diff --git a/tests/ztimer_periodic/Makefile b/tests/ztimer_periodic/Makefile
index e3ee9ea098..fa67ced1d8 100644
--- a/tests/ztimer_periodic/Makefile
+++ b/tests/ztimer_periodic/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 DEVELHELP ?= 0
 include ../Makefile.tests_common
 
+# The test depends on how fast and often the host schedules the RIOT native
+# application. If the host is busy enough it won't schedule the process,
+# delaying the application, thus delaying the time measurement. This happens
+# often on ci with resulting offsets of +10ms
+TEST_ON_CI_BLACKLIST += native
+
 USEMODULE += fmt
 USEMODULE += ztimer_usec ztimer_msec