diff --git a/pkg/lvgl/include/lv_conf.h b/pkg/lvgl/include/lv_conf.h
index 54141430f6..b96c59f814 100644
--- a/pkg/lvgl/include/lv_conf.h
+++ b/pkg/lvgl/include/lv_conf.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include "lvgl_riot_conf.h"
 
 /*====================
    Graphical settings
@@ -83,9 +84,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #define LV_DISP_MEDIUM_LIMIT 50
 #define LV_DISP_LARGE_LIMIT  70
 
-/* Type of coordinates. Should be `int16_t` (or `int32_t` for extreme cases) */
-typedef int16_t lv_coord_t;
-
 /*=========================
    Memory manager settings
  *=========================*/
@@ -298,14 +296,6 @@ typedef void * lv_img_decoder_user_data_t;
  *  HAL settings
  *==================*/
 
-/* 1: use a custom tick source.
- * It removes the need to manually update the tick with `lv_tick_inc`) */
-#define LV_TICK_CUSTOM     1
-#if LV_TICK_CUSTOM == 1
-#define LV_TICK_CUSTOM_INCLUDE  "xtimer.h"       /*Header for the sys time function*/
-#define LV_TICK_CUSTOM_SYS_TIME_EXPR (xtimer_now_usec() / US_PER_MS)     /*Expression evaluating to current systime in ms*/
-#endif   /*LV_TICK_CUSTOM*/
-
 typedef void * lv_disp_drv_user_data_t;             /*Type of user data in the display driver*/
 typedef void * lv_indev_drv_user_data_t;            /*Type of user data in the input device driver*/
 
diff --git a/pkg/lvgl/include/lvgl_riot_conf.h b/pkg/lvgl/include/lvgl_riot_conf.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b9b4aefc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/lvgl/include/lvgl_riot_conf.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Inria
+ *
+ * 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     pkg_lvgl
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @brief       Definitions specific to RIOT for the LittlevGL engine
+ *
+ * @author      Alexandre Abadie <alexandre.abadie@inria.fr>
+ */
+
+#ifndef LVGL_RIOT_CONF_H
+#define LVGL_RIOT_CONF_H
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/* Type of coordinates. Should be `int16_t` (or `int32_t` for extreme cases) */
+typedef int16_t lv_coord_t;
+
+#define LV_TICK_CUSTOM     1
+#if LV_TICK_CUSTOM == 1
+#define LV_TICK_CUSTOM_INCLUDE  "xtimer.h"       /*Header for the sys time function*/
+#define LV_TICK_CUSTOM_SYS_TIME_EXPR (xtimer_now_usec() / US_PER_MS)     /*Expression evaluating to current systime in ms*/
+#endif   /*LV_TICK_CUSTOM*/
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* LVGL_RIOT_CONF_H */