diff --git a/drivers/bmx280/Makefile.include b/drivers/bmx280/Makefile.include
index 0f62449506..589caa16f2 100644
--- a/drivers/bmx280/Makefile.include
+++ b/drivers/bmx280/Makefile.include
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
+# include variants of the BMX280 drivers as pseudo modules
+PSEUDOMODULES += bmp280_i2c
+PSEUDOMODULES += bmp280_spi
+PSEUDOMODULES += bme280_i2c
+PSEUDOMODULES += bme280_spi
+
 USEMODULE_INCLUDES_bmx280 := $(LAST_MAKEFILEDIR)/include
 USEMODULE_INCLUDES += $(USEMODULE_INCLUDES_bmx280)