diff --git a/examples/gnrc_networking/Makefile b/examples/gnrc_networking/Makefile
index e31b39635e20..555b89eee55e 100644
--- a/examples/gnrc_networking/Makefile
+++ b/examples/gnrc_networking/Makefile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ endif
 # this might be useful for testing, in cases where you cannot or do not want to
 # run a shell with ifconfig to get the real link lokal address.
 #IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR ?= '"fe80::cafe:cafe:cafe:1"'
-#CFLAGS += -DGNRC_IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR=$(IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR)
+#CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_GNRC_IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR=$(IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR)
 
 # Uncomment this to join RPL DODAGs even if DIOs do not contain
 # DODAG Configuration Options (see the doc for more info)
diff --git a/examples/gnrc_networking_mac/Makefile b/examples/gnrc_networking_mac/Makefile
index cbc17f611c3d..a3ce6a3758ed 100644
--- a/examples/gnrc_networking_mac/Makefile
+++ b/examples/gnrc_networking_mac/Makefile
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ DEVELHELP ?= 1
 # this might be useful for testing, in cases where you cannot or do not want to
 # run a shell with ifconfig to get the real link lokal address.
 #IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR ?= '"fe80::cafe:cafe:cafe:1"'
-#CFLAGS += -DGNRC_IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR=$(IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR)
+#CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_GNRC_IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR=$(IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR)
 
 # Uncomment this to join RPL DODAGs even if DIOs do not contain
 # DODAG Configuration Options (see the doc for more info)
diff --git a/sys/include/net/gnrc/ipv6.h b/sys/include/net/gnrc/ipv6.h
index 20b999d6832f..f0a27847cfbf 100644
--- a/sys/include/net/gnrc/ipv6.h
+++ b/sys/include/net/gnrc/ipv6.h
@@ -164,18 +164,18 @@ extern "C" {
  *
  * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {.mk}
  * IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR ?= '"fe80::cafe:cafe:cafe:1"'
- * CFLAGS += -DGNRC_IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR=$(STATIC_IPV6_LLADDR)
+ * CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_GNRC_IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR=$(STATIC_IPV6_LLADDR)
  * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  */
-#define GNRC_IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR
+#define CONFIG_GNRC_IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR
 #endif /* DOXYGEN */
 /** @} */
 
 /**
  * @brief   Use the same static IPv6 link local address on every network interface
  *
- * When GNRC_IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR is used, to not add the interface pid to the set
- * static address but use the same static link local address for all interfaces.
+ * When CONFIG_GNRC_IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR is used, to not add the interface pid to the
+ * set static address but use the same static link local address for all interfaces.
  */
 #ifndef CONFIG_GNRC_IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR_IS_FIXED
 #define CONFIG_GNRC_IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR_IS_FIXED 0
diff --git a/sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/ipv6/Kconfig b/sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/ipv6/Kconfig
index d3a5007a4a77..cb2396e9eed9 100644
--- a/sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/ipv6/Kconfig
+++ b/sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/ipv6/Kconfig
@@ -22,6 +22,29 @@ config GNRC_IPV6_MSG_QUEUE_SIZE_EXP
         represents the exponent of 2^n, which will be used as the size of
         the queue.
 
+config GNRC_IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR_ENABLE
+    bool "Add a static IPv6 link local address to any network interface"
+    help
+         This allows to specify a certain link local IPv6 address to be assigned
+         to a network interface on startup, which might be handy for testing.
+
+         A interface will keep its auto-generated link local address, too.
+
+config GNRC_IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR
+    string "Static link-local address"
+    depends on GNRC_IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR_ENABLE
+    default "fe80::cafe:cafe:cafe:1"
+    help
+         The address is configured on each interface and incremented by the
+         interface PID.
+
+config GNRC_IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR_IS_FIXED
+    bool "Same link-local address on every interface"
+    depends on GNRC_IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR_ENABLE
+    help
+         Don't add the interface PID to the least significant byte
+         of the address.
+
 endif # KCONFIG_USEMODULE_GNRC_IPV6
 
 rsource "blacklist/Kconfig"
diff --git a/sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/ipv6/nib/nib.c b/sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/ipv6/nib/nib.c
index a6a1dda77d06..a269a80991c9 100644
--- a/sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/ipv6/nib/nib.c
+++ b/sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/ipv6/nib/nib.c
@@ -115,12 +115,12 @@ void gnrc_ipv6_nib_init(void)
 
 static void _add_static_lladdr(gnrc_netif_t *netif)
 {
-#ifdef GNRC_IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR
+#ifdef CONFIG_GNRC_IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR
     /* parse addr from string and explicitly set a link local prefix
      * if ifnum > 1 each interface will get its own link local address
-     * with GNRC_IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR + i
+     * with CONFIG_GNRC_IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR + i
      */
-    char lladdr_str[] = GNRC_IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR;
+    const char lladdr_str[] = CONFIG_GNRC_IPV6_STATIC_LLADDR;
     ipv6_addr_t lladdr;
 
     if (ipv6_addr_from_str(&lladdr, lladdr_str) != NULL) {