diff --git a/tests/netdev_test/Makefile b/tests/netdev_test/Makefile
index 655f87caa8df3b663715e55dd96c9fc8a155dfe1..f4260c1b75f9f81bc023045d49a2c34f02158cf5 100644
--- a/tests/netdev_test/Makefile
+++ b/tests/netdev_test/Makefile
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ USEMODULE += od
 CFLAGS += -DGNRC_PKTBUF_SIZE=200
 
 include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.include
+
+test:
+	tests/01-run.py
diff --git a/tests/netdev_test/tests/01-run.py b/tests/netdev_test/tests/01-run.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..757c1bd24d259770d614242cd29ed69c38b312a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/netdev_test/tests/01-run.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Copyright (C) 2016 Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
+#
+# This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+# General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+# directory for more details.
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.environ['RIOTBASE'], 'dist/tools/testrunner'))
+import testrunner
+
+
+def testfunc(child):
+    child.expect_exact('Executing test_get_addr()')
+    child.expect_exact(' + succeeded.')
+    child.expect_exact('Executing test_send()')
+    child.expect_exact(' + succeeded.')
+    child.expect_exact('Executing test_receive()')
+    child.expect_exact(' + succeeded.')
+    child.expect_exact('Executing test_set_addr()')
+    child.expect_exact(' + succeeded.')
+    child.expect_exact('ALL TESTS SUCCESSFUL')
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(testrunner.run(testfunc))