diff --git a/components/esp_rom/.build-test-rules.yml b/components/esp_rom/.build-test-rules.yml
index 1ed5faae8e..8a19709b18 100644
--- a/components/esp_rom/.build-test-rules.yml
+++ b/components/esp_rom/.build-test-rules.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,9 @@ components/esp_rom/host_test/rom_test:
   enable:
     - if: IDF_TARGET == "linux"
       reason: only test on linux
+
+components/esp_rom/test_apps:
+  disable_test:
+    - if: IDF_TARGET in ["esp32", "esp32c2"]
+      temporary: false
+      reason: lack of memory for testing miniz compressing
diff --git a/components/esp_rom/test/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_rom/test/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0edd942c0f..0000000000
--- a/components/esp_rom/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-idf_component_register(SRC_DIRS .
-                       PRIV_INCLUDE_DIRS . ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
-                       PRIV_REQUIRES cmock test_utils)
-target_compile_options(${COMPONENT_LIB} PRIVATE "-Wno-format")
-
-add_custom_command(OUTPUT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_tjpgd_logo.h"
-                COMMAND xxd -i "logo.jpg" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_tjpgd_logo.h"
-                WORKING_DIRECTORY ${COMPONENT_DIR}
-                DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/logo.jpg")
-add_custom_target(test_logo DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_tjpgd_logo.h")
-add_dependencies(${COMPONENT_LIB} test_logo)
diff --git a/components/esp_rom/test/logo.jpg b/components/esp_rom/test/logo.jpg
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bd9e775ea..0000000000
Binary files a/components/esp_rom/test/logo.jpg and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/components/esp_rom/test_apps/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_rom/test_apps/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5df555b801
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/esp_rom/test_apps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# This is the project CMakeLists.txt file for the test subproject
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+
+include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
+project(esp_rom_test)
diff --git a/components/esp_rom/test_apps/README.md b/components/esp_rom/test_apps/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b5be4985c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/esp_rom/test_apps/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+| Supported Targets | ESP32 | ESP32-C2 | ESP32-C3 | ESP32-S2 | ESP32-S3 |
+| ----------------- | ----- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
diff --git a/components/esp_rom/test_apps/main/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_rom/test_apps/main/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a8ffc6092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/esp_rom/test_apps/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+set(srcs "test_app_main.c"
+         "test_libgcc.c"
+         "test_miniz.c")
+
+# In order for the cases defined by `TEST_CASE` to be linked into the final elf,
+# the component can be registered as WHOLE_ARCHIVE
+idf_component_register(SRCS ${srcs}
+                       WHOLE_ARCHIVE)
diff --git a/components/esp_rom/test_apps/main/test_app_main.c b/components/esp_rom/test_apps/main/test_app_main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f739ea079f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/esp_rom/test_apps/main/test_app_main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense OR CC0-1.0
+ */
+
+#include "unity.h"
+#include "unity_test_runner.h"
+#include "esp_heap_caps.h"
+
+#define TEST_MEMORY_LEAK_THRESHOLD (-100)
+
+static size_t before_free_8bit;
+static size_t before_free_32bit;
+
+static void check_leak(size_t before_free, size_t after_free, const char *type)
+{
+    ssize_t delta = after_free - before_free;
+    printf("MALLOC_CAP_%s: Before %u bytes free, After %u bytes free (delta %d)\n", type, before_free, after_free, delta);
+    TEST_ASSERT_MESSAGE(delta >= TEST_MEMORY_LEAK_THRESHOLD, "memory leak");
+}
+
+void setUp(void)
+{
+    before_free_8bit = heap_caps_get_free_size(MALLOC_CAP_8BIT);
+    before_free_32bit = heap_caps_get_free_size(MALLOC_CAP_32BIT);
+}
+
+void tearDown(void)
+{
+    size_t after_free_8bit = heap_caps_get_free_size(MALLOC_CAP_8BIT);
+    size_t after_free_32bit = heap_caps_get_free_size(MALLOC_CAP_32BIT);
+    check_leak(before_free_8bit, after_free_8bit, "8BIT");
+    check_leak(before_free_32bit, after_free_32bit, "32BIT");
+}
+
+void app_main(void)
+{
+    unity_run_menu();
+}
diff --git a/components/esp_rom/test/test_libgcc.c b/components/esp_rom/test_apps/main/test_libgcc.c
similarity index 98%
rename from components/esp_rom/test/test_libgcc.c
rename to components/esp_rom/test_apps/main/test_libgcc.c
index 143b06a1aa..d3b84a876f 100644
--- a/components/esp_rom/test/test_libgcc.c
+++ b/components/esp_rom/test_apps/main/test_libgcc.c
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense OR CC0-1.0
+ */
 #include <complex.h>
 #include "unity.h"
 
diff --git a/components/esp_rom/test/test_miniz.c b/components/esp_rom/test_apps/main/test_miniz.c
similarity index 86%
rename from components/esp_rom/test/test_miniz.c
rename to components/esp_rom/test_apps/main/test_miniz.c
index 4744aba6a9..e5c34e6911 100644
--- a/components/esp_rom/test/test_miniz.c
+++ b/components/esp_rom/test_apps/main/test_miniz.c
@@ -1,27 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense OR CC0-1.0
+ */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include "sdkconfig.h"
 #include "unity.h"
+#include "rom/miniz.h"
 
