diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/target-test.yml b/.gitlab/ci/target-test.yml
index 345e0275ec..1a8e5e89a9 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/target-test.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/target-test.yml
@@ -656,6 +656,12 @@ UT_C3_I2C:
     - ESP32C3_IDF
     - UT_T2_I2C
 
+UT_C3_FLASH_SUSPEND:
+  extends: .unit_test_esp32c3_template
+  tags:
+    - ESP32C3_IDF
+    - UT_T1_Flash_Suspend
+
 .integration_test_template:
   extends:
     - .target_test_job_template
diff --git a/components/spi_flash/test/test_esp_flash.c b/components/spi_flash/test/test_esp_flash.c
index d61294040a..3d65572488 100644
--- a/components/spi_flash/test/test_esp_flash.c
+++ b/components/spi_flash/test/test_esp_flash.c
@@ -664,7 +664,11 @@ static void test_flash_suspend_resume(const esp_partition_t* part)
     vTaskDelay(200);
 }
 
-FLASH_TEST_CASE("SPI flash suspend and resume test", test_flash_suspend_resume);
+TEST_CASE("SPI flash suspend and resume test", "[esp_flash][test_env=UT_T1_Flash_Suspend]")
+{
+    flash_test_func(test_flash_suspend_resume, 1 /* first index reserved for main flash */ );
+}
+
 #endif //CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_AUTO_SUSPEND
 
 static void test_write_protection(const esp_partition_t* part)
@@ -920,8 +924,8 @@ FLASH_TEST_CASE_3("Test esp_flash_write large RAM buffer", test_write_large_ram_
 static void write_large_buffer(const esp_partition_t *part, const uint8_t *source, size_t length)
 {
     esp_flash_t* chip = part->flash_chip;
-    printf("Writing chip %p %p, %d bytes from source %p\n", chip, (void*)part->address, length, source);
 
+    printf("Writing chip %p %p, %d bytes from source %p\n", chip, (void*)part->address, length, source);
     ESP_ERROR_CHECK( esp_flash_erase_region(chip, part->address, (length + SPI_FLASH_SEC_SIZE) & ~(SPI_FLASH_SEC_SIZE - 1)) );
 
     // note writing to unaligned address
diff --git a/tools/unit-test-app/configs/spi_flash_suspend b/tools/unit-test-app/configs/spi_flash_suspend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c021dcbfa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/unit-test-app/configs/spi_flash_suspend
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+CONFIG_IDF_TARGET="esp32c3"
+TEST_COMPONENTS=spi_flash
+CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_AUTO_SUSPEND=y