diff --git a/components/heap/.build-test-rules.yml b/components/heap/.build-test-rules.yml
index 90a31dbc77..ee02ab85e3 100644
--- a/components/heap/.build-test-rules.yml
+++ b/components/heap/.build-test-rules.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,3 @@
 components/heap/host_test/host_test_linux:
   enable:
     - if: IDF_TARGET == "linux"
-components/heap/test_apps:
-  disable_test:
-    - if: IDF_TARGET == "esp32c6"
-      temporary: true
-      reason: target esp32c6 is not supported yet
diff --git a/components/heap/test_apps/main/test_malloc_caps.c b/components/heap/test_apps/main/test_malloc_caps.c
index 7a925dca49..b4943e3d79 100644
--- a/components/heap/test_apps/main/test_malloc_caps.c
+++ b/components/heap/test_apps/main/test_malloc_caps.c
@@ -278,3 +278,23 @@ TEST_CASE("RTC memory shoule be lowest priority and its free size should be big
     free(ptr);
 }
 #endif
+
+TEST_CASE("test memory protection features", "[heap][mem_prot]")
+{
+    // try to allocate memory in IRAM and check that if memory protection is active,
+    // no memory is being allocated
+    uint32_t *iram_ptr = heap_caps_malloc(4, MALLOC_CAP_EXEC);
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_ESP_SYSTEM_MEMPROT_FEATURE
+    // System memory protection not active, check that iram_ptr is not null
+    // Check that iram_ptr is in IRAM
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(iram_ptr);
+    TEST_ASSERT(true == esp_ptr_in_iram(iram_ptr));
+
+    // free the memory
+    heap_caps_free(iram_ptr);
+#else
+    // System memory protection is active, DIRAM seen as DRAM, iram_ptr should be null
+    TEST_ASSERT_NULL(iram_ptr);
+#endif // CONFIG_ESP_SYSTEM_MEMPROT_FEATURE
+}
diff --git a/components/heap/test_apps/pytest_heap.py b/components/heap/test_apps/pytest_heap.py
index 1ccc46f047..a6f6007461 100644
--- a/components/heap/test_apps/pytest_heap.py
+++ b/components/heap/test_apps/pytest_heap.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
 
 import pytest
@@ -92,3 +92,18 @@ def test_heap_trace_dump(dut: Dut) -> None:
     dut.expect_exact('Enter next test, or \'enter\' to see menu')
     dut.write('[heap-trace]')
     dut.expect_unity_test_output(timeout=100)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.generic
+@pytest.mark.supported_targets
+@pytest.mark.temp_skip_ci(targets=['esp32c3', 'esp32s3'], reason='test failed')
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    'config',
+    [
+        'mem_prot'
+    ]
+)
+def test_memory_protection(dut: Dut) -> None:
+    dut.expect_exact('Press ENTER to see the list of tests')
+    dut.write('[heap][mem_prot]')
+    dut.expect_unity_test_output(timeout=300)
diff --git a/components/heap/test_apps/sdkconfig.ci.mem_prot b/components/heap/test_apps/sdkconfig.ci.mem_prot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6ef908834
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/heap/test_apps/sdkconfig.ci.mem_prot
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CONFIG_ESP_SYSTEM_MEMPROT_FEATURE=y