diff --git a/drivers/lm75/Makefile.include b/drivers/lm75/Makefile.include
index 4fa3aa14e0..aeee435353 100644
--- a/drivers/lm75/Makefile.include
+++ b/drivers/lm75/Makefile.include
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
+# include variants of lm75 drivers as pseudo modules
+PSEUDOMODULES += lm75a
+PSEUDOMODULES += tmp1075
+
 USEMODULE_INCLUDES_lm75 := $(LAST_MAKEFILEDIR)/include
 USEMODULE_INCLUDES += $(USEMODULE_INCLUDES_lm75)