diff --git a/Makefile.dep b/Makefile.dep
index 89f4d4125f0dfe21f3f45965900ec35aff196861..153c14b66dce24bc47cc2eb7bccf15a0e95c34b7 100644
--- a/Makefile.dep
+++ b/Makefile.dep
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ ifneq (,$(filter emb6,$(USEMODULE)))
USEPKG += emb6
USEMODULE += emb6_bsp
USEMODULE += emb6_common
+ USEMODULE += emb6_contrib
USEMODULE += emb6_ipv6
USEMODULE += emb6_ipv6_multicast
USEMODULE += emb6_llsec
diff --git a/pkg/emb6/Makefile.include b/pkg/emb6/Makefile.include
index 505f6e26989b67371c85edce178e36ae05ff66dd..ef653e1a6d7f65522966c8f995cfc9578df81e7b 100644
--- a/pkg/emb6/Makefile.include
+++ b/pkg/emb6/Makefile.include
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
PKG_BUILDDIR ?= $(BINDIRBASE)/pkg/$(BOARD)/emb6
EMB6_DIR := $(PKG_BUILDDIR)
+EMB6_CONTRIB := $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/emb6/contrib
-INCLUDES += -I$(EMB6_DIR)/target
+INCLUDES += -I$(PKG_BUILDDIR)/target
+INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTBASE)/pkg/emb6/include
ifeq (,$(filter emb6_router,$(USEMODULE)))
CFLAGS += -DEMB6_CONF_ROUTER=FALSE
@@ -16,6 +18,10 @@ ifneq (,$(filter emb6_common,$(USEMODULE)))
INCLUDES += -I$(EMB6_DIR)/emb6
endif
+ifneq (,$(filter emb6_contrib,$(USEMODULE)))
+ DIRS += $(EMB6_CONTRIB)
+endif
+
ifneq (,$(filter emb6_ipv6,$(USEMODULE)))
DIRS += $(EMB6_DIR)/emb6/src/net/ipv6
INCLUDES += -I$(EMB6_DIR)/emb6/inc/net/ipv6
diff --git a/pkg/emb6/contrib/Makefile b/pkg/emb6/contrib/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..600b0c807bb1c68b3910ffdad113e45d2cc77c28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/emb6/contrib/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+MODULE = emb6_contrib
+
+include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
diff --git a/pkg/emb6/contrib/board_conf.c b/pkg/emb6/contrib/board_conf.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4096341f3deceb5d695932b58f14ab689e720613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/emb6/contrib/board_conf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) Freie Universität Berlin
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @author Martine Lenders <mlenders@inf.fu-berlin.de>
+ */
+
+#include "etimer.h"
+#include "board_conf.h"
+
+#define ENABLE_DEBUG (0)
+#include "debug.h"
+
+uint8_t board_conf(s_ns_t *ps_nStack)
+{
+ if (ps_nStack != NULL) {
+ etimer_init();
+ return ps_nStack->inif->init(ps_nStack);
+ }
+ else {
+ DEBUG("Network stack pointer is NULL");
+ return 0;
+ }
+}
+
+/** @} */
diff --git a/pkg/emb6/contrib/target.c b/pkg/emb6/contrib/target.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ac256b4d670fa95672f9673b09d221ad4e3d778d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/emb6/contrib/target.c
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) Freie Universität Berlin
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @author Martine Lenders <mlenders@inf.fu-berlin.de>
+ */
+
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
+#include "cpu.h"
+#include "led.h"
+#include "mutex.h"
+#include "periph/gpio.h"
+#include "periph/hwrng.h"
+#include "xtimer.h"
+
+#include "target.h"
+#include "bsp.h"
+
+static mutex_t critical_mutex = MUTEX_INIT;
+
+void hal_enterCritical(void)
+{
+ mutex_lock(&critical_mutex);
+}
+
+void hal_exitCritical(void)
+{
+ mutex_unlock(&critical_mutex);
+}
+
+int8_t hal_init(void)
+{
+ /* Should have happened long before emb6 started, so nothing to do */
+ return 1;
+}
+
+uint8_t hal_getrand(void)
+{
+#if RANDOM_NUMOF
+ uint8_t res;
+ hwnrg_read((char *)&res, sizeof(res));
+ return res;
+#elif defined(MODULE_RANDOM)
+ return (uint8_t)(genrand_uint32() % UINT8_MAX);
+#else
+ return 4; /* keeping the meme alive ;-) */
+#endif
+}
+
+void hal_ledOn(uint16_t ui_led)
+{
+ switch (ui_led) {
+ case E_BSP_LED_RED:
+ LED0_ON;
+ break;
+ case E_BSP_LED_YELLOW:
+ LED1_ON;
+ break;
+ case E_BSP_LED_GREEN:
+ LED2_ON;
+ break;
+ default:
+ break;
+ }
+}
