diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/test/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_http_client/test/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index a89a0394e6..0000000000
--- a/components/esp_http_client/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-idf_component_register(SRC_DIRS "."
-                    PRIV_INCLUDE_DIRS "."
-                    PRIV_REQUIRES cmock test_utils esp_http_client)
-target_compile_options(${COMPONENT_LIB} PRIVATE "-Wno-format")
diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/test_apps/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_http_client/test_apps/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e26a96a791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/test_apps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#This is the project CMakeLists.txt file for the test subproject
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+
+set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS "$ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/unit-test-app/components")
+
+include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
+project(esp_http_client_test)
diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/test_apps/README.md b/components/esp_http_client/test_apps/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27995c13b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/test_apps/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+| Supported Targets | ESP32 | ESP32-C2 | ESP32-C3 | ESP32-S2 | ESP32-S3 |
+| ----------------- | ----- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
+
diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/test_apps/main/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_http_client/test_apps/main/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c7a34fc19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/test_apps/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+idf_component_register(SRC_DIRS "."
+                    PRIV_INCLUDE_DIRS "."
+                    PRIV_REQUIRES esp_http_client test_utils unity)
diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/test/test_http_client.c b/components/esp_http_client/test_apps/main/test_http_client.c
similarity index 99%
rename from components/esp_http_client/test/test_http_client.c
rename to components/esp_http_client/test_apps/main/test_http_client.c
index dc92075efa..f4b1e081f8 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/test/test_http_client.c
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/test_apps/main/test_http_client.c
@@ -145,3 +145,8 @@ TEST_CASE("esp_http_client_init() should return NULL if configured with wrong ur
     TEST_ASSERT_NULL(client);
     esp_http_client_cleanup(client);
 }
+
+void app_main(void)
+{
+    unity_run_menu();
+}
diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/test_apps/pytest_esp_http_client_ut.py b/components/esp_http_client/test_apps/pytest_esp_http_client_ut.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30db4a6348
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/test_apps/pytest_esp_http_client_ut.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+
+import pytest
+from pytest_embedded import Dut
+
+
+@pytest.mark.supported_targets
+@pytest.mark.generic
+def test_esp_http_client(dut: Dut) -> None:
+    dut.expect_exact('Press ENTER to see the list of tests')
+    dut.write('*')
+    dut.expect_unity_test_output()
diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/test_apps/sdkconfig.defaults b/components/esp_http_client/test_apps/sdkconfig.defaults
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec826a5a16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/test_apps/sdkconfig.defaults
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# General options for additional checks
+CONFIG_HEAP_POISONING_COMPREHENSIVE=y
+CONFIG_COMPILER_WARN_WRITE_STRINGS=y
+CONFIG_BOOTLOADER_LOG_LEVEL_WARN=y
+CONFIG_FREERTOS_WATCHPOINT_END_OF_STACK=y
+CONFIG_COMPILER_STACK_CHECK_MODE_STRONG=y
+CONFIG_COMPILER_STACK_CHECK=y
+
+CONFIG_ESP_TASK_WDT=n