diff --git a/drivers/at86rf2xx/Makefile.include b/drivers/at86rf2xx/Makefile.include
index c470d49f7f..00b6867fde 100644
--- a/drivers/at86rf2xx/Makefile.include
+++ b/drivers/at86rf2xx/Makefile.include
@@ -1,2 +1,11 @@
+# include variants of the AT86RF2xx drivers as pseudo modules
+PSEUDOMODULES += at86rf212b
+PSEUDOMODULES += at86rf231
+PSEUDOMODULES += at86rf232
+PSEUDOMODULES += at86rf233
+PSEUDOMODULES += at86rfa1
+PSEUDOMODULES += at86rfr2
+PSEUDOMODULES += at86rf2xx_aes_spi
+
 USEMODULE_INCLUDES_at86rf2xx := $(LAST_MAKEFILEDIR)/include
 USEMODULE_INCLUDES += $(USEMODULE_INCLUDES_at86rf2xx)