diff --git a/drivers/cc110x/Makefile.include b/drivers/cc110x/Makefile.include
index b36e59fe74..912e700276 100644
--- a/drivers/cc110x/Makefile.include
+++ b/drivers/cc110x/Makefile.include
@@ -1,2 +1,12 @@
+# include variants of CC110X drivers as pseudo modules
+PSEUDOMODULES += cc1100
+PSEUDOMODULES += cc1100e
+PSEUDOMODULES += cc1101
+
+# use pseudo-module for band selection
+PSEUDOMODULES += cc110x_433mhz
+PSEUDOMODULES += cc110x_868mhz
+PSEUDOMODULES += cc110x_915mhz
+
 USEMODULE_INCLUDES_cc110x := $(LAST_MAKEFILEDIR)/include
 USEMODULE_INCLUDES += $(USEMODULE_INCLUDES_cc110x)