diff --git a/examples/rpl-udp/Makefile b/examples/rpl-udp/Makefile
index e03221806..e779b1680 100644
--- a/examples/rpl-udp/Makefile
+++ b/examples/rpl-udp/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,19 @@
 all: udp-client udp-server
 
+.PHONY: renode
+renode: all
+ifneq ($(TARGET),cc2538dk)
+	$(error Only the cc2538dk TARGET is supported for Renode demo scripts)
+endif
+ifndef SCRIPT
+	$(warning SCRIPT not defined! Using "rpl-udp.resc" as default)
+	renode rpl-udp.resc
+else
+ifeq ($(wildcard $(SCRIPT)),)
+	$(error SCRIPT "$(SCRIPT)" does not exist!)
+endif
+	renode $(SCRIPT)
+endif
+
 CONTIKI=../..
 include $(CONTIKI)/Makefile.include