diff --git a/drivers/rn2xx3/Makefile.include b/drivers/rn2xx3/Makefile.include
index 31810d313c..71e6db903f 100644
--- a/drivers/rn2xx3/Makefile.include
+++ b/drivers/rn2xx3/Makefile.include
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
+# include variants of RN2XX3 drivers as pseudo modules
+PSEUDOMODULES += rn2483
+PSEUDOMODULES += rn2903
+
 USEMODULE_INCLUDES_rn2xx3 := $(LAST_MAKEFILEDIR)/include
 USEMODULE_INCLUDES += $(USEMODULE_INCLUDES_rn2xx3)