diff --git a/boards/msba2/Makefile.dep b/boards/msba2/Makefile.dep
index 66367441c8..bfc4187d19 100644
--- a/boards/msba2/Makefile.dep
+++ b/boards/msba2/Makefile.dep
@@ -12,3 +12,9 @@ endif
 ifneq (,$(filter mtd,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += mtd_mci
 endif
+
+# default to using FAT on the SD card
+ifneq (,$(filter vfs_default,$(USEMODULE)))
+  USEMODULE += fatfs_vfs
+  USEMODULE += mtd
+endif
diff --git a/boards/msba2/board_init.c b/boards/msba2/board_init.c
index 0b59e720d4..f7bc1e3f6e 100644
--- a/boards/msba2/board_init.c
+++ b/boards/msba2/board_init.c
@@ -27,11 +27,14 @@
 #include "board.h"
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "mtd.h"
-#include "periph/init.h"
-#include "stdio_base.h"
 
 #ifdef MODULE_MTD_MCI
 extern const mtd_desc_t mtd_mci_driver;
 static mtd_dev_t _mtd_mci = { .driver = &mtd_mci_driver };
 mtd_dev_t *mtd0 = &_mtd_mci;
 #endif
+
+#ifdef MODULE_VFS_DEFAULT
+#include "vfs_default.h"
+VFS_AUTO_MOUNT(fatfs, { .dev = &_mtd_mci }, VFS_DEFAULT_SD(0), 0);
+#endif