diff --git a/examples/rust-gcoap/Cargo.lock b/examples/rust-gcoap/Cargo.lock
index 38bc8beb17..0cf8a67238 100644
Binary files a/examples/rust-gcoap/Cargo.lock and b/examples/rust-gcoap/Cargo.lock differ
diff --git a/examples/rust-gcoap/Cargo.toml b/examples/rust-gcoap/Cargo.toml
index 7bb7b50be4..c461e5e75b 100644
--- a/examples/rust-gcoap/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/rust-gcoap/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ riot-wrappers = { version = "^0.9.0", features = [ "set_panic_handler", "panic_h
 
 coap-message-demos = { git = "https://gitlab.com/chrysn/coap-message-demos/", default-features = false }
 coap-handler-implementations = "0.5"
-riot-coap-handler-demos = { git = "https://gitlab.com/etonomy/riot-module-examples/", features = [ "vfs", "saul" ] }
+riot-coap-handler-demos = { git = "https://gitlab.com/etonomy/riot-module-examples/", features = [ "vfs", "saul", "nib", "ping" ] }
 
 # While currently this exmple does not use any RIOT modules implemented in
 # Rust, that may change; it is best practice for any RIOT application that has
 # its own top-level Rust crate to include rust_riotmodules from inside
 # RIOTBASE.
 rust_riotmodules = { path = "../../sys/rust_riotmodules/" }
+static_cell = "2.1.0"
diff --git a/examples/rust-gcoap/Makefile b/examples/rust-gcoap/Makefile
index 2137478bcd..980208bcaa 100644
--- a/examples/rust-gcoap/Makefile
+++ b/examples/rust-gcoap/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ USEMODULE += ztimer_usec
 USEMODULE += ztimer_msec
 USEMODULE += ztimer_sec
 
+USEMODULE += gnrc_netapi_callbacks
+
 # for the "vfs" feature of riot-coap-handler-demos (and vfs.c)
 USEMODULE += vfs
 USEMODULE += constfs
diff --git a/examples/rust-gcoap/src/lib.rs b/examples/rust-gcoap/src/lib.rs
index a23dfd2e31..1b15ac8c09 100644
--- a/examples/rust-gcoap/src/lib.rs
+++ b/examples/rust-gcoap/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #![no_std]
 
 use riot_wrappers::{riot_main, println};
-use riot_wrappers::{gcoap, thread, ztimer, gnrc};
+use riot_wrappers::{gcoap, ztimer, gnrc};
 
 use coap_handler_implementations::{ReportingHandlerBuilder, HandlerBuilder};
 
@@ -21,18 +21,30 @@ fn main() {
 
     unsafe { do_vfs_init() };
 
+    static PINGS: riot_coap_handler_demos::ping::PingPool = riot_coap_handler_demos::ping::PingPool::new();
+    static PING_PASSIVE: riot_coap_handler_demos::ping_passive::PingHistoryMutex<{ riot_coap_handler_demos::ping_passive::DEFAULT_SIZE }> = riot_coap_handler_demos::ping_passive::PingHistoryMutex::new();
+
     let handler = coap_message_demos::full_application_tree(None)
         .below(&["ps"], riot_coap_handler_demos::ps::ps_tree())
         .below(&["led"], riot_coap_handler_demos::led::all_leds())
         .below(&["vfs"], riot_coap_handler_demos::vfs::vfs(""))
         .below(&["saul"], riot_coap_handler_demos::saul::SaulHandler::new(&["saul"]))
         .below(&["netif"], riot_coap_handler_demos::netif::netif())
+        .below(&["nib", "neigh"], riot_coap_handler_demos::nib::neighbor_cache())
+        .below(&["ping"], riot_coap_handler_demos::ping::ping_tree(&PINGS))
+        .at(&["pinged"], riot_coap_handler_demos::ping_passive::resource(&PING_PASSIVE))
         .with_wkc()
         ;
     let mut handler = riot_wrappers::coap_handler::v0_2::GcoapHandler(handler);
 
     let mut listener = gcoap::SingleHandlerListener::new_catch_all(&mut handler);
 
+    static SLOT: static_cell::StaticCell<gnrc::netreg::callback::Slot<riot_coap_handler_demos::ping::PingCallback>> = static_cell::StaticCell::new();
+    PINGS.register(SLOT.init(Default::default()));
+
+    static PASSIVE_SLOT: static_cell::StaticCell<gnrc::netreg::callback::Slot<&'static riot_coap_handler_demos::ping_passive::PingHistoryMutex<{ riot_coap_handler_demos::ping_passive::DEFAULT_SIZE }>>> = static_cell::StaticCell::new();
+    PING_PASSIVE.register(PASSIVE_SLOT.init(Default::default()));
+
     gcoap::scope(|greg| {
         greg.register(&mut listener);
 
@@ -57,6 +69,9 @@ fn main() {
 
         // Sending main thread to sleep; can't return or the Gcoap handler would need to be
         // deregistered (which it can't).
-        loop { thread::sleep(); }
+        loop {
+            PINGS.tick();
+            sectimer.sleep(ztimer::Ticks(1));
+        }
     })
 }