diff --git a/components/hal/test/CMakeLists.txt b/components/hal/test/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a06f271e1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/hal/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+idf_component_register(SRC_DIRS "."
+                    PRIV_INCLUDE_DIRS "${include_dirs}"
+                    PRIV_REQUIRES cmock test_utils)
diff --git a/components/hal/test/component.mk b/components/hal/test/component.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6184303f65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/hal/test/component.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+COMPONENT_SRCDIRS := .
+
+COMPONENT_ADD_LDFLAGS = -Wl,--whole-archive -l$(COMPONENT_NAME) -Wl,--no-whole-archive
+
+
diff --git a/components/soc/test/test_mpu.c b/components/hal/test/test_mpu.c
similarity index 100%
rename from components/soc/test/test_mpu.c
rename to components/hal/test/test_mpu.c