diff --git a/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f4discovery/configs/lcd1602/defconfig b/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f4discovery/configs/lcd1602/defconfig
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1339a61cbfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f4discovery/configs/lcd1602/defconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#
+# This file is autogenerated: PLEASE DO NOT EDIT IT.
+#
+# You can use "make menuconfig" to make any modifications to the installed .config file.
+# You can then do "make savedefconfig" to generate a new defconfig file that includes your
+# modifications.
+#
+# CONFIG_ARCH_FPU is not set
+# CONFIG_NSH_ARGCAT is not set
+# CONFIG_NSH_CMDOPT_HEXDUMP is not set
+# CONFIG_NSH_CMDPARMS is not set
+CONFIG_ARCH="arm"
+CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD="stm32f4discovery"
+CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_STM32F4_DISCOVERY=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_BUTTONS=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP="stm32"
+CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_STM32=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_STM32F407VG=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_STACKDUMP=y
+CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INITIALIZE=y
+CONFIG_BOARD_LOOPSPERMSEC=16717
+CONFIG_BUILTIN=y
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_HELLO=y
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_SLCD=y
+CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=y
+CONFIG_I2C=y
+CONFIG_INTELHEX_BINARY=y
+CONFIG_LCD_BACKPACK=y
+CONFIG_LCD_LCD1602=y
+CONFIG_MAX_TASKS=16
+CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=2
+CONFIG_NFILE_DESCRIPTORS=8
+CONFIG_NSH_BUILTIN_APPS=y
+CONFIG_NSH_FILEIOSIZE=512
+CONFIG_NSH_LINELEN=64
+CONFIG_NSH_READLINE=y
+CONFIG_PREALLOC_TIMERS=4
+CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=114688
+CONFIG_RAM_START=0x20000000
+CONFIG_RAW_BINARY=y
+CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
+CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
+CONFIG_SDCLONE_DISABLE=y
+CONFIG_SLCD=y
+CONFIG_START_DAY=6
+CONFIG_START_MONTH=12
+CONFIG_START_YEAR=2011
+CONFIG_STM32_I2C1=y
+CONFIG_STM32_JTAG_SW_ENABLE=y
+CONFIG_STM32_PWR=y
+CONFIG_STM32_SPI1=y
+CONFIG_STM32_USART2=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH=y
+CONFIG_USART2_RXBUFSIZE=128
+CONFIG_USART2_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y
+CONFIG_USART2_TXBUFSIZE=128
+CONFIG_USER_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"
diff --git a/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f4discovery/src/stm32_bringup.c b/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f4discovery/src/stm32_bringup.c
index 224c352a0af..e57c2ec3ee2 100644
--- a/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f4discovery/src/stm32_bringup.c
+++ b/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f4discovery/src/stm32_bringup.c
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@
 #include "stm32_lis3dsh.h"
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_LCD_BACKPACK
+#include "stm32_lcd_backpack.h"
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SENSORS_MAX31855
 #include "stm32_max31855.h"
 #endif
@@ -276,6 +280,17 @@ int stm32_bringup(void)
     }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_LCD_BACKPACK
+  /* slcd:0, i2c:1, rows=2, cols=16 */
+
+  ret = board_lcd_backpack_init(0, 1, 2, 16);
+  if (ret < 0)
+    {
+      syslog(LOG_ERR, "Failed to initialize PCF8574 LCD, error %d\n", ret);
+      return ret;
+    }
+#endif
+
 #ifdef HAVE_SDIO
   /* Initialize the SDIO block driver */