diff --git a/tests/bitarithm_timings/main.c b/tests/bitarithm_timings/main.c
index 3b4fc14d46..6cdec07bc4 100644
--- a/tests/bitarithm_timings/main.c
+++ b/tests/bitarithm_timings/main.c
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@
 #define TIMEOUT (TIMEOUT_S * US_PER_SEC)
 #define PER_ITERATION (4)
 
+#if ARCH_32_BIT
+#define TEST_AND_CLEAR_TEST_MASK_0  (0xA2101045UL)
+#define TEST_AND_CLEAR_TEST_MASK_1  (0x22101044UL)
+#else
+#define TEST_AND_CLEAR_TEST_MASK_0  (0x9045UL)
+#define TEST_AND_CLEAR_TEST_MASK_1  (0x1244UL)
+
+#endif
+
 static atomic_bool done;
 
 static void callback(void *unused)
@@ -84,6 +93,36 @@ static void run_test(const char *name, unsigned (*test)(unsigned))
     printf("+ %s: %lu iterations per second\r\n", name, (4*PER_ITERATION) * count / TIMEOUT_S);
 }
 
+static unsigned do_test_and_clear(unsigned state)
+{
+    uint8_t index  = 0;
+    unsigned found = 0;
+
+    while (state) {
+        state = bitarithm_test_and_clear(state, &index);
+        found |= 1 << index;
+    }
+
+    return found;
+}
+
+static void run_test_test_and_clear(void)
+{
+    unsigned long count = 0;
+    atomic_store(&done, false);
+
+    xtimer_t xtimer = { .callback = callback };
+    xtimer_set(&xtimer, TIMEOUT);
+
+    do {
+        assert(do_test_and_clear(TEST_AND_CLEAR_TEST_MASK_0) == TEST_AND_CLEAR_TEST_MASK_0);
+        assert(do_test_and_clear(TEST_AND_CLEAR_TEST_MASK_1) == TEST_AND_CLEAR_TEST_MASK_1);
+        ++count;
+    } while (atomic_load(&done) == false);
+
+    printf("+ %s: %lu iterations per second\r\n", "bitarithm_test_and_clear", 2 * count / TIMEOUT_S);
+}
+
 #define run_test(test) run_test(#test, test)
 
 int main(void)
@@ -93,6 +132,7 @@ int main(void)
     run_test(bitarithm_msb);
     run_test(bitarithm_lsb);
     run_test(bitarithm_bits_set);
+    run_test_test_and_clear();
 
     printf("Done.\r\n");
     return 0;
diff --git a/tests/bitarithm_timings/tests/01-run.py b/tests/bitarithm_timings/tests/01-run.py
index e8bfc9aa26..6ec1d4f831 100755
--- a/tests/bitarithm_timings/tests/01-run.py
+++ b/tests/bitarithm_timings/tests/01-run.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ def testfunc(child):
     child.expect(r'\+ bitarithm_msb: \d+ iterations per second')
     child.expect(r'\+ bitarithm_lsb: \d+ iterations per second')
     child.expect(r'\+ bitarithm_bits_set: \d+ iterations per second')
+    child.expect(r'\+ bitarithm_test_and_clear: \d+ iterations per second')
     child.expect_exact("Done.")