diff --git a/drivers/apds99xx/Makefile.include b/drivers/apds99xx/Makefile.include
index 2a8c42fd31..16227b7368 100644
--- a/drivers/apds99xx/Makefile.include
+++ b/drivers/apds99xx/Makefile.include
@@ -1,2 +1,10 @@
+# include variants of APDS99XX drivers as pseudo modules
+PSEUDOMODULES += apds9900
+PSEUDOMODULES += apds9901
+PSEUDOMODULES += apds9930
+PSEUDOMODULES += apds9950
+PSEUDOMODULES += apds9960
+PSEUDOMODULES += apds99xx_full
+
 USEMODULE_INCLUDES_apds99xx := $(LAST_MAKEFILEDIR)/include
 USEMODULE_INCLUDES += $(USEMODULE_INCLUDES_apds99xx)