diff --git a/src/drivers/telemetry/iridiumsbd/CMakeLists.txt b/src/drivers/telemetry/iridiumsbd/CMakeLists.txt
index fa2da626c66..1ac27795d29 100644
--- a/src/drivers/telemetry/iridiumsbd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/drivers/telemetry/iridiumsbd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,5 +39,6 @@ px4_add_module(
 		IridiumSBD.h
 	MODULE_CONFIG
 		module.yaml
+		iridiumsbd_params.yaml
 	DEPENDS
 	)
diff --git a/src/drivers/telemetry/iridiumsbd/iridiumsbd_params.c b/src/drivers/telemetry/iridiumsbd/iridiumsbd_params.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f198b00019..00000000000
--- a/src/drivers/telemetry/iridiumsbd/iridiumsbd_params.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-
-/**
- * Satellite radio read interval. Only required to be nonzero if data is not sent using a ring call.
- *
- * @unit s
- * @min 0
- * @max 5000
- * @group Iridium SBD
- */
-PARAM_DEFINE_INT32(ISBD_READ_INT, 0);
-
-/**
- * Iridium SBD session timeout
- *
- * @unit s
- * @min 0
- * @max 300
- * @group Iridium SBD
- */
-PARAM_DEFINE_INT32(ISBD_SBD_TIMEOUT, 60);
-
-/**
- * Time the Iridium driver will wait for additional mavlink messages to combine them into one SBD message
- *
- * Value 0 turns the functionality off
- *
- * @unit ms
- * @min 0
- * @max 500
- * @group Iridium SBD
- */
-PARAM_DEFINE_INT32(ISBD_STACK_TIME, 0);
diff --git a/src/drivers/telemetry/iridiumsbd/iridiumsbd_params.yaml b/src/drivers/telemetry/iridiumsbd/iridiumsbd_params.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..04f4306a42c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/drivers/telemetry/iridiumsbd/iridiumsbd_params.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+module_name: iridiumsbd
+parameters:
+- group: Iridium SBD
+  definitions:
+    ISBD_READ_INT:
+      description:
+        short: Iridium SBD read interval
+        long: Satellite radio read interval. Only required to be nonzero if data is
+          not sent using a ring call
+      type: int32
+      default: 0
+      unit: s
+      min: 0
+      max: 5000
+    ISBD_SBD_TIMEOUT:
+      description:
+        short: Iridium SBD session timeout
+      type: int32
+      default: 60
+      unit: s
+      min: 0
+      max: 300
+    ISBD_STACK_TIME:
+      description:
+        short: Iridium SBD message stacking wait time
+        long: |-
+          Time the Iridium driver will wait for additional mavlink messages to combine them into one SBD message
+
+          Value 0 turns the functionality off
+      type: int32
+      default: 0
+      unit: ms
+      min: 0
+      max: 500