diff --git a/components/mbedtls/Kconfig b/components/mbedtls/Kconfig
index 301380576f..7675c0f0a2 100644
--- a/components/mbedtls/Kconfig
+++ b/components/mbedtls/Kconfig
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ menu "mbedTLS"
         default n
         select MBEDTLS_ASYMMETRIC_CONTENT_LEN
         # Dynamic buffer feature is not supported with DTLS
-        depends on !MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_DTLS && !MBEDTLS_SSL_VARIABLE_BUFFER_LENGTH
+        depends on !IDF_TARGET_LINUX && !MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_DTLS && !MBEDTLS_SSL_VARIABLE_BUFFER_LENGTH
         help
             Using dynamic TX/RX buffer. After enabling this option, mbedTLS will
             allocate TX buffer when need to send data and then free it if all data
diff --git a/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/CMakeLists.txt
index 2a7352d5fd..4f9ea953cf 100644
--- a/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ if(${target} STREQUAL "linux")
     # Header only library for linux
 
     idf_component_register(INCLUDE_DIRS include
-                           PRIV_REQUIRES tapif_io)
+                           SRCS protocol_examples_utils.c)
     return()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/connect.c b/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/connect.c
index 8a7e28266b..6debc20813 100644
--- a/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/connect.c
+++ b/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/connect.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense OR CC0-1.0
  */
diff --git a/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/include/example_common_private.h b/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/include/example_common_private.h
index 4921e477ea..b85d26d636 100644
--- a/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/include/example_common_private.h
+++ b/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/include/example_common_private.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense OR CC0-1.0
  */
diff --git a/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/include/protocol_examples_common.h b/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/include/protocol_examples_common.h
index 7417c1e635..430cdae7f9 100644
--- a/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/include/protocol_examples_common.h
+++ b/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/include/protocol_examples_common.h
@@ -11,15 +11,18 @@
 
 #include "sdkconfig.h"
 #include "esp_err.h"
+#if !CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_LINUX
 #include "esp_netif.h"
 #if CONFIG_EXAMPLE_CONNECT_ETHERNET
 #include "esp_eth.h"
 #endif
+#endif // !CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_LINUX
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+#if !CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_LINUX
 #if CONFIG_EXAMPLE_CONNECT_WIFI
 #define EXAMPLE_NETIF_DESC_STA "example_netif_sta"
 #endif
@@ -96,6 +99,10 @@ void example_register_wifi_connect_commands(void);
 esp_eth_handle_t get_example_eth_handle(void);
 #endif // CONFIG_EXAMPLE_CONNECT_ETHERNET
 
+#else
+static inline esp_err_t example_connect(void) {return ESP_OK;}
+#endif // !CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_LINUX
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/examples/protocols/.build-test-rules.yml b/examples/protocols/.build-test-rules.yml
index c64d4da25d..883a88cd09 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/.build-test-rules.yml
+++ b/examples/protocols/.build-test-rules.yml
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ examples/protocols/coap_server:
     - if: IDF_TARGET in ["esp32h2"]
 
 examples/protocols/esp_http_client:
+  enable:
+    - if: INCLUDE_DEFAULT == 1 or IDF_TARGET == "linux"
   disable:
     - if: IDF_TARGET in ["esp32h2"]
   disable_test:
-    - if: IDF_TARGET != "esp32"
+    - if: IDF_TARGET not in ["esp32", "linux"]
       temporary: true
       reason: only test on esp32
 
diff --git a/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/CMakeLists.txt
index a30836152e..3316f636e7 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 # CMakeLists in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
+set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common)
+
 if(${IDF_TARGET} STREQUAL "linux")
-    set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS "$ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/mocks/freertos/"
+    list(APPEND EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS "$ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/mocks/freertos/"
                     "$ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/protocols/linux_stubs/esp_stubs")
     set(COMPONENTS main)
-else()
-    set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common)
 endif()
 
 include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
diff --git a/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/README.md b/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/README.md
index e4d347def2..220426fdd3 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/README.md
+++ b/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-| Supported Targets | ESP32 | ESP32-C2 | ESP32-C3 | ESP32-C6 | ESP32-S2 | ESP32-S3 |
-| ----------------- | ----- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
-
+| Supported Targets | ESP32 | ESP32-C2 | ESP32-C3 | ESP32-C6 | ESP32-S2 | ESP32-S3 | Linux |
+| ----------------- | ----- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | ----- |
 # ESP HTTP Client Example
 
