a system and method for the automatic control of wheel brake - slip in a motor vehicle with an electric drive , including the following steps : detecting a brake signal by means of a slip control device , at which point the slip control device generates an electric drive signal and a friction brake signal for the automatic control of a predetermined slip value of a wheel of the motor vehicle , transmitting the electric drive signal to an electric drive control device and transmitting the friction brake signal to a friction brake control device , at which point a friction brake control device activates a friction brake of the wheel according to the friction brake control signal to generate friction brake signal to generate friction brake torque and an electric drive control device activates electric drive according to electric drive signal to generate electric drive torque . a wheel brake - slip control system for a motor vehicle with an electric drive and to a computer program which are capable of implementing the above described method .