diff --git a/components/freertos/esp_additions/include/freertos/FreeRTOSConfig.h b/components/freertos/esp_additions/include/freertos/FreeRTOSConfig.h
index 675af141eb..20653f32ce 100644
--- a/components/freertos/esp_additions/include/freertos/FreeRTOSConfig.h
+++ b/components/freertos/esp_additions/include/freertos/FreeRTOSConfig.h
@@ -241,8 +241,12 @@
 #define INCLUDE_pcTaskGetTaskName                       1
 #define INCLUDE_xTaskGetIdleTaskHandle                  1
 #define INCLUDE_pxTaskGetStackStart                     1
-
+#define INCLUDE_eTaskGetState                           1
+#define INCLUDE_xTaskAbortDelay                         1
+#define INCLUDE_xTaskGetHandle                          1
 #define INCLUDE_xSemaphoreGetMutexHolder                1
+#define INCLUDE_xTimerPendFunctionCall                  1
+#define INCLUDE_xTimerGetTimerDaemonTaskHandle          0   //Currently there is no need for this API
 
 /* The priority at which the tick interrupt runs.  This should probably be
    kept at 1. */
@@ -269,8 +273,6 @@ extern void vPortCleanUpTCB ( void *pxTCB );
 #define configTIMER_QUEUE_LENGTH                        CONFIG_FREERTOS_TIMER_QUEUE_LENGTH
 #define configTIMER_TASK_STACK_DEPTH                    CONFIG_FREERTOS_TIMER_TASK_STACK_DEPTH
 
-#define INCLUDE_xTimerPendFunctionCall                  1
-#define INCLUDE_eTaskGetState                           1
 #define configUSE_QUEUE_SETS                            1
 
 #define configUSE_TICKLESS_IDLE                         CONFIG_FREERTOS_USE_TICKLESS_IDLE
diff --git a/components/freertos/test/test_freertos_task_utilities.c b/components/freertos/test/test_freertos_task_utilities.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9b186eecc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/freertos/test/test_freertos_task_utilities.c
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+#include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
+#include "freertos/task.h"
+#include "freertos/queue.h"
+#include "freertos/semphr.h"
+#include "freertos/stream_buffer.h"
+#include "freertos/event_groups.h"
+#include "unity.h"
+#include "test_utils.h"
+
+/*
+Test that we can get a task's handle via the task's name using xTaskGetHandle()
+*/
+
+static void test_task_get_handle(void *arg)
+{
+    vTaskSuspend(NULL);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("FreeRTOS xTaskGetHandle()", "[freertos]")
+{
+    vTaskDelay(10); //Small delay to let init/daemon tasks finish running
+
+    for (int core = 0; core < configNUM_CORES; core++) {
+        TaskHandle_t test_task_hdl;
+        TaskHandle_t ret_task_hdl;
+        TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(pdTRUE, xTaskCreatePinnedToCore(test_task_get_handle, "test0", 1024, NULL, UNITY_FREERTOS_PRIORITY + 1, &test_task_hdl, core));
+        vTaskDelay(10); //Delay to let task call vTaskSuspend()
+        ret_task_hdl = xTaskGetHandle("test0");
+        TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(test_task_hdl, ret_task_hdl);
+        vTaskDelete(test_task_hdl);
+        vTaskDelay(10); //Delay to let IDLE task clean up
+    }
+}
+
+/*
+Test that a blocked task (either on a delay or an event object) can be unblocked using xTaskAbortDelay()
+*/
+
+#define QUEUE_LEN   1
+#define STREAM_BUFFER_LEN   (sizeof(uint32_t))
+
+typedef struct {
+    QueueHandle_t queue;
+    SemaphoreHandle_t sem;
+    SemaphoreHandle_t mux;
+    StreamBufferHandle_t stream_buffer;
+    EventGroupHandle_t evt_grp;
+} abort_delay_test_obj_t;
+
+static void test_task_abort_delay(void *arg)
+{
+    abort_delay_test_obj_t *test_objs = (abort_delay_test_obj_t *)arg;
+
+    //Block indefinitely on an empty queue. Delay should be aborted so we expect a failure to be returned
+    uint32_t data = 0;
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(pdFALSE, xQueueReceive(test_objs->queue, &data, portMAX_DELAY));
+
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(pdFALSE, xSemaphoreTake(test_objs->sem, portMAX_DELAY));
+
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(pdFALSE, xSemaphoreTake(test_objs->mux, portMAX_DELAY));
+
+    uint32_t RxData;
+    size_t xReceivedBytes = xStreamBufferReceive(test_objs->stream_buffer, (void *)&RxData, STREAM_BUFFER_LEN, portMAX_DELAY);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(0, xReceivedBytes);
+
+    EventBits_t uxBits = xEventGroupWaitBits(test_objs->evt_grp, 0xFF, pdTRUE, pdTRUE, portMAX_DELAY);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(0, uxBits);
+
+    vTaskDelete(NULL);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("FreeRTOS xTaskAbortDelay()", "[freertos]")
+{
+    abort_delay_test_obj_t test_objs;
+
+    test_objs.queue = xQueueCreate(QUEUE_LEN, sizeof(uint32_t));
+    test_objs.sem = xSemaphoreCreateBinary();
+    test_objs.mux = xSemaphoreCreateMutex();
+    test_objs.stream_buffer = xStreamBufferCreate(STREAM_BUFFER_LEN, 1);
+    test_objs.evt_grp = xEventGroupCreate();
+
+    for (int core = 0; core < configNUM_CORES; core++) {
+        //Take the MUX so that test task will block on it
+        TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(pdTRUE, xSemaphoreTake(test_objs.mux, 0));
+
+        TaskHandle_t task_hdl;
+        xTaskCreatePinnedToCore(test_task_abort_delay, "test", 1024, (void *)&test_objs, UNITY_FREERTOS_PRIORITY + 1, &task_hdl, core);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+            vTaskDelay(10);
+            TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(pdPASS, xTaskAbortDelay(task_hdl));
+        }
+
+        TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(pdTRUE, xSemaphoreGive(test_objs.mux));
+    }
+
+    vTaskDelay(10); //Delay to let IDLE task clean up
+}