-// compression/decompression will take off a bunch of memory
-// test it only with PSRAM enabled
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPIRAM
-
-#if !TEMPORARY_DISABLED_FOR_TARGETS(ESP32)
-// miniz unit test can't pass on ESP32 non-ECO3 version IDF-1807
-
-#if CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32
-#include "esp32/rom/miniz.h"
-#elif CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32S2
-#include "esp32s2/rom/miniz.h"
-#else
-#error "unsupported target"
-#endif
-
-
-#define DATASIZE (1024 * 64)
+#define DATASIZE (1024 * 32)
 
 TEST_CASE("Test miniz compression/decompression", "[rom][miniz]")
 {
@@ -101,6 +91,3 @@ TEST_CASE("Test miniz compression/decompression", "[rom][miniz]")
     free(outbuf);
     free(decomp);
 }
-
-#endif //#if !TEMPORARY_DISABLED_FOR_TARGETS(ESP32)
-#endif // CONFIG_SPIRAM
diff --git a/components/esp_rom/test_apps/pytest_esp_rom.py b/components/esp_rom/test_apps/pytest_esp_rom.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ddf838c2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/esp_rom/test_apps/pytest_esp_rom.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+
+import pytest
+from pytest_embedded import Dut
+
+
+@pytest.mark.esp32c3
+@pytest.mark.esp32s2
+@pytest.mark.esp32s3
+@pytest.mark.generic
+@pytest.mark.nightly_run
+def test_esp_rom(dut: Dut) -> None:
+    dut.expect('Press ENTER to see the list of tests')
+    dut.write('*')
+    dut.expect_unity_test_output()
diff --git a/components/esp_rom/test_apps/sdkconfig.defaults b/components/esp_rom/test_apps/sdkconfig.defaults
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b308cb2ddd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/esp_rom/test_apps/sdkconfig.defaults
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+CONFIG_FREERTOS_HZ=1000
+CONFIG_ESP_TASK_WDT=n
diff --git a/tools/unit-test-app/configs/default_2_c2 b/tools/unit-test-app/configs/default_2_c2
index 72a2c93879..1bc68a1ce6 100644
--- a/tools/unit-test-app/configs/default_2_c2
+++ b/tools/unit-test-app/configs/default_2_c2
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # This config is split between targets since different component needs to be included
 CONFIG_IDF_TARGET="esp32c2"
-TEST_COMPONENTS=app_trace console efuse esp_common esp_eth esp_event esp_hid esp_netif esp_phy esp_ringbuf esp_rom esp_wifi espcoredump hal lwip mdns mqtt newlib nvs_flash partition_table sdmmc spiffs
+TEST_COMPONENTS=app_trace console efuse esp_common esp_eth esp_event esp_hid esp_netif esp_phy esp_ringbuf esp_wifi espcoredump hal lwip mdns mqtt newlib nvs_flash partition_table sdmmc spiffs
diff --git a/tools/unit-test-app/configs/default_3_c2 b/tools/unit-test-app/configs/default_3_c2
index d516eea21d..475aaf583a 100644
--- a/tools/unit-test-app/configs/default_3_c2
+++ b/tools/unit-test-app/configs/default_3_c2
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # This config is split between targets since different component needs to be included
 CONFIG_IDF_TARGET="esp32c2"
-TEST_EXCLUDE_COMPONENTS=app_trace console efuse esp_common esp_eth esp_event esp_hid esp_netif esp_phy esp_ringbuf esp_rom esp_wifi espcoredump hal lwip mdns mqtt newlib nvs_flash partition_table sdmmc spiffs freertos esp_hw_support esp_ipc esp_system esp_timer driver heap soc spi_flash vfs
+TEST_EXCLUDE_COMPONENTS=app_trace console efuse esp_common esp_eth esp_event esp_hid esp_netif esp_phy esp_ringbuf esp_wifi espcoredump hal lwip mdns mqtt newlib nvs_flash partition_table sdmmc spiffs freertos esp_hw_support esp_ipc esp_system esp_timer driver heap soc spi_flash vfs