diff --git a/examples/basic/hello-world/Makefile b/examples/basic/hello-world/Makefile
index ad1fa6fdcb..14dbbb2fdd 100644
--- a/examples/basic/hello-world/Makefile
+++ b/examples/basic/hello-world/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ RIOTBASE ?= $(CURDIR)/../../..
 # development process:
 DEVELHELP ?= 1
 
+USEMODULE += ztimer_msec
+
 # Change this to 0 show compiler invocation lines by default:
 QUIET ?= 1
 
diff --git a/examples/basic/hello-world/main.c b/examples/basic/hello-world/main.c
index c1fe9bae12..811ce82352 100644
--- a/examples/basic/hello-world/main.c
+++ b/examples/basic/hello-world/main.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 
+#include "ztimer.h"
+
 int main(void)
 {
     puts("Hello World!");
@@ -25,5 +27,13 @@ int main(void)
     printf("You are running RIOT on a(n) %s board.\n", RIOT_BOARD);
     printf("This board features a(n) %s CPU.\n", RIOT_CPU);
 
+    while (1) {
+        fprintf(stdout, "fprintf - ");
+        printf("printf - ");
+        fputs("fputs - ", stdout);
+        puts("puts");
+        ztimer_sleep(ZTIMER_MSEC, 1000);
+    }
+
     return 0;
 }