diff --git a/tests/driver_mma8652/Makefile b/tests/driver_mma8652/Makefile
index 429d6808afc65b11a23614a024cea24f73dc0032..7f5b8bd2f4f8e5573713817d6e32244bc4f8b357 100644
--- a/tests/driver_mma8652/Makefile
+++ b/tests/driver_mma8652/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ include ../Makefile.tests_common
 FEATURES_REQUIRED = periph_i2c
 
 USEMODULE += mma8652
-USEMODULE += vtimer
+USEMODULE += xtimer
 
 ifneq (,$(TEST_MMA8652_I2C))
   CFLAGS += -DTEST_MMA8652_I2C=$(TEST_MMA8652_I2C)
diff --git a/tests/driver_mma8652/main.c b/tests/driver_mma8652/main.c
index c7c7544be4e23a4e902f434b032aec9f53c912cd..db0d954a6025db2eeb286c43e05a3fd5162e17ae 100644
--- a/tests/driver_mma8652/main.c
+++ b/tests/driver_mma8652/main.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-#include "vtimer.h"
+#include "xtimer.h"
 #include "mma8652.h"
 
 #define SLEEP       (1000 * 1000U)
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ int main(void)
     while (1) {
         mma8652_read(&dev, &x, &y, &z, &status);
         printf("Acceleration, raw: X: %d Y: %d Z: %d S: %2x\n", x, y, z, status);
-        vtimer_usleep(SLEEP);
+        xtimer_usleep(SLEEP);
     }
 
     return 0;