diff --git a/drivers/sht1x/include/sht1x_params.h b/drivers/sht1x/include/sht1x_params.h
index f7cd54f8a7..02b94c784d 100644
--- a/drivers/sht1x/include/sht1x_params.h
+++ b/drivers/sht1x/include/sht1x_params.h
@@ -47,6 +47,28 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 /**@}*/
 
+/**
+ * @name    Set default SAUL info text depending on used pseudo module
+ * @{
+ */
+#ifndef SHT1X_SAULINFO
+#ifdef MODULE_SHT15
+#define SHT1X_SAULINFO                { .name = "SHT15 temperature" }, \
+                                      { .name = "SHT15 humidity" }
+#else
+#ifdef MODULE_SHT10
+#define SHT1X_SAULINFO                { .name = "SHT10 temperature" }, \
+                                      { .name = "SHT10 humidity" }
+#else
+/* SHT11 is the most commonly used, so use that as default */
+#define SHT1X_SAULINFO                { .name = "SHT11 temperature" }, \
+                                      { .name = "SHT11 humidity" }
+#endif /* MODULE_SHT10 */
+#endif /* MODULE_SHT15 */
+#endif /* SHT1X_SAULINFO */
+
+/**@}*/
+
 /**
  * @brief   Configure SHT1X devices
  */
@@ -55,6 +77,14 @@ static const sht1x_params_t sht1x_params[] =
     SHT1X_PARAMS
 };
 
+/**
+ * @brief   Allocate and configure entries to the SAUL registry
+ */
+static const saul_reg_info_t sht1x_saul_info[] =
+{
+    SHT1X_SAULINFO
+};
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/sht1x/sht1x_saul.c b/drivers/sht1x/sht1x_saul.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c0abd9255
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/sht1x/sht1x_saul.c
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
+ *
+ * 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     drivers_sht1x
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @brief       SAUL adaption for SHT10/SHT11/SHT15 devices
+ *
+ * @author      Marian Buschsieweke <marian.buschsieweke@ovgu.de>
+ *
+ * @}
+ */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "phydat.h"
+#include "saul.h"
+#include "sht1x_defines.h"
+#include "sht1x.h"
+
+static int read(const sht1x_dev_t *dev, int16_t *temp, int16_t *hum)
+{
+    for (int retries = 0; retries < SHT1X_SAUL_RETRIES; retries++) {
+        switch (sht1x_read(dev, temp, hum)) {
+            case 0:
+                return 0;
+            case -EBADMSG:
+                puts("[sht1x] CRC");
+                continue;
+            case -EPROTO:
+                puts("[sht1x] Sensor did not acknowledge measurement command");
+                continue;
+            case -ECANCELED:
+                puts("[sht1x] Measurement times out");
+            default:
+                /* Other failure, cannot recover so giving up */
+                return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    printf("[sht1x] Giving up after %i tries\n", SHT1X_SAUL_RETRIES);
+
+    return -1;
+}
+
+static int read_temp(const void *dev, phydat_t *res)
+{
+    if (read(dev, &res->val[0], NULL) == 0) {
+        res->unit = UNIT_TEMP_C;
+        res->scale = -2;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    return -ECANCELED;
+}
+
+static int read_hum(const void *dev, phydat_t *res)
+{
+    if (read(dev, NULL, &res->val[0]) == 0) {
+        res->unit = UNIT_PERCENT;
+        res->scale = -2;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    return -ECANCELED;
+}
+
+const saul_driver_t sht1x_saul_temp_driver = {
+    .read = read_temp,
+    .write = saul_notsup,
+    .type = SAUL_SENSE_TEMP
+};
+
+const saul_driver_t sht1x_saul_hum_driver = {
+    .read = read_hum,
+    .write = saul_notsup,
+    .type = SAUL_SENSE_HUM
+};
diff --git a/sys/auto_init/auto_init_sht1x.c b/sys/auto_init/auto_init_sht1x.c
index 49d9e6f5c9..3264ab9b45 100644
--- a/sys/auto_init/auto_init_sht1x.c
+++ b/sys/auto_init/auto_init_sht1x.c
@@ -38,6 +38,23 @@
  */
 sht1x_dev_t sht1x_devs[SHT1X_NUM];
 
+#ifdef MODULE_AUTO_INIT_SAUL
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Memory for the SAUL registry entries
+ */
+static saul_reg_t saul_entries[SHT1X_NUM * 2];
+
+/**
+ * @name    Import SAUL endpoints
+ * @{
+ */
+extern const saul_driver_t sht1x_saul_temp_driver;
+extern const saul_driver_t sht1x_saul_hum_driver;
+/** @} */
+
+#endif /* MODULE_AUTO_INIT_SAUL */
+
 static void sht1x_error(unsigned int num, const char *reason)
 {
     LOG_ERROR("[auto_init] error initializing SHT10/SHT11/SHT15 sensor "
@@ -66,6 +83,17 @@ void auto_init_sht1x(void)
                 sht1x_error(i, "?");
                 continue;
         }
+
+#ifdef MODULE_AUTO_INIT_SAUL
+        saul_entries[(i * 2)    ].dev = &(sht1x_devs[i]);
+        saul_entries[(i * 2) + 1].dev = &(sht1x_devs[i]);
+        saul_entries[(i * 2)    ].name = sht1x_saul_info[(i * 2)    ].name;
+        saul_entries[(i * 2) + 1].name = sht1x_saul_info[(i * 2) + 1].name;
+        saul_entries[(i * 2)    ].driver = &sht1x_saul_temp_driver;
+        saul_entries[(i * 2) + 1].driver = &sht1x_saul_hum_driver;
+        saul_reg_add(&(saul_entries[(i * 2)    ]));
+        saul_reg_add(&(saul_entries[(i * 2) + 1]));
+#endif /* MODULE_AUTO_INIT_SAUL */
     }
 }