diff --git a/core/net/rpl/Makefile.core-net-rpl b/core/net/rpl/Makefile.core-net-rpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca2760cc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/net/rpl/Makefile.core-net-rpl
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+core-net-rpl_src += rpl.c rpl-dag.c rpl-icmp6.c rpl-timers.c \
+	rpl-mrhof.c rpl-of0.c rpl-ext-header.c
diff --git a/core/net/rpl/Makefile.rpl b/core/net/rpl/Makefile.rpl
deleted file mode 100644
index f5852e13b..000000000
--- a/core/net/rpl/Makefile.rpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-CONTIKI_SOURCEFILES += rpl.c rpl-dag.c rpl-icmp6.c rpl-timers.c \
-	rpl-mrhof.c rpl-ext-header.c