diff --git a/drivers/cc2420/Makefile.dep b/drivers/cc2420/Makefile.dep
index 648ad9141b..611bf7fdb2 100644
--- a/drivers/cc2420/Makefile.dep
+++ b/drivers/cc2420/Makefile.dep
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 USEMODULE += xtimer
-USEMODULE += luid
 USEMODULE += ieee802154
 USEMODULE += netdev_ieee802154
 FEATURES_REQUIRED += periph_gpio
diff --git a/drivers/cc2420/cc2420.c b/drivers/cc2420/cc2420.c
index 2ce998b399..d190be3546 100644
--- a/drivers/cc2420/cc2420.c
+++ b/drivers/cc2420/cc2420.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
  * @}
  */
 
-#include "luid.h"
 #include "byteorder.h"
 #include "net/ieee802154.h"
 #include "net/gnrc.h"
@@ -32,32 +31,30 @@
 #define ENABLE_DEBUG 0
 #include "debug.h"
 
-
-void cc2420_setup(cc2420_t * dev, const cc2420_params_t *params)
+void cc2420_setup(cc2420_t * dev, const cc2420_params_t *params, uint8_t index)
 {
+    netdev_t *netdev = &dev->netdev.netdev;
+
     /* set pointer to the devices netdev functions */
-    dev->netdev.netdev.driver = &cc2420_driver;
+    netdev->driver = &cc2420_driver;
     /* pull in device configuration parameters */
     dev->params = *params;
     dev->state = CC2420_STATE_IDLE;
     /* reset device descriptor fields */
     dev->options = 0;
+
+    netdev_register(netdev, NETDEV_CC2420, index);
+    netdev_ieee802154_setup(&dev->netdev);
 }
 
 int cc2420_init(cc2420_t *dev)
 {
     uint16_t reg;
-    uint8_t addr[8];
 
     netdev_ieee802154_reset(&dev->netdev);
 
-    /* set default address, channel, PAN ID, and TX power */
-    luid_get(addr, sizeof(addr));
-    /* make sure we mark the address as non-multicast and not globally unique */
-    addr[0] &= ~(0x01);
-    addr[0] |= 0x02;
-    cc2420_set_addr_short(dev, &addr[6]);
-    cc2420_set_addr_long(dev, addr);
+    cc2420_set_addr_short(dev, dev->netdev.short_addr);
+    cc2420_set_addr_long(dev, dev->netdev.long_addr);
     cc2420_set_chan(dev, CC2420_CHAN_DEFAULT);
     cc2420_set_txpower(dev, CC2420_TXPOWER_DEFAULT);
 
@@ -92,7 +89,6 @@ int cc2420_init(cc2420_t *dev)
     return 0;
 }
 
-
 bool cc2420_cca(cc2420_t *dev)
 {
     while (!(cc2420_status(dev) & CC2420_STATUS_RSSI_VALID)) {}
diff --git a/drivers/include/cc2420.h b/drivers/include/cc2420.h
index e48959e0dd..a954e08ab2 100644
--- a/drivers/include/cc2420.h
+++ b/drivers/include/cc2420.h
@@ -101,11 +101,13 @@ typedef struct {
  *
  * @param[out] dev          device descriptor
  * @param[in]  params       device parameters
+ * @param[in]  index        index of @p params in a global parameter struct array.
+ *                          If initialized manually, pass a unique identifier instead.
  *
  * @return                  0 on success
  * @return                  -1 on error
  */
-void cc2420_setup(cc2420_t *dev, const cc2420_params_t *params);
+void cc2420_setup(cc2420_t *dev, const cc2420_params_t *params, uint8_t index);
 
 /**
  * @brief   Initialize a given CC2420 device
diff --git a/drivers/include/net/netdev.h b/drivers/include/net/netdev.h
index 588326c28a..0f0a7903ba 100644
--- a/drivers/include/net/netdev.h
+++ b/drivers/include/net/netdev.h
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ typedef enum {
     NETDEV_NRF24L01P_NG,
     NETDEV_SOCKET_ZEP,
     NETDEV_SX126X,
+    NETDEV_CC2420,
     /* add more if needed */
 } netdev_type_t;
 /** @} */
diff --git a/sys/net/gnrc/netif/init_devs/auto_init_cc2420.c b/sys/net/gnrc/netif/init_devs/auto_init_cc2420.c
index 49b94e008a..a21824eeba 100644
--- a/sys/net/gnrc/netif/init_devs/auto_init_cc2420.c
+++ b/sys/net/gnrc/netif/init_devs/auto_init_cc2420.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ void auto_init_cc2420(void)
     for (unsigned i = 0; i < CC2420_NUMOF; i++) {
         LOG_DEBUG("[auto_init_netif] initializing cc2420 #%u\n", i);
 
-        cc2420_setup(&cc2420_devs[i], &cc2420_params[i]);
+        cc2420_setup(&cc2420_devs[i], &cc2420_params[i], i);
         gnrc_netif_ieee802154_create(&_netif[i], _cc2420_stacks[i], CC2420_MAC_STACKSIZE,
                                      CC2420_MAC_PRIO, "cc2420",
                                      (netdev_t *)&cc2420_devs[i]);