diff --git a/boards/common/nrf52xxxdk/Makefile.features b/boards/common/nrf52xxxdk/Makefile.features
index abb8c9dedf950..662628d66b87c 100644
--- a/boards/common/nrf52xxxdk/Makefile.features
+++ b/boards/common/nrf52xxxdk/Makefile.features
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Put defined MCU peripherals here (in alphabetical order)
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_gpio
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_i2c
+FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_pwm
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_rtt
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_spi
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_timer
diff --git a/boards/common/nrf52xxxdk/include/periph_conf.h b/boards/common/nrf52xxxdk/include/periph_conf.h
index fffedc3fe86dd..58c1faae19254 100644
--- a/boards/common/nrf52xxxdk/include/periph_conf.h
+++ b/boards/common/nrf52xxxdk/include/periph_conf.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2016-2017 Freie Universität Berlin
+ * Copyright (C) 2016-2018 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
@@ -108,6 +108,19 @@ static const i2c_conf_t i2c_config[] = {
 #define I2C_NUMOF           (sizeof(i2c_config) / sizeof(i2c_config[0]))
 /** @} */
 
+#if defined(BOARD_NRF52DK) || defined(BOARD_NRF52840DK)
+/**
+ * @name   PWM configuration
+ * @{
+ */
+static const pwm_conf_t pwm_config[] = {
+    { NRF_PWM0, { 28, 29, 30, 31 } }
+};
+#endif
+
+#define PWM_NUMOF           (sizeof(pwm_config) / sizeof(pwm_config[0]))
+/** @} */
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif