diff --git a/cpu/atmega_common/Makefile.include b/cpu/atmega_common/Makefile.include
index 5cbfe7ae7630cbda67a1e3acec55dd6634bc50d9..23fc0413a19c7fb498263d589a060bc4d4dd80de 100644
--- a/cpu/atmega_common/Makefile.include
+++ b/cpu/atmega_common/Makefile.include
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export ASFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_CPU) $(CFLAGS_DBG)
 export LINKFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_CPU) $(CFLAGS_DBG) $(CFLAGS_OPT) -static -lgcc -e reset_handler -Wl,--gc-sections
 
 # export the peripheral drivers to be linked into the final binary
-export USEMODULE += periph
+export USEMODULE += atmega_common_periph
 export USEMODULE += periph_common
 
 # the atmel port uses uart_stdio
diff --git a/cpu/atmega_common/periph/Makefile b/cpu/atmega_common/periph/Makefile
index 6d1887b640099d130c5a6400e3f878f0c65aa6f1..3d333133abcefdb9342b09ca572673eb1ced5217 100644
--- a/cpu/atmega_common/periph/Makefile
+++ b/cpu/atmega_common/periph/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-MODULE = periph
-
+MODULE = atmega_common_periph
 include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base