diff --git a/boards/nucleo-l496zg/Makefile.features b/boards/nucleo-l496zg/Makefile.features
index 67dc676d956511f6ba9751d7bf0bd1d76bec06c1..ac8975dfb3e155f2387f7e46ed2cb8456b7b1272 100644
--- a/boards/nucleo-l496zg/Makefile.features
+++ b/boards/nucleo-l496zg/Makefile.features
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Put defined MCU peripherals here (in alphabetical order)
+FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_i2c
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_pwm
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_rtc
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_rtt
diff --git a/boards/nucleo-l496zg/include/periph_conf.h b/boards/nucleo-l496zg/include/periph_conf.h
index 0366faa80b7bbb5a4fc467dccec5fa70c0e1af7f..b16e308951bc7f562756374554304e9b913d9b4a 100644
--- a/boards/nucleo-l496zg/include/periph_conf.h
+++ b/boards/nucleo-l496zg/include/periph_conf.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #define PERIPH_CONF_H
 
 #include "periph_cpu.h"
+#include "cfg_i2c1_pb8_pb9.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {