diff --git a/drivers/include/net/netdev/ieee802154.h b/drivers/include/net/netdev/ieee802154.h
index d8eb260c185ee4f478d84fd7d3acccbbdf6667cd..70da2a0a5f30f1a43e0f81c115fc9ebf91ffad0e 100644
--- a/drivers/include/net/netdev/ieee802154.h
+++ b/drivers/include/net/netdev/ieee802154.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2016 Freie Universität Berlin
+ * Copyright (C) 2016-2019 Freie Universität Berlin
  *
  * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
  * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
@@ -177,6 +177,21 @@ int netdev_ieee802154_get(netdev_ieee802154_t *dev, netopt_t opt, void *value,
 int netdev_ieee802154_set(netdev_ieee802154_t *dev, netopt_t opt, const void *value,
                           size_t value_len);
 
+/**
+ * @brief  This funtion compares destination address and pan id with addresses
+ * and pan id of the device
+ *
+ * this funciton is meant top be used by drivers that do not support address
+ * filtering in hw
+ *
+ * @param[in] dev       network device descriptor
+ * @param[in] mhr       mac header
+ *
+ * @return 0            successfull if packet is for the device
+ * @return 1            fails if packet is not for the device or pan
+ */
+int netdev_ieee802154_dst_filter(netdev_ieee802154_t *dev, const uint8_t *mhr);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/netdev_ieee802154/netdev_ieee802154.c b/drivers/netdev_ieee802154/netdev_ieee802154.c
index d21e798e078079f8532fb9659018261ff74d73ab..623604f39027c0bb0847e7a0b65c214d1e3d9e9e 100644
--- a/drivers/netdev_ieee802154/netdev_ieee802154.c
+++ b/drivers/netdev_ieee802154/netdev_ieee802154.c
@@ -253,4 +253,30 @@ int netdev_ieee802154_set(netdev_ieee802154_t *dev, netopt_t opt, const void *va
     return res;
 }
 
+int netdev_ieee802154_dst_filter(netdev_ieee802154_t *dev, const uint8_t *mhr)
+{
+    uint8_t dst_addr[IEEE802154_LONG_ADDRESS_LEN];
+    le_uint16_t dst_pan;
+    uint8_t pan_bcast[] = IEEE802154_PANID_BCAST;
+
+    int addr_len = ieee802154_get_dst(mhr, dst_addr, &dst_pan);
+
+    /* filter PAN ID */
+    if ((memcmp(pan_bcast, dst_pan.u8, 2) != 0) &&
+        (memcmp(&dev->pan, dst_pan.u8, 2) != 0)) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    /* check destination address */
+    if (((addr_len == IEEE802154_SHORT_ADDRESS_LEN) &&
+          (memcmp(dev->short_addr, dst_addr, addr_len) == 0 ||
+           memcmp(ieee802154_addr_bcast, dst_addr, addr_len) == 0)) ||
+        ((addr_len == IEEE802154_LONG_ADDRESS_LEN) &&
+          (memcmp(dev->long_addr, dst_addr, addr_len) == 0))) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
 /** @} */
diff --git a/sys/include/net/ieee802154.h b/sys/include/net/ieee802154.h
index 69d4f6c4b2961c85770ea2e8e7d10a3e5d454f96..0f86442b50e8dfee50e473258ba78753dc923be9 100644
--- a/sys/include/net/ieee802154.h
+++ b/sys/include/net/ieee802154.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2015-16 Freie Universität Berlin
+ * Copyright (C) 2015-2019 Freie Universität Berlin
  *
  * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
  * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * @brief   Default start frame delimiter
+ */
+#define IEEE802154_SFD                      (0xa7)
+
 /**
  * @brief IEEE 802.15.4 address lengths
  * @{
@@ -144,6 +149,13 @@ extern const uint8_t ieee802154_addr_bcast[IEEE802154_ADDR_BCAST_LEN];
 #define IEEE802154_DEFAULT_PANID            (0x0023U)
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * @brief IEEE802.15.4 Broadcast PANID
+ */
+#ifndef IEEE802154_PANID_BCAST
+#define IEEE802154_PANID_BCAST              { 0xff, 0xff }
+#endif
+
 /**
  * @brief IEEE802.15.4 default TX power (in dBm)
  */