diff --git a/Makefile.dep b/Makefile.dep
index 340278cc70..5d81cb0c6a 100644
--- a/Makefile.dep
+++ b/Makefile.dep
@@ -80,3 +80,7 @@ endif
 ifneq (,$(filter ccn_lite,$(USEMODULE)))
 	USEMODULE += crypto
 endif
+
+ifneq (,$(filter rgbled,$(USEMODULE)))
+	USEMODULE += color
+endif
diff --git a/drivers/Makefile b/drivers/Makefile
index 6789873156..b46e603904 100644
--- a/drivers/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/Makefile
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ endif
 ifneq (,$(filter lm75a,$(USEMODULE)))
     DIRS += lm75a
 endif
+ifneq (,$(filter rgbled,$(USEMODULE)))
+    DIRS += rgbled
+endif
 
 all:
 	@for i in $(DIRS) ; do "$(MAKE)" -C $$i || exit 1; done ;
diff --git a/drivers/include/rgbled.h b/drivers/include/rgbled.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7f52fbba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/include/rgbled.h
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Freie Universität Berlin
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @defgroup    driver_rgbled RGB-LED driver
+ * @ingroup     drivers
+ * @brief       High-level driver for RGB-LEDs
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @brief       High-level driver for easy handling of RGB-LEDs
+ *
+ * @author      Hauke Petersen <hauke.petersen@fu-berlin.de>
+ */
+
+#ifndef __RGBLED_H
+#define __RGBLED_H
+
+#include "color.h"
+#include "periph/pwm.h"
+
+
+/**
+ * @name Descriptor struct for rgbleds
+ */
+typedef struct {
+    pwm_t device;
+    int channel_r;
+    int channel_g;
+    int channel_b;
+} rgbled_t;
+
+
+/**
+ * @brief Initialize the RGB LED by assigning PWM channels to colors
+ *
+ * @param[in] led           Struct identifying the LED
+ * @param[in] pwm           PWM device to drive the LED
+ * @param[in] channel_r     PWM channel connected to red
+ * @param[in] channel_g     PWM channel connected to green
+ * @param[in] channel_b     PWM channel connected to blue
+ */
+void rgbled_init(rgbled_t *led, pwm_t pwm, int channel_r, int channel_g, int channel_b);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Set the RGB-LED to the given color value
+ *
+ * @param[in] led           Struct identifying the LED to set
+ * @param[in] color         Color to set the led to
+ */
+void rgbled_set(rgbled_t *led, color_rgb_t *color);
+
+#endif /* __RGBLED_H */
+/** @} */
diff --git a/drivers/rgbled/Makefile b/drivers/rgbled/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e438a2f4eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/rgbled/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+MODULE = rgbled
+
+include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
diff --git a/drivers/rgbled/rgbled.c b/drivers/rgbled/rgbled.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39a29feafd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/rgbled/rgbled.c
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Freie Universität Berlin
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup     driver_rgbled
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @brief       High-level driver for easy handling of RGB-LEDs
+ *
+ * @author      Hauke Petersen <hauke.petersen@fu-berlin.de>
+ *
+ * @}
+ */
+
+#include "rgbled.h"
+
+
+/**
+ * @name Drive the RGB-LED by default with 500Hz
+ */
+#define PWM_FREQU       (500)
+
+/**
+ * @name Set the default resolution to 8-bit per color (for a 24-bit color space)
+ */
+#define PWM_RES         (255)
+
+
+void rgbled_init(rgbled_t *led, pwm_t pwm, int channel_r, int channel_g, int channel_b)
+{
+    led->device = pwm;
+    led->channel_r = channel_r;
+    led->channel_g = channel_g;
+    led->channel_b = channel_b;
+    pwm_init(pwm, PWM_LEFT, PWM_FREQU, PWM_RES);
+}
+
+void rgbled_set(rgbled_t *led, color_rgb_t *color)
+{
+    pwm_set(led->device, led->channel_r, (unsigned int)color->r);
+    pwm_set(led->device, led->channel_g, (unsigned int)color->g);
+    pwm_set(led->device, led->channel_b, (unsigned int)color->b);
+}