diff --git a/cpu/qn908x/Makefile.dep b/cpu/qn908x/Makefile.dep
index b6aac56fc9..6902e4f8c0 100644
--- a/cpu/qn908x/Makefile.dep
+++ b/cpu/qn908x/Makefile.dep
@@ -14,4 +14,9 @@ ifneq (,$(filter periph_uart periph_i2c periph_spi,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += periph_flexcomm
 endif
 
+ifneq (,$(filter periph_adc,$(USEMODULE)))
+  USEMODULE += ztimer
+  USEMODULE += ztimer_usec
+endif
+
 include $(RIOTCPU)/cortexm_common/Makefile.dep
diff --git a/cpu/qn908x/periph/Kconfig b/cpu/qn908x/periph/Kconfig
index 50ab202853..a6cde85790 100644
--- a/cpu/qn908x/periph/Kconfig
+++ b/cpu/qn908x/periph/Kconfig
@@ -17,3 +17,10 @@ config MODULE_PERIPH_GPIO_MUX
     depends on TEST_KCONFIG
     help
       Common Pin MUX functions for qn908x CPUs.
+
+config MODULE_PERIPH_ADC
+    bool "ADC peripheral driver"
+    depends on HAS_PERIPH_ADC
+    select MODULE_ZTIMER
+    select MODULE_ZTIMER_USEC
+    select MODULE_ZTIMER_PERIPH_TIMER
diff --git a/cpu/qn908x/periph/adc.c b/cpu/qn908x/periph/adc.c
index d8de1c886d..55b0011707 100644
--- a/cpu/qn908x/periph/adc.c
+++ b/cpu/qn908x/periph/adc.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #include "bitarithm.h"
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "mutex.h"
-#include "xtimer.h"
+#include "ztimer.h"
 
 #include "gpio_mux.h"
 #include "periph/adc.h"
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ int adc_init(adc_t line)
         /* Need to wait 100 us before the ADC can be used for sampling. We could
          * in theory avoid this wait since it is only needed before adc_sample()
          * is called but it is short enough that it is safer to include it. */
-        xtimer_usleep(100u);
+        ztimer_sleep(ZTIMER_USEC, 100u);
 
         /* Enable the ADC clock so we can use the ADC. */
         CLOCK_EnableClock(kCLOCK_Adc);
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ int32_t adc_sample(adc_t line, adc_res_t res) {
         ADC_CFG_SCAN_INTV(4); /* Switching ADC source every 32 clock cycles. */
 
     /* Need to wait for one ADC cycle before it can be started. */
-    xtimer_usleep(adc_clock_cycle_us[QN908X_ADC_CLOCK]);
+    ztimer_sleep(ZTIMER_USEC, adc_clock_cycle_us[QN908X_ADC_CLOCK]);
 
     /* Configure the destination of the ADC value read from the interrupt. */
     volatile int32_t adc_data = 0;