diff --git a/tests/thread_basic/Makefile b/tests/thread_basic/Makefile
index fb1a878b58..88bff49dbd 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 99%
rename from tests/thread_basic/tests/test_thread.py
rename to tests/thread_basic/tests/01-run.py
index ec24410758..5a7f5034b5 100755
--- a/tests/thread_basic/tests/test_thread.py
+++ b/tests/thread_basic/tests/01-run.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import sys
 sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.environ['RIOTBASE'], 'dist/tools/testrunner'))
 import testrunner
 
+
 def testfunc(child):
     child.expect('first thread\r\n')
     child.expect('second thread\r\n')