diff --git a/boards/msba2/Makefile.features b/boards/msba2/Makefile.features
index f1261a22a43435a04f4ee974424e11fb83609f1d..420a36e116c06f9fbacd89a559539afb1ed7d619 100644
--- a/boards/msba2/Makefile.features
+++ b/boards/msba2/Makefile.features
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_gpio
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_pwm
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_rtc
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_spi
+FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_timer
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += cpp
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += config
 FEATURES_MCU_GROUP = arm7
diff --git a/boards/msba2/include/board.h b/boards/msba2/include/board.h
index 8b9d6e09b6ff268733e5c341e7b750f79415a60f..2b1102d0c0057f39fd0c88a1dab2cb3bc70d8b9e 100644
--- a/boards/msba2/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/msba2/include/board.h
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ extern "C" {
 #define STDIO_RX_BUFSIZE    (64U)
 /** @} */
 
+/**
+ * @brief Deprecated HW_TIMER definition (to be removed)
+ */
+#define HW_TIMER             TIMER_DEV(0)
+
 /**
  * @brief initialize the board's clock system
  */
diff --git a/boards/msba2/include/periph_conf.h b/boards/msba2/include/periph_conf.h
index d5c61c1d792154aa16f4a2941b7d5751a57845f1..8789c55a7859cc8d5b4dddcf99de606dfdbb22ca 100644
--- a/boards/msba2/include/periph_conf.h
+++ b/boards/msba2/include/periph_conf.h
@@ -25,6 +25,22 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * @brief   Clock configuration
+ * @{
+ */
+#define CLOCK_CORECLOCK     (72000000U)         /* the msba2 runs with 72MHz */
+
+#define CLOCK_PCLK          (CLOCK_CORECLOCK)
+/** @} */
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Timer configuration, select a number from 1 to 4
+ * @{
+ */
+#define TIMER_NUMOF         (1U)
+/** @} */
+
 /**
  * @brief PWM device and pinout configuration
  */