diff --git a/tests/periph_timer_periodic/Makefile b/tests/periph_timer_periodic/Makefile
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+include ../Makefile.tests_common
+
+FEATURES_REQUIRED = periph_timer_periodic
+
+include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.include
diff --git a/tests/periph_timer_periodic/main.c b/tests/periph_timer_periodic/main.c
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+++ b/tests/periph_timer_periodic/main.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup     tests
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @brief       Periodic timer test application
+ *
+ * @author      Benjamin Valentin <benpicco@beuth-hochschule.de>
+ *
+ * @}
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include "board.h"
+#include "test_utils/expect.h"
+
+#include "mutex.h"
+#include "periph/timer.h"
+#include "xtimer.h"
+
+/* We use the timer used for xtimer with the frequency used by xtimer here
+ * to make sure we have a known valid timer configuration.
+ *
+ * DO NOT USE any low-level timer functions demonstrated here when xtimer
+ * is used with that timer!
+ * Configure a separate timer, XTIMER_DEV is usually 'owned' by xtimer, but
+ * as xtimer is not used in this test, we can use it and the fact that every board
+ * provides a configuration for it.
+ */
+#define TIMER_CYCL  XTIMER_DEV
+#define CYCLE_MS    100UL
+#define CYCLES_MAX   10
+
+static unsigned count[TIMER_CHANNELS];
+
+static void cb(void *arg, int chan)
+{
+    unsigned c = count[chan]++;
+
+    printf("[%d] tick\n", chan);
+
+    if (c > CYCLES_MAX) {
+        timer_stop(TIMER_CYCL);
+        mutex_unlock(arg);
+    }
+}
+
+static const char* _print_ok(int chan, bool *succeeded)
+{
+    if (chan == 0 && count[chan] > 0) {
+        return "OK";
+    }
+
+    if (chan > 0 && count[chan] == 0) {
+        return "OK";
+    }
+
+    *succeeded = false;
+    return "ERROR";
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+    mutex_t lock = MUTEX_INIT_LOCKED;
+    const unsigned long timer_hz = XTIMER_HZ;
+    const unsigned steps = (CYCLE_MS * timer_hz) / 1000;
+
+    printf("\nRunning Timer %d at %lu Hz.\n", TIMER_CYCL, timer_hz);
+    printf("One counter cycle is %u ticks or %lu ms\n", steps, CYCLE_MS);
+    puts("Will print 'tick' every cycle.\n");
+
+    expect(timer_init(TIMER_CYCL, timer_hz, cb, &lock) == 0);
+
+    puts("TEST START");
+
+    /* Only the first channel should trigger and reset the counter */
+    /* If subsequent channels trigger this is an error. */
+    timer_set_periodic(TIMER_CYCL, 1, 2 * steps, TIM_FLAG_RESET_ON_SET);
+    timer_set_periodic(TIMER_CYCL, 0, steps, TIM_FLAG_RESET_ON_MATCH);
+
+    mutex_lock(&lock);
+
+    puts("\nCycles:");
+
+    bool succeeded = true;
+    for (unsigned i = 0; i < TIMER_CHANNELS; ++i) {
+        printf("channel %u = %02u\t[%s]\n", i, count[i], _print_ok(i, &succeeded));
+    }
+
+    if (succeeded) {
+        puts("TEST SUCCEEDED");
+    } else {
+        puts("TEST FAILED");
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tests/periph_timer_periodic/tests/01-run.py b/tests/periph_timer_periodic/tests/01-run.py
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+++ b/tests/periph_timer_periodic/tests/01-run.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Copyright (C) 2020 Benjamin Valentin <benpicco@beuth-hochschule.de>
+#
+# This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+# General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+# directory for more details.
+
+import sys
+import time
+from testrunner import run
+
+
+def testfunc(child):
+    child.expect_exact('TEST START')
+    start = time.time()
+    child.expect_exact('TEST SUCCEEDED')
+    end = time.time()
+    # test should run 10 cycles with 100ms each
+    assert (end - start) > 1
+    assert (end - start) < 1.5
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(run(testfunc))