diff --git a/boards/common/saml1x/Makefile.include b/boards/common/saml1x/Makefile.include
index b4042c2ecc..afa78f774f 100644
--- a/boards/common/saml1x/Makefile.include
+++ b/boards/common/saml1x/Makefile.include
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+OPENOCD_CONFIG ?= $(RIOTBOARD)/common/saml1x/dist/openocd.cfg
+
 include $(RIOTMAKE)/boards/sam0.inc.mk
 
 # add the common header files to the include path
diff --git a/boards/common/saml1x/dist/openocd.cfg b/boards/common/saml1x/dist/openocd.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a4b9d5cd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/common/saml1x/dist/openocd.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+source [find target/atsaml1x.cfg]
+$_TARGETNAME configure -rtos auto