diff --git a/components/driver/twai/include/driver/twai.h b/components/driver/twai/include/driver/twai.h
index 6cde097f0c..84a5ecfa5d 100644
--- a/components/driver/twai/include/driver/twai.h
+++ b/components/driver/twai/include/driver/twai.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ extern "C" {
                                                                     .clkout_io = TWAI_IO_UNUSED, .bus_off_io = TWAI_IO_UNUSED,      \
                                                                     .tx_queue_len = 5, .rx_queue_len = 5,                           \
                                                                     .alerts_enabled = TWAI_ALERT_NONE,  .clkout_divider = 0,        \
-                                                                    .intr_flags = ESP_INTR_FLAG_LEVEL1}
+                                                                    .intr_flags = ESP_INTR_FLAG_LEVEL1, .general_flags = {0}}
 
 /**
  * @brief Initializer macro for general configuration structure.
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ typedef struct {
                                          By this approach, the system can power off TWAI's power domain.
                                          This can save power, but at the expense of more RAM being consumed. */
     } general_flags;                /**< General flags */
+    // Ensure TWAI_GENERAL_CONFIG_DEFAULT_V2 is updated and in order if new fields are added
 } twai_general_config_t;
 
 /**
diff --git a/tools/test_apps/system/cxx_build_test/main/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/test_apps/system/cxx_build_test/main/CMakeLists.txt
index 072dc35668..be4e711a2b 100644
--- a/tools/test_apps/system/cxx_build_test/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/test_apps/system/cxx_build_test/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ if(CONFIG_SOC_I2C_SUPPORTED)
     list(APPEND srcs test_i2c_lcd.cpp)
 endif()
 
+if(CONFIG_SOC_TWAI_SUPPORTED)
+    list(APPEND srcs test_twai.cpp)
+endif()
+
 idf_component_register(SRCS "${srcs}"
                        INCLUDE_DIRS "."
                        PRIV_REQUIRES driver esp_lcd
diff --git a/tools/test_apps/system/cxx_build_test/main/test_twai.cpp b/tools/test_apps/system/cxx_build_test/main/test_twai.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c337bf289b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test_apps/system/cxx_build_test/main/test_twai.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense OR CC0-1.0
+ */
+#include "driver/twai.h"
+
+void test_twai_apis(void)
+{
+    twai_filter_config_t f_config = TWAI_FILTER_CONFIG_ACCEPT_ALL();
+    twai_general_config_t g_config = TWAI_GENERAL_CONFIG_DEFAULT(GPIO_NUM_0, GPIO_NUM_1, TWAI_MODE_NO_ACK);
+    twai_timing_config_t t_config = TWAI_TIMING_CONFIG_100KBITS();
+    twai_driver_install(&g_config, &t_config, &f_config);
+    twai_driver_uninstall();
+}