diff --git a/drivers/itg320x/Makefile.include b/drivers/itg320x/Makefile.include
index d8eb5af4a1..f3e117f7cf 100644
--- a/drivers/itg320x/Makefile.include
+++ b/drivers/itg320x/Makefile.include
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+# interrupt variant of the ITG320X driver as pseudo module
+PSEUDOMODULES += itg320x_int
+
 USEMODULE_INCLUDES_itg320x := $(LAST_MAKEFILEDIR)/include
 USEMODULE_INCLUDES += $(USEMODULE_INCLUDES_itg320x)