diff --git a/tests/unittests/Makefile b/tests/unittests/Makefile
index ef8913dd58a1df740273993da06bb96a57331054..839c9fd3390ad8ea480f818263f2257edb2b9b75 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/unittests/Makefile
@@ -227,12 +227,18 @@ BASELIBS += $(UNIT_TESTS:%=$(BINDIR)/%.a)
 
 INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTBASE)/tests/unittests/common
 
+# list of boards to run CI tests on
+TEST_ON_CI_WHITELIST += all
+
 include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.include
 
 .PHONY: $(UNIT_TESTS)
 
 all:
 
+info-unittests:
+	@echo $(UNIT_TESTS)
+
 $(UNIT_TESTS): all
 
 charCOMMA := ,