diff --git a/tests/ssp/Makefile b/tests/ssp/Makefile
index 3ce3b24077814f13c6427be8253681f08908028e..d4f6e12b4c9a33f12a33afaf06c0fbee1e3cd0fe 100644
--- a/tests/ssp/Makefile
+++ b/tests/ssp/Makefile
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@ USEMODULE += ssp
 CFLAGS += -DDEVELHELP
 
 include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.include
+
+test:
+	tests/01-run.py
diff --git a/tests/ssp/tests/01-run.py b/tests/ssp/tests/01-run.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6de5ad714732ec827ef5e98e340892274c37972c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ssp/tests/01-run.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Copyright (C) 2017 Inria
+#
+# 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 os
+import sys
+
+sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.environ['RIOTBASE'], 'dist/tools/testrunner'))
+import testrunner
+
+
+def testfunc(child):
+    child.expect_exact('calling stack corruption function')
+    child.expect('.*stack smashing detected.*')
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(testrunner.run(testfunc))