diff --git a/Makefile.pseudomodules b/Makefile.pseudomodules
index 2bc202a645bdc75a1ce2ee37fe90c54b101ff5e9..743ea5ee2e935d8882eb28a08ab9be233e28b7d3 100644
--- a/Makefile.pseudomodules
+++ b/Makefile.pseudomodules
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+PSEUDOMODULES += auto_init_gnrc_rpl
 PSEUDOMODULES += conn
 PSEUDOMODULES += conn_ip
 PSEUDOMODULES += conn_tcp
diff --git a/sys/auto_init/auto_init.c b/sys/auto_init/auto_init.c
index d9ca369481811923a46e06335f464e1fafc632db..9ac9b6fd58db66c63824d287b6e1327df132f02e 100644
--- a/sys/auto_init/auto_init.c
+++ b/sys/auto_init/auto_init.c
@@ -256,4 +256,13 @@ void auto_init(void)
 #endif
 
 #endif /* MODULE_AUTO_INIT_SAUL */
+
+#ifdef MODULE_AUTO_INIT_GNRC_RPL
+
+#ifdef MODULE_GNRC_RPL
+    extern void auto_init_gnrc_rpl(void);
+    auto_init_gnrc_rpl();
+#endif
+
+#endif /* MODULE_AUTO_INIT_GNRC_RPL */
 }
diff --git a/sys/net/gnrc/routing/rpl/gnrc_rpl_auto_init.c b/sys/net/gnrc/routing/rpl/gnrc_rpl_auto_init.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4997cb570c94b37263ac7d2a30bd959b932677d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/net/gnrc/routing/rpl/gnrc_rpl_auto_init.c
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Cenk GĆ¼ndoğan <mail@cgundogan.de>
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @ingroup gnrc_rpl
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @brief   Auto initialization for gnrc_rpl
+ *
+ * @author  Cenk GĆ¼ndoğan <mail@cgundogan.de>
+ */
+
+#ifdef MODULE_AUTO_INIT_GNRC_RPL
+
+#include "net/gnrc.h"
+#include "net/gnrc/rpl.h"
+
+#define ENABLE_DEBUG (0)
+#include "debug.h"
+
+void auto_init_gnrc_rpl(void)
+{
+#if (GNRC_NETIF_NUMOF == 1)
+    kernel_pid_t ifs[GNRC_NETIF_NUMOF];
+    gnrc_netif_get(ifs);
+    DEBUG("auto_init_gnrc_rpl: initializing RPL on interface %" PRIkernel_pid "\n", ifs[0]);
+    gnrc_rpl_init(ifs[0]);
+    return;
+#elif defined(GNRC_RPL_DEFAULT_NETIF)
+    if (gnrc_netif_exist(GNRC_RPL_DEFAULT_NETIF)) {
+        DEBUG("auto_init_gnrc_rpl: initializing RPL on interface %" PRIkernel_pid "\n",
+              GNRC_RPL_DEFAULT_NETIF);
+        gnrc_rpl_init(GNRC_RPL_DEFAULT_NETIF);
+        return;
+    }
+    DEBUG("auto_init_gnrc_rpl: could not initialize RPL on interface %" PRIkernel_pid" - "
+          "interface does not exist\n", GNRC_RPL_DEFAULT_NETIF);
+    return;
+#else
+    DEBUG("auto_init_gnrc_rpl: please specify an interface by setting GNRC_RPL_DEFAULT_NETIF\n");
+#endif
+}
+#else
+typedef int dont_be_pedantic;
+#endif /* MODULE_AUTO_INIT_GNRC_RPL */
+
+/** @} */