diff --git a/components/freertos/test_apps/freertos/CMakeLists.txt b/components/freertos/test_apps/freertos/CMakeLists.txt
index e0168c913b..402da75c30 100644
--- a/components/freertos/test_apps/freertos/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/freertos/test_apps/freertos/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 # type is treated as separate component
 set(test_types
     "kernel"
+    "performance"
     "port")
 
 list(APPEND EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS
diff --git a/components/freertos/test_apps/freertos/performance/CMakeLists.txt b/components/freertos/test_apps/freertos/performance/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b2b417d5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/freertos/test_apps/freertos/performance/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Register all of the "performance" tests as a component
+
+# In order for the cases defined by `TEST_CASE` in "performance" to be linked into
+# the final elf, the component can be registered as WHOLE_ARCHIVE
+idf_component_register(SRC_DIRS "."
+                       PRIV_REQUIRES test_utils
+                       WHOLE_ARCHIVE)
+
+# Todo: Fix no-format errors
+target_compile_options(${COMPONENT_LIB} PRIVATE "-Wno-format")
diff --git a/components/freertos/test/performance/test_freertos_scheduling_time.c b/components/freertos/test_apps/freertos/performance/test_freertos_scheduling_time.c
similarity index 100%
rename from components/freertos/test/performance/test_freertos_scheduling_time.c
rename to components/freertos/test_apps/freertos/performance/test_freertos_scheduling_time.c
diff --git a/components/freertos/test/performance/test_isr_latency.c b/components/freertos/test_apps/freertos/performance/test_isr_latency.c
similarity index 100%
rename from components/freertos/test/performance/test_isr_latency.c
rename to components/freertos/test_apps/freertos/performance/test_isr_latency.c