diff --git a/pkg/relic/Makefile b/pkg/relic/Makefile
index 26e4406b43..3497d89bfc 100644
--- a/pkg/relic/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/relic/Makefile
@@ -1,39 +1,28 @@
-RELIC_URL=http://github.com/relic-toolkit/relic.git
-RELIC_BRANCH=cdcfaeef101d18c3231c3b46359c519dd72682e8
-
 PKG_NAME=relic
-PKG_URL=$(RELIC_URL)
-PKG_VERSION=$(RELIC_BRANCH)
-PKG_DIR=$(CURDIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
+PKG_URL=http://github.com/relic-toolkit/relic.git
+PKG_VERSION=cdcfaeef101d18c3231c3b46359c519dd72682e8
 
 ifneq ($(RIOTBASE),)
 INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/include -I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/net/include \
 			-I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/posix/include -I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/posix/pnet/include
 endif
 
-.PHONY: all clean reset
+.PHONY: all
 
-all: $(PKG_DIR)/Makefile
-	"$(MAKE)" -C $(PKG_DIR) && \
-	cp $(PKG_DIR)/lib/librelic_s.a $(BINDIR)$(PKG_NAME).a
+all: $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/Makefile
+	"$(MAKE)" -C $(PKG_BUILDDIR) && \
+	cp $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/lib/librelic_s.a $(BINDIR)$(PKG_NAME).a
 
-$(PKG_DIR)/comp-options.cmake: $(PKG_DIR)/.git/config
-	cd "$(PKG_DIR)" && perl ../generate-cmake-xcompile.perl > comp-options.cmake
+$(PKG_BUILDDIR)/comp-options.cmake: fix_source
+	cd "$(PKG_BUILDDIR)" && perl $(PKG_DIR)/generate-cmake-xcompile.perl > comp-options.cmake
 
-$(PKG_DIR)/Makefile: $(PKG_DIR)/comp-options.cmake
-	cd "$(PKG_DIR)" && COMP="$(filter-out -Werror=old-style-definition -Werror=strict-prototypes, $(CFLAGS) ) " cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=comp-options.cmake -DCHECK=off -DTESTS=0 -DBENCH=0 -DSHLIB=off -Wno-dev $(RELIC_CONFIG_FLAGS) .
-$(PKG_DIR)/.git/config:
-	test -d "$(PKG_DIR)" || $(GITCACHE) clone "$(PKG_URL)" "$(PKG_VERSION)" "$(PKG_DIR)"
-	cd "$(PKG_DIR)" && git am --ignore-whitespace $(CURDIR)/*.patch
-	./fix-util_print_wo_args.sh .
-	./fix-old-style-definitions.sh .
+$(PKG_BUILDDIR)/Makefile: $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/comp-options.cmake
+	cd "$(PKG_BUILDDIR)" && COMP="$(filter-out -Werror=old-style-definition -Werror=strict-prototypes, $(CFLAGS) ) " cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=comp-options.cmake -DCHECK=off -DTESTS=0 -DBENCH=0 -DSHLIB=off -Wno-dev $(RELIC_CONFIG_FLAGS) .
+
+fix_source: download
+	./fix-util_print_wo_args.sh $(PKG_BUILDDIR)
+	./fix-old-style-definitions.sh $(PKG_BUILDDIR)
 
 clean::
-	@echo "Cleaning up relic package..."
-	rm -rf "$(PKG_DIR)"
-
-distclean::
-	rm -rf "$(PKG_DIR)"
-
-Makefile.include:
-	@true
+	@rm -rf $(BINDIR)$(PKG_NAME).a
+include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk
diff --git a/pkg/relic/Makefile.include b/pkg/relic/Makefile.include
index c9c20ba248..9cd7350a59 100644
--- a/pkg/relic/Makefile.include
+++ b/pkg/relic/Makefile.include
@@ -1 +1 @@
-INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTPKG)/relic/relic/include
+INCLUDES += -I$(BINDIR)/pkg/relic/include