 See the README.md file in the upper level 'examples' directory for more information about examples.
diff --git a/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/main/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/main/CMakeLists.txt
index 783d70fa84..cc80568867 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # (If this was a component, we would set COMPONENT_EMBED_TXTFILES here.)
 set(requires "")
 if(${IDF_TARGET} STREQUAL "linux")
-    list(APPEND requires esp_stubs esp-tls esp_http_client)
+    list(APPEND requires esp_stubs esp-tls esp_http_client protocol_examples_common)
 endif()
 idf_component_register(SRCS "esp_http_client_example.c"
                     INCLUDE_DIRS "."
diff --git a/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/pytest_esp_http_client.py b/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/pytest_esp_http_client.py
index ec6d01444f..1fc58d016f 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/pytest_esp_http_client.py
+++ b/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/pytest_esp_http_client.py
@@ -98,3 +98,44 @@ def test_examples_protocol_esp_http_client_dynamic_buffer(dut: Dut) -> None:
     dut.expect(r'HTTP Status = 206, content_length = 10')
     dut.expect(r'HTTP Status = 206, content_length = 10')
     dut.expect('Finish http example')
+
+
+@pytest.mark.linux
+@pytest.mark.host_test
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('config', [
+    'default', 'ssldyn',
+], indirect=True)
+def test_examples_protocol_esp_http_client_linux(dut: Dut) -> None:
+    # start test
+    dut.expect('Connected to AP, begin http example', timeout=120)
+    dut.expect(r'HTTP GET Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTP POST Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTP PUT Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTP PATCH Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTP DELETE Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTP HEAD Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTP GET Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTP POST Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTP PUT Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTP PATCH Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTP DELETE Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTP HEAD Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTP Basic Auth Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTP Basic Auth redirect Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTP Relative path redirect Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTP Absolute path redirect Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTP Absolute path redirect \(manual\) Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTPS Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTPS Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTP redirect to HTTPS Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTP chunk encoding Status = 200, content_length = (-?\d)')
+    # content-len for chunked encoding is typically -1, could be a positive length in some cases
+    dut.expect(r'HTTP Stream reader Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTPS Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'Last esp error code: 0x8001')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTP GET Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTP POST Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTP Status = 206, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTP Status = 206, content_length = 10')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTP Status = 206, content_length = 10')
+    dut.expect('Finish http example')
diff --git a/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/sdkconfig.defaults b/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/sdkconfig.defaults
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/examples/protocols/linux_stubs/esp_stubs/esp_stubs.c b/examples/protocols/linux_stubs/esp_stubs/esp_stubs.c
index 33f0cfd0ff..53116fcecf 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/linux_stubs/esp_stubs/esp_stubs.c
+++ b/examples/protocols/linux_stubs/esp_stubs/esp_stubs.c
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ esp_err_t esp_netif_init(void)
     return ESP_OK;
 }
 
-esp_err_t example_connect(void)
-{
-    return ESP_OK;
-}
-
 esp_err_t nvs_flash_init(void)
 {
     return ESP_OK;
@@ -34,7 +29,7 @@ esp_err_t nvs_flash_erase(void)
     return ESP_OK;
 }
 
-int main()
+int main(void)
 {
     app_main();
 
diff --git a/examples/protocols/linux_stubs/esp_stubs/include/protocol_examples_common.h b/examples/protocols/linux_stubs/esp_stubs/include/protocol_examples_common.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 416377a82d..0000000000
--- a/examples/protocols/linux_stubs/esp_stubs/include/protocol_examples_common.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense OR CC0-1.0
- */
-#include "esp_err.h"
-
-esp_err_t example_connect(void);
diff --git a/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/CMakeLists.txt
index 0fd7e2e047..86ed08467b 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 # The following lines of boilerplate have to be in your project's
 # CMakeLists in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common)
 
 if("${IDF_TARGET}" STREQUAL "linux")
-    set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS "$ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/mocks/freertos/"
+    list(APPEND EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS "$ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/mocks/freertos/"
                     "$ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/protocols/linux_stubs/esp_stubs")
     set(COMPONENTS main)
-    include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
-else()
-    set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common)
-    include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 endif()
 
+include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
+
 project(tcp_client)
diff --git a/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/main/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/main/CMakeLists.txt
index acea8ee344..ce931f8b55 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 if(${IDF_TARGET} STREQUAL "linux")
-    set(requires esp_stubs)
+    set(requires esp_stubs protocol_examples_common)
 endif()
 
 if("${CONFIG_EXAMPLE_IPV4}" STREQUAL y)