diff --git a/Makefile.dep b/Makefile.dep
index 7db3606932..0a15db0046 100644
--- a/Makefile.dep
+++ b/Makefile.dep
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ ifneq (,$(filter newlib,$(USEMODULE)))
   ifeq (,$(filter newlib_syscalls_%,$(USEMODULE)))
     USEMODULE += newlib_syscalls_default
   endif
-  ifeq (,$(filter stdio_cdc_acm stdio_native stdio_null stdio_rtt,$(USEMODULE)))
+  ifeq (,$(filter stdio_cdc_acm stdio_native stdio_null stdio_rtt slipdev_stdio,$(USEMODULE)))
     USEMODULE += stdio_uart
   endif
 endif
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ ifneq (,$(filter stdio_uart,$(USEMODULE)))
   FEATURES_REQUIRED += periph_uart
 endif
 
-ifneq (,$(filter stdio_cdc_acm stdio_null stdio_uart,$(USEMODULE)))
+ifneq (,$(filter stdio_cdc_acm stdio_null stdio_uart slipdev_stdio,$(USEMODULE)))
   # stdio_rtt cannot be used when another STDIO is loaded
   DISABLE_MODULE += stdio_rtt
 endif
diff --git a/drivers/Makefile.dep b/drivers/Makefile.dep
index 7edbff1a29..e8d4d2e8c5 100644
--- a/drivers/Makefile.dep
+++ b/drivers/Makefile.dep
@@ -601,6 +601,12 @@ ifneq (,$(filter slipdev,$(USEMODULE)))
   FEATURES_REQUIRED += periph_uart
 endif
 
+ifneq (,$(filter slipdev_stdio,$(USEMODULE)))
+  USEMODULE += isrpipe
+  USEMODULE += slipdev
+  FEATURES_REQUIRED += periph_uart
+endif
+
 ifneq (,$(filter soft_spi,$(USEMODULE)))
   FEATURES_REQUIRED += periph_gpio
   USEMODULE += xtimer
diff --git a/drivers/include/slipdev.h b/drivers/include/slipdev.h
index a4b625984b..435c8703bd 100644
--- a/drivers/include/slipdev.h
+++ b/drivers/include/slipdev.h
@@ -44,6 +44,27 @@ extern "C" {
 #define SLIPDEV_BUFSIZE (2048U)
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * @name    Device state definitions
+ * @anchor  drivers_slipdev_states
+ * @{
+ */
+enum {
+    /**
+     * @brief   Device is in no mode (currently did not receiving any data frame)
+     */
+    SLIPDEV_STATE_NONE = 0,
+    /**
+     * @brief   Device writes handles data as network device
+     */
+    SLIPDEV_STATE_NET,
+    /**
+     * @brief   Device writes received data to stdin
+     */
+    SLIPDEV_STATE_STDIN,
+};
+/** @} */
+
 /**
  * @brief   Configuration parameters for a slipdev
  */
@@ -62,6 +83,11 @@ typedef struct {
     slipdev_params_t config;                /**< configuration parameters */
     tsrb_t inbuf;                           /**< RX buffer */
     uint8_t rxmem[SLIPDEV_BUFSIZE];         /**< memory used by RX buffer */
+    /**
+     * @brief   Device state
+     * @see     [Device state definitions](@ref drivers_slipdev_states)
+     */
+    uint8_t state;
 } slipdev_t;
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/slipdev/Makefile b/drivers/slipdev/Makefile
index 48422e909a..7c6f250804 100644
--- a/drivers/slipdev/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/slipdev/Makefile
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
+# exclude submodule sources from *.c wildcard source selection
+SRC := $(filter-out stdio.c,$(wildcard *.c))
+
+# enable submodules
+SUBMODULES := 1
+
 include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
diff --git a/drivers/slipdev/include/slipdev_internal.h b/drivers/slipdev/include/slipdev_internal.h
index 07a39751a2..d0b90270d5 100644
--- a/drivers/slipdev/include/slipdev_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/slipdev/include/slipdev_internal.h
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
+#include "isrpipe.h"
 #include "periph/uart.h"
+#include "mutex.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
@@ -37,8 +39,26 @@ extern "C" {
 #define SLIPDEV_ESC         (0xdbU)
 #define SLIPDEV_END_ESC     (0xdcU)
 #define SLIPDEV_ESC_ESC     (0xddU)
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Marker byte for beginning of stdio
+ * @see     taken from diagnostic transfer from
+ *          [SLIPMUX](https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-bormann-t2trg-slipmux-02#section-4)
+ */
+#define SLIPDEV_STDIO_START (0x0aU)
 /** @} */
 
