diff --git a/Makefile.dep b/Makefile.dep
index 18a0f7af60cb2386d7c13598d8415db2069d3abd..72a9557b1cf35106fb7766b070b54591c808ec90 100644
--- a/Makefile.dep
+++ b/Makefile.dep
@@ -378,3 +378,11 @@ ifneq (,$(filter pthread,$(USEMODULE)))
     USEMODULE += vtimer
     USEMODULE += timex
 endif
+
+ifneq (,$(filter schedstatistics,$(USEMODULE)))
+    USEMODULE += xtimer
+endif
+
+ifneq (,$(filter xtimer,$(USEMODULE)))
+    FEATURES_REQUIRED += periph_timer
+endif