diff --git a/firmware/baseband/main.cpp b/firmware/baseband/main.cpp
index eb048ace..58d72545 100755
--- a/firmware/baseband/main.cpp
+++ b/firmware/baseband/main.cpp
@@ -654,6 +654,15 @@ static __attribute__((noreturn)) msg_t rssi_fn(void *arg) {
 extern "C" {
 
 void __late_init(void) {
+	/*
+	 * System initializations.
+	 * - HAL initialization, this also initializes the configured device drivers
+	 *   and performs the board-specific initializations.
+	 * - Kernel initialization, the main() function becomes a thread and the
+	 *   RTOS is active.
+	 */
+	halInit();
+
 	/* After this call, scheduler, systick, heap, etc. are available. */
 	/* By doing chSysInit() here, it runs before C++ constructors, which may
 	 * require the heap.