+/**
+ * @brief   ISR pipe to hand read bytes to stdin
+ */
+extern isrpipe_t slipdev_stdio_isrpipe;
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Mutex to synchronize write operations to the UART between stdio
+ *          sub-module and normal SLIP.
+ */
+extern mutex_t slipdev_mutex;
+
 /**
  * @brief   Writes one byte to UART
  *
diff --git a/drivers/slipdev/slipdev.c b/drivers/slipdev/slipdev.c
index 5bb6a0008d..effb7c9658 100644
--- a/drivers/slipdev/slipdev.c
+++ b/drivers/slipdev/slipdev.c
@@ -21,16 +21,54 @@
 #include "slipdev.h"
 #include "slipdev_internal.h"
 
+/* XXX: BE CAREFUL ABOUT USING OUTPUT WITH MODULE_SLIPDEV_STDIO IN SENDING
+ * FUNCTIONALITY! MIGHT CAUSE DEADLOCK!!!1!! */
 #define ENABLE_DEBUG    (0)
 #include "debug.h"
 
+#include "isrpipe.h"
+#include "mutex.h"
+#include "stdio_uart.h"
+
+static inline void slipdev_lock(void)
+{
+    if (IS_USED(MODULE_SLIPDEV_STDIO)) {
+        mutex_lock(&slipdev_mutex);
+    }
+}
+
+static inline void slipdev_unlock(void)
+{
+    if (IS_USED(MODULE_SLIPDEV_STDIO)) {
+        mutex_unlock(&slipdev_mutex);
+    }
+}
+
 static void _slip_rx_cb(void *arg, uint8_t byte)
 {
     slipdev_t *dev = arg;
 
+    if (IS_USED(MODULE_SLIPDEV_STDIO)) {
+        if (dev->state == SLIPDEV_STATE_STDIN) {
+            isrpipe_write_one(&slipdev_stdio_isrpipe, byte);
+            goto check_end;
+        }
+        else if ((byte == SLIPDEV_STDIO_START) &&
+            (dev->config.uart == STDIO_UART_DEV) &&
+            (dev->state == SLIPDEV_STATE_NONE)) {
+            dev->state = SLIPDEV_STATE_STDIN;
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+    dev->state = SLIPDEV_STATE_NET;
     tsrb_add_one(&dev->inbuf, byte);
-    if ((byte == SLIPDEV_END) && (dev->netdev.event_callback != NULL)) {
-        dev->netdev.event_callback((netdev_t *)dev, NETDEV_EVENT_ISR);
+check_end:
+    if (byte == SLIPDEV_END) {
+        if ((dev->state == SLIPDEV_STATE_NET) &&
+            (dev->netdev.event_callback != NULL)) {
+            dev->netdev.event_callback((netdev_t *)dev, NETDEV_EVENT_ISR);
+        }
+        dev->state = SLIPDEV_STATE_NONE;
     }
 }
 
@@ -112,12 +150,14 @@ static int _send(netdev_t *netdev, const iolist_t *iolist)
     int bytes = 0;
 
