diff --git a/tests/thread_basic/Makefile b/tests/thread_basic/Makefile
index fb1a878b58357574f472ec2a6a7562b43cfad5c9..88bff49dbd2b7e70ef49dede134fa232612f06ca 100644
--- a/tests/thread_basic/Makefile
+++ b/tests/thread_basic/Makefile
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ DISABLE_MODULE += auto_init
 include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.include
 
 test:
-	./tests/test_thread.py
+	./tests/01-run.py
diff --git a/tests/thread_basic/tests/test_thread.py b/tests/thread_basic/tests/01-run.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/thread_basic/tests/test_thread.py
rename to tests/thread_basic/tests/01-run.py