diff --git a/dist/tools/uncrustify/whitelist.txt b/dist/tools/uncrustify/whitelist.txt
index e69de29bb2..2962dcca2d 100644
--- a/dist/tools/uncrustify/whitelist.txt
+++ b/dist/tools/uncrustify/whitelist.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+core/.*\.c
+core/include/.*\.h