diff --git a/Makefile.dep b/Makefile.dep
index 3cb560f094cbf091d63aec0663cab8377e79b798..d9ce71c60fec593df55984f515c9e289d72dee44 100644
--- a/Makefile.dep
+++ b/Makefile.dep
@@ -110,8 +110,7 @@ endif
 ifneq (,$(filter gnrc_sixlowpan_iphc,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += gnrc_sixlowpan
   USEMODULE += gnrc_sixlowpan_ctx
-  # NHC is broken, so disable it for now. See #4544 and #4462.
-  #USEMODULE += gnrc_sixlowpan_iphc_nhc
+  USEMODULE += gnrc_sixlowpan_iphc_nhc
 endif
 
 ifneq (,$(filter gnrc_sixlowpan,$(USEMODULE)))