diff --git a/tests/test_pthread_barrier/Makefile b/tests/test_pthread_barrier/Makefile
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+# name of your application
+PROJECT = test_pthread_barrier
+include ../Makefile.tests_common
+
+## Modules to include.
+USEMODULE += pthread
+USEMODULE += random
+USEMODULE += vtimer
+
+CFLAGS += -isystem $(RIOTBASE)/sys/posix/pthread/include
+CFLAGS += -isystem $(RIOTBASE)/sys/posix/include
+
+INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/posix/pthread/include
+INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/posix/include
+
+CFLAGS += -ggdb3 -O0
+
+include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.include
diff --git a/tests/test_pthread_barrier/main.c b/tests/test_pthread_barrier/main.c
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+++ b/tests/test_pthread_barrier/main.c
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+/*
+* Copyright (C) 2014 Freie Universität Berlin
+*
+* This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser General
+* Public License. See the file LICENSE in the top level directory for more
+* details.
+*/
+
+/**
+* @ingroup tests
+* @{
+*
+* @file
+* @brief pthread_barrier test
+*
+* @author René Kijewski <rene.kijewski@fu-berlin.de>
+*
+* @}
+*/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "pthread.h"
+#include "random.h"
+#include "vtimer.h"
+
+#define NUM_CHILDREN 4
+#define NUM_ITERATIONS 5
+
+#define RAND_SEED 0xC0FFEE
+
+static pthread_barrier_t barrier;
+
+static void *run(void *id_)
+{
+    int id = (intptr_t) id_ + 1;
+    printf("Start %i\n", id);
+
+    for (int i = 1; i <= NUM_ITERATIONS; ++i) {
+        if (id == NUM_CHILDREN) {
+            puts("\n======================================\n");
+        }
+        pthread_barrier_wait(&barrier);
+
+        uint32_t timeout_us = genrand_uint32() % 2500000;
+        printf("Child %i sleeps for % 8i µs.\n", id, timeout_us);
+        vtimer_usleep(timeout_us);
+    }
+
+    printf("Done %i\n", id);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+    genrand_init(RAND_SEED);
+
+    puts("Start.\n");
+    pthread_barrier_init(&barrier, NULL, NUM_CHILDREN);
+
+    pthread_t children[NUM_CHILDREN];
+    for (int i = 0; i < NUM_CHILDREN; ++i) {
+        pthread_create(&children[i], NULL, run, (void *) (intptr_t) i);
+    }
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < NUM_CHILDREN; ++i) {
+        void *void_;
+        pthread_join(children[i], &void_);
+    }
+
+    pthread_barrier_destroy(&barrier);
+    puts("\nDone.");
+    return 0;
+}