diff --git a/tests/sched_testing/Makefile b/tests/sched_testing/Makefile
index cade2711cc5a01c60666d5d297c6c29f998194c2..a34f76a448c241af98db86c0745f8c082f6e8d9c 100644
--- a/tests/sched_testing/Makefile
+++ b/tests/sched_testing/Makefile
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@ include ../Makefile.tests_common
 BOARD_INSUFFICIENT_MEMORY := nucleo32-f031
 
 include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.include
+
+test:
+	tests/01-run.py
diff --git a/tests/sched_testing/tests/01-run.py b/tests/sched_testing/tests/01-run.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..da0fd060b4a0137e6cba2fdf9718e4ab177e2878
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sched_testing/tests/01-run.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import os
+import sys
+import math
+
+sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.environ['RIOTBASE'], 'dist/tools/testrunner'))
+import testrunner
+
+
+def testfunc(child):
+    child.expect_exact('The output should be: yield 1, snd_thread running, '
+                       'yield 2, done')
+    child.expect_exact('---------------------------------------------------'
+                       '-------------')
+    child.expect_exact('yield 1')
+    child.expect_exact('snd_thread running')
+    child.expect_exact('yield 2')
+    child.expect_exact('done')
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(testrunner.run(testfunc))