diff --git a/tools/test_apps/system/panic/pytest_panic.py b/tools/test_apps/system/panic/pytest_panic.py
index 0b93f18345..db5efc6cfb 100644
--- a/tools/test_apps/system/panic/pytest_panic.py
+++ b/tools/test_apps/system/panic/pytest_panic.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ TARGETS_TESTED = [
 CONFIGS = [
     pytest.param('coredump_flash_bin_crc', marks=TARGETS_TESTED),
     pytest.param('coredump_flash_elf_sha', marks=TARGETS_TESTED),
+    pytest.param('coredump_flash_elf_soft_sha', marks=TARGETS_TESTED),
     pytest.param('coredump_uart_bin_crc', marks=TARGETS_TESTED),
     pytest.param('coredump_uart_elf_crc', marks=TARGETS_TESTED),
     pytest.param('gdbstub', marks=TARGETS_TESTED),
diff --git a/tools/test_apps/system/panic/sdkconfig.ci.coredump_flash_elf_soft_sha b/tools/test_apps/system/panic/sdkconfig.ci.coredump_flash_elf_soft_sha
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e426d2e4d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test_apps/system/panic/sdkconfig.ci.coredump_flash_elf_soft_sha
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_ENABLE_TO_FLASH=y
+CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_DATA_FORMAT_ELF=y
+CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_CHECKSUM_SHA256=y
+CONFIG_LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL_INFO=y
+CONFIG_MBEDTLS_HARDWARE_SHA=n