diff --git a/tests/legacy/benchmark/latency_measure/Makefile b/tests/legacy/benchmark/latency_measure/Makefile
index 3ec95dde9c1..c71193f6c6b 100644
--- a/tests/legacy/benchmark/latency_measure/Makefile
+++ b/tests/legacy/benchmark/latency_measure/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 MDEF_FILE = prj.mdef
 BOARD ?= qemu_x86
-CONF_FILE = prj.conf
+
+small_freq_divider_frdm_k64f=y
+small_freq_divider_arduino_due=y
+small_freq_divider_qemu_cortex_m3=y
+
+ifeq ($(small_freq_divider_$(BOARD)),y)
+	CONF_FILE = prj_small_freq_divider.conf
+else
+	CONF_FILE = prj.conf
+endif
 
 include ${ZEPHYR_BASE}/Makefile.inc
diff --git a/tests/legacy/benchmark/latency_measure/prj_small_freq_divider.conf b/tests/legacy/benchmark/latency_measure/prj_small_freq_divider.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9a12d8278bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/legacy/benchmark/latency_measure/prj_small_freq_divider.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# needed for printf output sent to console
+CONFIG_STDOUT_CONSOLE=y
+
+# eliminate timer interrupts during the benchmark
+# for platforms that do not allow frequency dividers large enough to get
+# system clock tick period in 1 sec, make system clock tick to 0.1 sec
+CONFIG_SYS_CLOCK_TICKS_PER_SEC=10
+
+# We use irq_offload(), enable it
+CONFIG_IRQ_OFFLOAD=y
diff --git a/tests/legacy/benchmark/latency_measure/testcase.ini b/tests/legacy/benchmark/latency_measure/testcase.ini
index 3609d30092d..eeac2a6c499 100644
--- a/tests/legacy/benchmark/latency_measure/testcase.ini
+++ b/tests/legacy/benchmark/latency_measure/testcase.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [test]
 tags = benchmark
-arch_whitelist = x86
+arch_whitelist = x86 arm