     DEBUG("slipdev: sending iolist\n");
+    slipdev_lock();
     for (const iolist_t *iol = iolist; iol; iol = iol->iol_next) {
         uint8_t *data = iol->iol_base;
         slipdev_write_bytes(dev->config.uart, data, iol->iol_len);
         bytes += iol->iol_len;
     }
     slipdev_write_byte(dev->config.uart, SLIPDEV_END);
+    slipdev_unlock();
     return bytes;
 }
 
@@ -209,6 +249,7 @@ void slipdev_setup(slipdev_t *dev, const slipdev_params_t *params)
 {
     /* set device descriptor fields */
     dev->config = *params;
+    dev->state = 0;
     dev->netdev.driver = &slip_driver;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/slipdev/stdio.c b/drivers/slipdev/stdio.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d36c8d4746
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/slipdev/stdio.c
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Freie Universität Berlin
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @author  Martine Lenders <m.lenders@fu-berlin.de>
+ */
+
+#include "board.h"
+#include "isrpipe.h"
+#include "periph/uart.h"
+
+#include "slipdev.h"
+#include "slipdev_internal.h"
+#include "slipdev_params.h"
+
+#include "stdio_base.h"
+#include "stdio_uart.h"
+
+static uint8_t _rx_buf_mem[STDIO_UART_RX_BUFSIZE];
+
+isrpipe_t slipdev_stdio_isrpipe = ISRPIPE_INIT(_rx_buf_mem);
+mutex_t slipdev_mutex = MUTEX_INIT;
+
+static void _isrpipe_write(void *arg, uint8_t data)
+{
+    isrpipe_write_one(arg, (char)data);
+}
+
+void stdio_init(void)
+{
+    /* intentionally overwritten in netdev init so we have stdio before
+     * the network device is initialized is initialized */
+    uart_init(slipdev_params[0].uart, slipdev_params[0].baudrate,
+              (uart_rx_cb_t)_isrpipe_write, &slipdev_stdio_isrpipe);
+}
+
+ssize_t stdio_read(void *buffer, size_t len)
+{
+    uint8_t *ptr = buffer;
+    bool escaped = false;
+    uint8_t byte;
+
+    do {
+        int read = isrpipe_read(&slipdev_stdio_isrpipe, &byte, 1);
+        int tmp;
+
+        if (read == 0) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        else if (len == 0) {
+            return -ENOBUFS;
+        }
+        tmp = slipdev_unstuff_readbyte(ptr, byte, &escaped);
+        ptr += tmp;
+        if ((unsigned)(ptr - (uint8_t *)buffer) > len) {
+            while (byte != SLIPDEV_END) {
+                /* clear out unreceived packet */
+                isrpipe_read(&slipdev_stdio_isrpipe, &byte, 1);
+            }
+            return -ENOBUFS;
+        }
+    } while (byte != SLIPDEV_END);
+    return ptr - (uint8_t *)buffer;
+}
+
+ssize_t stdio_write(const void *buffer, size_t len)
+{
+    mutex_lock(&slipdev_mutex);
+    slipdev_write_byte(slipdev_params[0].uart, SLIPDEV_STDIO_START);
+    slipdev_write_bytes(slipdev_params[0].uart, buffer, len);
+    slipdev_write_byte(slipdev_params[0].uart, SLIPDEV_END);
+    mutex_unlock(&slipdev_mutex);
+    return len;
+}
+
+/** @} */
diff --git a/makefiles/pseudomodules.inc.mk b/makefiles/pseudomodules.inc.mk
index 1d0f9c19d9..362b54a1a2 100644
--- a/makefiles/pseudomodules.inc.mk
+++ b/makefiles/pseudomodules.inc.mk
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ PSEUDOMODULES += saul_nrf_temperature
 PSEUDOMODULES += scanf_float
 PSEUDOMODULES += sched_cb
 PSEUDOMODULES += semtech_loramac_rx
+PSEUDOMODULES += slipdev_stdio
 PSEUDOMODULES += sock
 PSEUDOMODULES += sock_async
 PSEUDOMODULES += sock_dtls