diff --git a/pkg/lwip/Makefile.dep b/pkg/lwip/Makefile.dep
index a421f1b7f1..2e00d37edf 100644
--- a/pkg/lwip/Makefile.dep
+++ b/pkg/lwip/Makefile.dep
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 # lwIP's memory management doesn't seem to work on non 32-bit platforms at the
 # moment.
 FEATURES_REQUIRED += arch_32bit
+
+DEFAULT_MODULE += auto_init_lwip
diff --git a/sys/auto_init/auto_init.c b/sys/auto_init/auto_init.c
index dbee93de13..70bcd81a3c 100644
--- a/sys/auto_init/auto_init.c
+++ b/sys/auto_init/auto_init.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ void auto_init(void)
     DEBUG("Auto init TCP module\n");
     gnrc_tcp_init();
 #endif
-#ifdef MODULE_LWIP
+#ifdef MODULE_AUTO_INIT_LWIP
     DEBUG("Bootstraping lwIP.\n");
     lwip_bootstrap();
 #endif