diff --git a/tests/trace/Makefile b/tests/backtrace/Makefile
similarity index 81%
rename from tests/trace/Makefile
rename to tests/backtrace/Makefile
index 5d38c7e1e5..b6e6fbbb98 100644
--- a/tests/trace/Makefile
+++ b/tests/backtrace/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include ../Makefile.tests_common
 
-USEMODULE += trace
+USEMODULE += backtrace
 
 BOARD_WHITELIST := native
 
diff --git a/tests/trace/main.c b/tests/backtrace/main.c
similarity index 74%
rename from tests/trace/main.c
rename to tests/backtrace/main.c
index 2c146c04b1..889754611a 100644
--- a/tests/trace/main.c
+++ b/tests/backtrace/main.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  * @{
  *
  * @file
- * @brief       Tests od module.
+ * @brief       Tests backtrace module.
  *
  * @author      Martine Lenders <mlenders@inf.fu-berlin.de>
  *
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-#include "trace.h"
+#include "backtrace.h"
 
 int main(void)
 {
-    printf("TRACE_SIZE: %u\n", TRACE_SIZE);
-    trace_print();
+    printf("BACKTRACE_SIZE: %u\n", BACKTRACE_SIZE);
+    backtrace_print();
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tests/trace/tests/01-run.py b/tests/backtrace/tests/01-run.py
similarity index 92%
rename from tests/trace/tests/01-run.py
rename to tests/backtrace/tests/01-run.py
index e1c4c1361e..e7a710e392 100755
--- a/tests/trace/tests/01-run.py
+++ b/tests/backtrace/tests/01-run.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from testrunner import run
 
 
 def testfunc(child):
-    child.expect(r"TRACE_SIZE: (\d+)\r\n")
+    child.expect(r"BACKTRACE_SIZE: (\d+)\r\n")
     trace_size = int(child.match.group(1))
     for i in range(trace_size):
         child.expect(r"0x[0-9a-f]{7,8}")