diff --git a/boards/nucleo-l053/Makefile.features b/boards/nucleo-l053/Makefile.features
index 682b380690f88781cb0409a606d9f70c47f7f1b7..58200e3051056f4f3bafecd7c0d5ac3b2ec98cc7 100644
--- a/boards/nucleo-l053/Makefile.features
+++ b/boards/nucleo-l053/Makefile.features
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_cpuid
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_gpio
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_hwrng
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_pwm
+FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_rtc
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_spi
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_timer
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_uart
diff --git a/boards/nucleo-l053/include/periph_conf.h b/boards/nucleo-l053/include/periph_conf.h
index 702e1916bebdc52367df7675627defd6b158de27..2e47c8a218d2afc8b520fb0258c79e40c11eefeb 100644
--- a/boards/nucleo-l053/include/periph_conf.h
+++ b/boards/nucleo-l053/include/periph_conf.h
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static const spi_conf_t spi_config[] = {
  * @name    RTC configuration
  * @{
  */
-#define RTC_NUMOF           (0U)
+#define RTC_NUMOF           (1U)
 /** @} */
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus