa5b3..9f8e7ad150 100644
--- a/cpu/fe310/Makefile.include
+++ b/cpu/fe310/Makefile.include
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ USEMODULE += newlib_syscalls_fe310
 USEMODULE += sifive_drivers_fe310
 
 USEMODULE += periph
+USEMODULE += periph_common
 USEMODULE += periph_pm
 
 CFLAGS += -Wno-pedantic
diff --git a/cpu/fe310/cpu.c b/cpu/fe310/cpu.c
index d145738c5b..b8e12ec446 100644
--- a/cpu/fe310/cpu.c
+++ b/cpu/fe310/cpu.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "context_frame.h"
 #include "periph_cpu.h"
+#include "periph/init.h"
 #include "panic.h"
 #include "vendor/encoding.h"
 #include "vendor/platform.h"
@@ -88,6 +89,9 @@ void cpu_init(void)
 
     /*  Set default state of mstatus */
     set_csr(mstatus, MSTATUS_DEFAULT);
+
+    /* trigger static peripheral initialization */
+    periph_init();
 }
 
 /**