diff --git a/boards/msb-430/Makefile.features b/boards/msb-430/Makefile.features
index 5ec2098dc248c0b5a7f552f8e0e23789cc3bdd88..be3115c5de3a1911a9b4a745715e3765dcdb4c97 100644
--- a/boards/msb-430/Makefile.features
+++ b/boards/msb-430/Makefile.features
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Put defined MCU peripherals here (in alphabetical order)
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_gpio
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_timer
+FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_uart
 
 # Various other features (if any)
 
diff --git a/boards/msb-430/include/periph_conf.h b/boards/msb-430/include/periph_conf.h
index 7a1b35974707c61b12720858614186f79de85aa0..cc7c57b82759d4b7595eb93fdf927286ae97e70e 100644
--- a/boards/msb-430/include/periph_conf.h
+++ b/boards/msb-430/include/periph_conf.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define UART_NUMOF          (1U)
 #define UART_0_EN           (1U)
 
-#define UART_DEV            (USART_1)
+#define UART_BASE           (USART_1)
 #define UART_IE             (SFR->IE2)
 #define UART_IF             (SFR->IFG2)
 #define UART_IE_RX_BIT      (1 << 4)