diff --git a/tests/event_ztimer/Makefile b/tests/event_ztimer/Makefile
index bce9ef00d5..23445037cf 100644
--- a/tests/event_ztimer/Makefile
+++ b/tests/event_ztimer/Makefile
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ USEMODULE += event_thread
 USEMODULE += event_callback
 USEMODULE += event_timeout_ztimer
 USEMODULE += event_periodic
+USEMODULE += ztimer_usec
 
 include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.include