diff --git a/sw/airborne/stm32/init_hw.h b/sw/airborne/stm32/init_hw.h
index 5d8f4dae31..59c6a788cb 100644
--- a/sw/airborne/stm32/init_hw.h
+++ b/sw/airborne/stm32/init_hw.h
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@
 #ifdef USE_LED
 #include "led.h"
 #endif
+#ifdef RADIO_CONTROL_LINK
+#include "bind_hw.h"
+#endif
 #if defined USE_UART1 || defined USE_UART2 || defined USE_UART3
 #include "uart.h"
 #endif
@@ -149,6 +152,9 @@ static inline void hw_init(void) {
 #ifdef USE_LED
   led_init();
 #endif
+#ifdef RADIO_CONTROL_LINK
+  bind_init();
+#endif
 #ifdef USE_UART1
   uart1_init();
 #endif