diff --git a/sys/auto_init/auto_init.c b/sys/auto_init/auto_init.c
index e1e677da88..7fa2fc35bf 100644
--- a/sys/auto_init/auto_init.c
+++ b/sys/auto_init/auto_init.c
@@ -153,6 +153,11 @@ void auto_init(void)
     auto_init_encx24j600();
 #endif
 
+#ifdef MODULE_ENC28J60
+    extern void auto_init_enc28j60(void);
+    auto_init_enc28j60();
+#endif
+
 #ifdef MODULE_GNRC_SLIP
     extern void auto_init_slip(void);
     auto_init_slip();
diff --git a/sys/auto_init/netif/auto_init_enc28j60.c b/sys/auto_init/netif/auto_init_enc28j60.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9f5fa2278
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/auto_init/netif/auto_init_enc28j60.c
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
+ *               2015 Freie Universität Berlin
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup     auto_init_gnrc_netif
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @brief       Auto initialization for ENC28j60 Ethernet devices
+ *
+ * @author      Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
+ * @author      Hauke Petersen <hauke.petersen@fu-berlin.de>
+ */
+
+#ifdef MODULE_ENC28J60
+
+#include "enc28j60.h"
+#include "enc28j60_params.h"
+#include "net/gnrc/netdev2.h"
+#include "net/gnrc/netdev2/eth.h"
+
+#define ENABLE_DEBUG    (0)
+#include "debug.h"
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Define stack parameters for the MAC layer thread
+ * @{
+ */
+#define MAC_STACKSIZE   (THREAD_STACKSIZE_DEFAULT)
+#define MAC_PRIO        (THREAD_PRIORITY_MAIN - 4)
+/*** @} */
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Find out how many of these devices we need to care for
+ */
+#define ENC28J60_NUM    (sizeof(enc28j60_params) / sizeof(enc28j60_params[0]))
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Allocate memory for the device descriptors
+ * @{
+ */
+static enc28j60_t dev[ENC28J60_NUM];
+static gnrc_netdev2_t gnrc_adpt[ENC28J60_NUM];
+/** @} */
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Stacks for the MAC layer threads
+ */
+static char stack[MAC_STACKSIZE][ENC28J60_NUM];
+
+
+void auto_init_enc28j60(void)
+{
+    for (int i = 0; i < ENC28J60_NUM; i++) {
+        DEBUG("auto_init_enc28j60(): initializing device [%i]...\n", i);
+        /* setup netdev2 device */
+        enc28j60_setup(&dev[i], &enc28j60_params[i]);
+        /* initialize netdev2 <-> gnrc adapter state */
+        gnrc_netdev2_eth_init(&gnrc_adpt[i], (netdev2_t *)&dev[i]);
+        /* start gnrc netdev2 thread */
+        gnrc_netdev2_init(stack[i], MAC_STACKSIZE, MAC_PRIO,
+                          "gnrc_enc28j60", &gnrc_adpt[i]);
+    }
+}
+
+#else
+typedef int dont_be_pedantic;
+#endif /* MODULE_ENC28J60 */
+/** @} */