diff --git a/tests/evtimer_msg/Makefile b/tests/evtimer_msg/Makefile
index 1f75bb66a5f40..a980101a4eaea 100644
--- a/tests/evtimer_msg/Makefile
+++ b/tests/evtimer_msg/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 include ../Makefile.tests_common
 
 USEMODULE += evtimer
+USEMODULE += xtimer
 
 # This test randomly fails on `native` so disable it from CI
 TEST_ON_CI_BLACKLIST += native