diff --git a/examples/rdcli_simple/Makefile b/examples/rdcli_simple/Makefile
index 4e94996cfdadff13241294ea2b0fa0225aeb7877..d13be99124550d5af2fa3d761d0e47a517b46ea5 100644
--- a/examples/rdcli_simple/Makefile
+++ b/examples/rdcli_simple/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ BOARD ?= native
 # This has to be the absolute path to the RIOT base directory:
 RIOTBASE ?= $(CURDIR)/../..
 
+BOARD_INSUFFICIENT_MEMORY := chronos msb-430 msb-430h nucleo-f030 nucleo-l053 \
+                             nucleo32-f031 nucleo32-f042 nucleo32-l031 \
+                             stm32f0discovery telosb wsn430-v1_3b wsn430-v1_4 \
+                             z1
+
 # Enable GNRC networking
 USEMODULE += gnrc_netdev_default
 USEMODULE += auto_init_gnrc_netif