diff --git a/boards/pba-d-01-kw2x/board.c b/boards/pba-d-01-kw2x/board.c
index 0f025f032df773e464b368a5344aee03d997a4c7..31bb8d3cb14cd4b28fa42b7e68f18690b3008a80 100644
--- a/boards/pba-d-01-kw2x/board.c
+++ b/boards/pba-d-01-kw2x/board.c
@@ -27,8 +27,11 @@ void board_init(void)
 {
     /* initialize the on-board LEDs */
     gpio_init(LED0_PIN, GPIO_OUT);
+    gpio_set(LED0_PIN);
     gpio_init(LED1_PIN, GPIO_OUT);
+    gpio_set(LED1_PIN);
     gpio_init(LED2_PIN, GPIO_OUT);
+    gpio_set(LED2_PIN);
 
     /* initialize the CPU core */
     cpu_init();