diff --git a/tests/periph_pm/Kconfig b/tests/periph_pm/Kconfig
index 021a1e6040..7a0f8866e2 100644
--- a/tests/periph_pm/Kconfig
+++ b/tests/periph_pm/Kconfig
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ config APPLICATION
     imply MODULE_PERIPH_RTC
     imply MODULE_PERIPH_GPIO
     imply MODULE_PERIPH_GPIO_IRQ
+    imply MODULE_ZTIMER_NO_PERIPH_RTT if CPU_COMMON_SAM0
     depends on TEST_KCONFIG
diff --git a/tests/periph_pm/Makefile.board.dep b/tests/periph_pm/Makefile.board.dep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8427e579d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/periph_pm/Makefile.board.dep
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# For sam0 rtt conflicts with rtc, make will select only rtc because of
+# order of inclusion, but to resolve in the same way as Kconfig this also
+# selects ztimer_no_periph_rtt to select the same modules in Kconfig and make
+ifneq (,$(filter-out sam3,$(filter sam%,$(CPU))))
+  ifneq (,$(filter ztimer%,$(USEMODULE)))
+    USEMODULE += ztimer_no_periph_rtt
+  endif
+endif