diff --git a/makefiles/pseudomodules.inc.mk b/makefiles/pseudomodules.inc.mk
index 6b66fcca95..77d7ca1e90 100644
--- a/makefiles/pseudomodules.inc.mk
+++ b/makefiles/pseudomodules.inc.mk
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ PSEUDOMODULES += evtimer_mbox
 PSEUDOMODULES += fatfs_vfs_format
 PSEUDOMODULES += fmt_%
 PSEUDOMODULES += gcoap_forward_proxy
+PSEUDOMODULES += gcoap_forward_proxy_thread
 PSEUDOMODULES += gcoap_fileserver
 PSEUDOMODULES += gcoap_dtls
 ## @addtogroup net_gcoap_dns
diff --git a/sys/Makefile.dep b/sys/Makefile.dep
index 326472e357..76f437d926 100644
--- a/sys/Makefile.dep
+++ b/sys/Makefile.dep
@@ -471,6 +471,10 @@ ifneq (,$(filter gcoap_forward_proxy,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += uri_parser
 endif
 
+ifneq (,$(filter gcoap_forward_proxy_thread,$(USEMODULE)))
+  USEMODULE += gcoap_forward_proxy
+endif
+
 ifneq (,$(filter gcoap_dtls,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += gcoap
   USEMODULE += dsm