diff --git a/makefiles/defaultmodules_deps.inc.mk b/makefiles/defaultmodules_deps.inc.mk
index 4a6f92069d..c92eb88f9d 100644
--- a/makefiles/defaultmodules_deps.inc.mk
+++ b/makefiles/defaultmodules_deps.inc.mk
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 # end of the dependency loop. They MAY inlcude new modules, but this modules
 # MUST NOT have dependencies themselfs.
 
+ifneq (,$(filter auto_init%,$(USEMODULE)))
+  USEMODULE += preprocessor preprocessor_successor
+endif
+
 ifneq (,$(filter auto_init_ztimer,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += ztimer_init
 endif
diff --git a/sys/Makefile b/sys/Makefile
index 85c6fd1230..b7724719a7 100644
--- a/sys/Makefile
+++ b/sys/Makefile
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ endif
 ifneq (,$(filter pthread,$(USEMODULE)))
   DIRS += posix/pthread
 endif
+ifneq (,$(filter preprocessor_%,$(USEMODULE)))
+  DIRS += preprocessor
+endif
 ifneq (,$(filter routing,$(USEMODULE)))
   DIRS += net/routing
 endif
diff --git a/sys/Makefile.include b/sys/Makefile.include
index 0a4fcbe837..d131e7b3fa 100644
--- a/sys/Makefile.include
+++ b/sys/Makefile.include
@@ -181,3 +181,7 @@ endif
 ifneq (,$(filter tiny_strerror,$(USEMODULE)))
   include $(RIOTBASE)/sys/tiny_strerror/Makefile.include
 endif
+
+ifneq (,$(filter preprocessor_%,$(USEMODULE)))
+  include $(RIOTBASE)/sys/preprocessor/Makefile.include
+endif
diff --git a/sys/preprocessor/Makefile b/sys/preprocessor/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b058330cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/preprocessor/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+MODULE := preprocessor
+
+include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
diff --git a/sys/preprocessor/Makefile.include b/sys/preprocessor/Makefile.include
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c124c81b53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/preprocessor/Makefile.include
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+RIOT_PP_SUCCESSOR_MAX ?= 9999
+
+PSEUDOMODULES += preprocessor_successor
+
+USEMODULE_INCLUDES_preprocessor := $(BINDIR)/preprocessor
+USEMODULE_INCLUDES += $(USEMODULE_INCLUDES_preprocessor)
+
+RIOT_GENERATE_PP_HEADERS :=
+
+ifneq (,$(filter preprocessor_successor,$(USEMODULE)))
+  RIOT_GENERATE_PP_HEADERS += $(BINDIR)/preprocessor/preprocessor_successor.h
+endif
+
+BUILDDEPS += $(RIOT_GENERATE_PP_HEADERS)
+
+$(BINDIR)/preprocessor/preprocessor_successor.h:
+	@mkdir -p '$(dir $@)'
+	$(Q)'$(RIOTTOOLS)/generate_pp_successor_header/generate_pp_successor_header.sh' $(RIOT_PP_SUCCESSOR_MAX) > $@