diff --git a/examples/arduino_hello-world/Makefile b/examples/arduino_hello-world/Makefile
index 8371f1e119..c101c7e833 100644
--- a/examples/arduino_hello-world/Makefile
+++ b/examples/arduino_hello-world/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ BOARD ?= native
 RIOTBASE ?= $(CURDIR)/../..
 
 USEMODULE += arduino
+USEMODULE += stdin
 
 # Comment this out to disable code in RIOT that does safety checking
 # which is not needed in a production environment but helps in the