+
+void hal_ledOff(uint16_t ui_led)
+{
+ switch (ui_led) {
+ case E_BSP_LED_RED:
+ LED0_OFF;
+ break;
+ case E_BSP_LED_YELLOW:
+ LED1_OFF;
+ break;
+ case E_BSP_LED_GREEN:
+ LED2_OFF;
+ break;
+ default:
+ break;
+ }
+}
+
+uint8_t hal_extIntInit(en_targetExtInt_t e_extInt, pfn_intCallb_t pfn_intCallback)
+{
+ /* RIOT does this in netdev2 initialization so nothing to do here. */
+ return 0;
+}
+
+void hal_delay_us(uint32_t i_delay)
+{
+ xtimer_usleep(i_delay);
+}
+
+uint8_t hal_gpioPinInit(uint8_t c_pin, uint8_t c_dir, uint8_t c_initState)
+{
+ /* Only used in board init code => not needed */
+ (void)c_pin;
+ (void)c_dir;
+ (void)c_initState;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+void *hal_ctrlPinInit(en_targetExtPin_t e_pinType)
+{
+ (void)e_pinType;
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+void hal_pinSet(void *p_pin)
+{
+ /* Only used in board/driver-related code code => not needed */
+}
+
+void hal_pinClr(void *p_pin)
+{
+ /* Only used in board/driver-related code code => not needed */
+}
+
+uint8_t hal_pinGet(void *p_pin)
+{
+ /* Only used in board/driver-related code code => not needed */
+ return 0;
+}
+
+void *hal_spiInit(void)
+{
+ /* Only used in board/driver-related code code => not needed */
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/** \brief This function selects slave with which we will work
+ * \param p_spi Pointer to spi description entity
+ * \param action true or false
+ *
+ * \return 0 if failed, 1 id ok
+ */
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+uint8_t hal_spiSlaveSel(void *p_spi, bool action)
+{
+ /* Only used in board/driver-related code code => not needed */
+ return 0;
+}
+
+uint8_t hal_spiTransceive( uint8_t *txData, uint8_t *p_reg)
+{
+ /* Only used in board/driver-related code code => not needed */
+ return 0;
+}
+
+uint8_t hal_spiRead(uint8_t *p_reg, uint16_t i_length)
+{
+ /* Only used in board/driver-related code code => not needed */
+ return 0;
+}
+
+
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/** \brief This function writes a new value via given SPI interface
+ * registers.
+ *
+ *
+ * \param value Pointer to a value.
+ * \param i_length Length of a data to be received
+ */
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+void hal_spiWrite(uint8_t *value, uint16_t i_length)
+{
+ /* Only used in board/driver-related code code => not needed */
+}
+
+void hal_watchdogReset(void)
+{
+ /* WDT and tick-less scheduling don't make much sense */
+}
+
+void hal_watchdogStart(void)
+{
+ /* WDT and tick-less scheduling don't make much sense */
+}
+
+void hal_watchdogStop(void)
+{
+ /* WDT and tick-less scheduling don't make much sense */
+}
+
+clock_time_t hal_getTick(void)
+{
+ return (clock_time_t)xtimer_now();
+}
+
+clock_time_t hal_getSec(void)
+{
+ return (clock_time_t)xtimer_now() / SEC_IN_USEC;
+}
+
+
+clock_time_t hal_getTRes(void)
+{
+ return SEC_IN_USEC;
+}
+
+/** @} */
diff --git a/pkg/emb6/include/board_conf.h b/pkg/emb6/include/board_conf.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..56c765618874e2714b9641de25a2c93bae1f0aaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/emb6/include/board_conf.h
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Freie Universität Berlin
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @defgroup emb6 emb6 network stack
+ * @ingroup pkg
+ * @brief
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @brief "Board" configuration for emb6
+ *
+ * @author Martine Lenders <mlenders@inf.fu-berlin.de>
+ */
+
+#ifndef EMB6_BOARD_CONF_H_
+#define EMB6_BOARD_CONF_H_
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include "emb6.h"
+
+/**
+ * @brief emb6 board configuration function
+ *
+ * @param[in] ps_nStack pointer to global netstack struct
+ *
+ * @return success 1
+ * @return failure 0
+ */
+uint8_t board_conf(s_ns_t *ps_nStack);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* EMB6_BOARD_CONF_H_ */
+/** @} */
+/** @} */