diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/build.yml b/.gitlab/ci/build.yml
index 96ede903cc..014c00889d 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/build.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/build.yml
@@ -658,9 +658,6 @@ build_clang_test_apps_esp32c2:
   extends:
     - .build_clang_test_apps_riscv
     - .rules:build:custom_test-esp32c2
-  # spec files and nano libc are not supported yet by esp-clang
-  # TODO: LLVM-197
-  allow_failure: true
   variables:
     IDF_TARGET: esp32c2
 
diff --git a/components/newlib/CMakeLists.txt b/components/newlib/CMakeLists.txt
index 5e3e4efa1e..0cbce719ef 100644
--- a/components/newlib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/newlib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,19 @@ list(APPEND EXTRA_LINK_FLAGS "-u newlib_include_assert_impl")
 target_link_libraries(${COMPONENT_LIB} INTERFACE "${EXTRA_LINK_FLAGS}")
 
 if(CONFIG_NEWLIB_NANO_FORMAT)
-    target_link_libraries(${COMPONENT_LIB} INTERFACE "--specs=nano.specs")
+    if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
+        set(libc_dir_cmd ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER})
+        string(REPLACE " " ";" cflags_list ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS})
+        list(APPEND libc_dir_cmd ${cflags_list} "-print-file-name=libc.a")
+        execute_process(
+            COMMAND ${libc_dir_cmd}
+            OUTPUT_VARIABLE libc_dir
+        )
+        get_filename_component(libc_dir ${libc_dir} DIRECTORY)
+        target_link_directories(${COMPONENT_LIB} INTERFACE "${libc_dir}/nano")
+    else()
+        target_link_libraries(${COMPONENT_LIB} INTERFACE "--specs=nano.specs")
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(port)