diff --git a/pkg/lwip/Makefile.dep b/pkg/lwip/Makefile.dep
index 4e2d4ad80d..f38075ffc9 100644
--- a/pkg/lwip/Makefile.dep
+++ b/pkg/lwip/Makefile.dep
@@ -85,6 +85,14 @@ ifneq (,$(filter lwip_contrib,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += xtimer
 endif
 
+ifneq (,$(filter lwip_netif,$(USEMODULE)))
+  USEMODULE += netif
+endif
+
 ifneq (,$(filter lwip_dhcp_auto,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += lwip_dhcp
 endif
+
+ifneq (,$(filter netif,$(USEMODULE)))
+  USEMODULE += fmt
+endif
diff --git a/pkg/lwip/contrib/_netif.c b/pkg/lwip/contrib/_netif.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..069693f22c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/lwip/contrib/_netif.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 ML!PA Consulting GmbH
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @{
+ *
+ * Implements @ref net_netif for @ref net_lwip
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @author  Benjamin Valentin <benjamin.valentin@ml-pa.com>
+ */
+
+#include "fmt.h"
+#include "lwip/netif.h"
+#include "net/netif.h"
+
+int netif_get_name(netif_t *iface, char *name)
+{
+    struct netif *netif = (struct netif *)iface;
+
+    int res = 2;
+    name[0] = netif->name[0];
+    name[1] = netif->name[1];
+    res += fmt_u16_dec(&name[res], netif->num);
+    name[res] = '\0';
+    return res;
+}
+
+/** @} */
diff --git a/sys/shell/commands/sc_lwip_netif.c b/sys/shell/commands/sc_lwip_netif.c
index 14c864821a..ee2d572b32 100644
--- a/sys/shell/commands/sc_lwip_netif.c
+++ b/sys/shell/commands/sc_lwip_netif.c
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ static void _netif_list_ipv6(struct netif *netif, int addr_index) {
 
 static void _netif_list(struct netif *netif) {
     int i;
+    char name[8];
     struct netdev *dev = netif->state;
-    printf("Iface %c%c%u ", netif->name[0], netif->name[1], netif->num);
-    printf("HWaddr: ");
+    netif_get_name((netif_t *)netif, name);
+    printf("Iface %s HWaddr: ", name);
     for (i = 0; i < netif->hwaddr_len; i++) {
         printf("%02x", netif->hwaddr[i]);
         if ((i+1) < netif->hwaddr_len) {