diff --git a/boards/nucleo144-f429/Makefile b/boards/nucleo-f429zi/Makefile
similarity index 100%
rename from boards/nucleo144-f429/Makefile
rename to boards/nucleo-f429zi/Makefile
diff --git a/boards/nucleo144-f429/Makefile.dep b/boards/nucleo-f429zi/Makefile.dep
similarity index 100%
rename from boards/nucleo144-f429/Makefile.dep
rename to boards/nucleo-f429zi/Makefile.dep
diff --git a/boards/nucleo144-f429/Makefile.features b/boards/nucleo-f429zi/Makefile.features
similarity index 100%
rename from boards/nucleo144-f429/Makefile.features
rename to boards/nucleo-f429zi/Makefile.features
diff --git a/boards/nucleo144-f429/Makefile.include b/boards/nucleo-f429zi/Makefile.include
similarity index 76%
rename from boards/nucleo144-f429/Makefile.include
rename to boards/nucleo-f429zi/Makefile.include
index b1a0841ff6f05e60d2e5c7069cccd396658995bd..649cf9b8d7fc7ff02fa1755d2e548fbe098da21a 100644
--- a/boards/nucleo144-f429/Makefile.include
+++ b/boards/nucleo-f429zi/Makefile.include
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# define the cpu used by the nucleo144-f429 board
+# define the cpu used by the nucleo-f429zi board
 export CPU = stm32f4
 export CPU_MODEL = stm32f429zi
 
diff --git a/boards/nucleo144-f429/include/periph_conf.h b/boards/nucleo-f429zi/include/periph_conf.h
similarity index 97%
rename from boards/nucleo144-f429/include/periph_conf.h
rename to boards/nucleo-f429zi/include/periph_conf.h
index 20114d728abff06cb73eec62d09f1dd9904f3378..0305335b279de4a64606285ec7ec7bb8df2bb5fd 100644
--- a/boards/nucleo144-f429/include/periph_conf.h
+++ b/boards/nucleo-f429zi/include/periph_conf.h
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * @defgroup    boards_nucleo144-f429 STM32 Nucleo144-F429
+ * @defgroup    boards_nucleo-f429zi STM32 Nucleo-F429ZI
  * @ingroup     boards_common_nucleo144
- * @brief       Support for the STM32 Nucleo144-F429
+ * @brief       Support for the STM32 Nucleo-F429ZI
  * @{
  *
  * @file
- * @name        Peripheral MCU configuration for the nucleo144-f429 board
+ * @name        Peripheral MCU configuration for the nucleo-f429zi board
  *
  * @author      Alexandre Abadie <alexandre.abadie@inria.fr>
  */