diff --git a/drivers/cc110x/cc110x-netdev2.c b/drivers/cc110x/cc110x-netdev2.c
index ffb241efa1e9dbb034eed094e274cbfd875711f5..9d9ab3738be12313e9a96dbf7d50341a8e2eac94 100644
--- a/drivers/cc110x/cc110x-netdev2.c
+++ b/drivers/cc110x/cc110x-netdev2.c
@@ -47,11 +47,12 @@ static int _send(netdev2_t *dev, const struct iovec *vector, int count)
     return cc110x_send(&netdev2_cc110x->cc110x, cc110x_pkt);
 }
 
-static int _recv(netdev2_t *dev, char* buf, int len)
+static int _recv(netdev2_t *dev, char* buf, int len, void *info)
 {
     DEBUG("%s:%u\n", __func__, __LINE__);
 
     cc110x_t *cc110x = &((netdev2_cc110x_t*) dev)->cc110x;
+    netdev2_cc110x_rx_info_t *cc110x_info = info;
 
     cc110x_pkt_t *cc110x_pkt = &cc110x->pkt_buf.packet;
     if (cc110x_pkt->length > len) {
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ static int _recv(netdev2_t *dev, char* buf, int len)
     }
 
     memcpy(buf, (void*)cc110x_pkt, cc110x_pkt->length);
+    cc110x_info->rssi = cc110x->pkt_buf.rssi;
+    cc110x_info->lqi = cc110x->pkt_buf.lqi;
     return cc110x_pkt->length;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/cc110x/include/cc110x-netdev2.h b/drivers/cc110x/include/cc110x-netdev2.h
index 742e3ef9a429b23a59bf017696b828608d62a783..055ac60e657eaa2411cbf6e5122d6bfee04f793f 100644
--- a/drivers/cc110x/include/cc110x-netdev2.h
+++ b/drivers/cc110x/include/cc110x-netdev2.h
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ typedef struct netdev2_cc110x {
     cc110x_t cc110x;        /**< documentation here */
 } netdev2_cc110x_t;
 
+/**
+ * @brief   Received packet status information for cc110x radios
+ */
+typedef struct netdev2_radio_rx_info netdev2_cc110x_rx_info_t;
 
 /**
  * @brief netdev2 <-> cc110x glue code initialization function