diff --git a/cpu/nrf51/Kconfig b/cpu/nrf51/Kconfig
index 54405cc646..2392eb082e 100644
--- a/cpu/nrf51/Kconfig
+++ b/cpu/nrf51/Kconfig
@@ -1,9 +1,51 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Freie Universitaet Berlin
+#               2020 HAW Hamburg
 #
 # 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.
 #
+
+config CPU_FAM_NRF51
+    bool
+    select CPU_CORE_CORTEX_M0
+    select CPU_COMMON_NRF5X
+    select HAS_CPU_NRF51
+
+## CPU Models
+config CPU_MODEL_NRF51X22XXAA
+    bool
+    select CPU_FAM_NRF51
+
+config CPU_MODEL_NRF51X22XXAB
+    bool
+    select CPU_FAM_NRF51
+
+config CPU_MODEL_NRF51X22XXAC
+    bool
+    select CPU_FAM_NRF51
+
+## CPU common symbols
+config CPU_FAM
+    default "nrf51" if CPU_FAM_NRF51
+
+config CPU_MODEL
+    default "nrf51x22xxaa" if CPU_MODEL_NRF51X22XXAA
+    default "nrf51x22xxab" if CPU_MODEL_NRF51X22XXAB
+    default "nrf51x22xxac" if CPU_MODEL_NRF51X22XXAC
+
+config CPU
+    default "nrf51" if CPU_FAM_NRF51
+
+## Definition of specific features
+config HAS_CPU_NRF51
+    bool
+    help
+        Indicates that the current cpu is 'nrf51'.
+
+## Platform-specific defaults
 config GNRC_PKTBUF_SIZE
     default 2048
     depends on KCONFIG_MODULE_GNRC_PKTBUF_STATIC
+
+source "$(RIOTCPU)/nrf5x_common/Kconfig"
diff --git a/cpu/nrf51/Makefile.features b/cpu/nrf51/Makefile.features
index c73c309f7f..10713dd691 100644
--- a/cpu/nrf51/Makefile.features
+++ b/cpu/nrf51/Makefile.features
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 CPU_CORE = cortex-m0
 CPU_FAM  = nrf51
 
--include $(RIOTCPU)/nrf5x_common/Makefile.features
+include $(RIOTCPU)/nrf5x_common/Makefile.features