diff --git a/cpu/native/Makefile b/cpu/native/Makefile
index 9a82a5150f..628d7eb5a3 100644
--- a/cpu/native/Makefile
+++ b/cpu/native/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 MODULE = cpu
 
-ifneq (,$(filter rtc,$(USEMODULE)))
-	DIRS += rtc
-endif
+DIRS += periph
+DIRS += drivers
 ifneq (,$(filter nativenet,$(USEMODULE)))
 	DIRS += net
 endif
diff --git a/cpu/native/Makefile.include b/cpu/native/Makefile.include
index bc0429d201..ab8277f48c 100644
--- a/cpu/native/Makefile.include
+++ b/cpu/native/Makefile.include
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 export NATIVEINCLUDES += -I$(RIOTCPU)/native/include -I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/include
+export USEMODULE += periph drivers
diff --git a/cpu/native/drivers/Makefile b/cpu/native/drivers/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..439af37cdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpu/native/drivers/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ifneq (,$(filter rtc,$(USEMODULE)))
+	DIRS += rtc
+endif
+
+include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
diff --git a/cpu/native/rtc/Makefile b/cpu/native/drivers/rtc/Makefile
similarity index 100%
rename from cpu/native/rtc/Makefile
rename to cpu/native/drivers/rtc/Makefile
diff --git a/cpu/native/rtc/posix-rtc.c b/cpu/native/drivers/rtc/posix-rtc.c
similarity index 100%
rename from cpu/native/rtc/posix-rtc.c
rename to cpu/native/drivers/rtc/posix-rtc.c
diff --git a/cpu/native/periph/Makefile b/cpu/native/periph/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48422e909a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpu/native/periph/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
diff --git a/cpu/native/periph_cpuid.c b/cpu/native/periph/cpuid.c
similarity index 100%
rename from cpu/native/periph_cpuid.c
rename to cpu/native/periph/cpuid.c