diff --git a/boards/microbit/Makefile.include b/boards/microbit/Makefile.include
index e5907b533681fa7522f9163dfcf149fa3d16fcaf..3436b5f801565e9d43568e4ad1695d3792b8f9d5 100644
--- a/boards/microbit/Makefile.include
+++ b/boards/microbit/Makefile.include
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ ifeq (fscopy,$(PROGRAMMER))
 else ifeq (openocd,$(PROGRAMMER))
   # this board uses a daplink adapter by default
   DEBUG_ADAPTER = dap
+else ifeq (pyocd, $(PROGRAMMER))
+  include $(RIOTMAKE)/tools/pyocd.inc.mk
 endif
 
 # include nrf51 boards common configuration