diff --git a/sys/shell/commands/sc_gnrc_netif.c b/sys/shell/commands/sc_gnrc_netif.c
index 3b67ce4bed3ca702bd123ba7fe5ff507fb738d58..948ded696cfbc7a78edfe825b375b65b66bf7ae7 100644
--- a/sys/shell/commands/sc_gnrc_netif.c
+++ b/sys/shell/commands/sc_gnrc_netif.c
@@ -505,6 +505,11 @@ static void _netif_list(kernel_pid_t iface)
                                    line_thresh);
     line_thresh = _netif_list_flag(iface, NETOPT_CHANNEL_HOP, "CHAN_HOP",
                                    line_thresh);
+    res = gnrc_netapi_get(iface, NETOPT_MAX_PACKET_SIZE, 0, &u16, sizeof(u16));
+    if (res > 0) {
+        printf("L2-PDU:%" PRIu16 " ", u16);
+        line_thresh++;
+    }
 #ifdef MODULE_GNRC_IPV6
     res = gnrc_netapi_get(iface, NETOPT_MAX_PACKET_SIZE, GNRC_NETTYPE_IPV6, &u16, sizeof(u16));
     if (res > 0) {