diff --git a/drivers/sdp3x/Makefile.include b/drivers/sdp3x/Makefile.include
index d14072b034..c74f77cee7 100644
--- a/drivers/sdp3x/Makefile.include
+++ b/drivers/sdp3x/Makefile.include
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+# include variants of sdp3x drivers as pseudo modules
+PSEUDOMODULES += sdp3x_irq
+
 USEMODULE_INCLUDES_sdp3x := $(LAST_MAKEFILEDIR)/include
 USEMODULE_INCLUDES += $(USEMODULE_INCLUDES_sdp3x)