diff --git a/boards/common/stm32/include/cfg_rtt_default.h b/boards/common/stm32/include/cfg_rtt_default.h
index d58c61d057..eb8e1a4233 100644
--- a/boards/common/stm32/include/cfg_rtt_default.h
+++ b/boards/common/stm32/include/cfg_rtt_default.h
@@ -31,8 +31,15 @@ extern "C" {
  * On the STM32Lx platforms, we always utilize the LPTIM1.
  * @{
  */
-#define RTT_FREQUENCY       (1024U)             /* 32768 / 2^n */
-#define RTT_MAX_VALUE       (0x0000ffff)        /* 16-bit timer */
+#define RTT_CLOCK_FREQUENCY (32768U)                    /* in Hz */
+
+#define RTT_MAX_VALUE       (0x0000ffff)                /* 16-bit timer */
+#define RTT_MAX_FREQUENCY   (RTT_CLOCK_FREQUENCY)       /* 32768Hz at @32768Hz */
+#define RTT_MIN_FREQUENCY   (RTT_CLOCK_FREQUENCY / 128) /* 256Hz at @32768Hz */
+
+#ifndef RTT_FREQUENCY
+#define RTT_FREQUENCY       (RTT_MAX_FREQUENCY)   /* in Hz */
+#endif
 /** @} */
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/boards/nucleo-f413zh/include/periph_conf.h b/boards/nucleo-f413zh/include/periph_conf.h
index f0b2436e92..046fa56a83 100644
--- a/boards/nucleo-f413zh/include/periph_conf.h
+++ b/boards/nucleo-f413zh/include/periph_conf.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "periph_cpu.h"
 #include "f4/cfg_clock_100_8_1.h"
 #include "cfg_i2c1_pb8_pb9.h"
+#include "cfg_rtt_default.h"
 #include "cfg_timer_tim5.h"
 #include "cfg_usb_otg_fs.h"
 
@@ -217,8 +218,9 @@ static const spi_conf_t spi_config[] = {
  * @name    RTT configuration
  * @{
  */
+#ifndef RTT_FREQUENCY
 #define RTT_FREQUENCY       (4096)
-#define RTT_MAX_VALUE       (0xffff)
+#endif
 /** @} */
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/tests/periph_rtt/Makefile b/tests/periph_rtt/Makefile
index e685d5a054..80c2d54209 100644
--- a/tests/periph_rtt/Makefile
+++ b/tests/periph_rtt/Makefile
@@ -6,3 +6,11 @@ FEATURES_REQUIRED = periph_rtt
 DISABLE_MODULE += periph_init_rtt
 
 include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.include
+
+# Put board specific dependencies here
+ifneq (,$(filter-out stm32f1,$(filter stm32%,$(CPU))))
+  # all stm32% but stm32f1 RTT are based on a 16 bit LPTIM, if using the default
+  # 32768KHz configuration TICKS_TO_WAIT will overflow
+  RTT_FREQUENCY ?= 1024
+  CFLAGS += -DRTT_FREQUENCY=$(RTT_FREQUENCY)
+endif