diff --git a/components/lwip/test_apps/.build-test-rules.yml b/components/lwip/test_apps/.build-test-rules.yml
index 42eff56234f..62fc3f15662 100644
--- a/components/lwip/test_apps/.build-test-rules.yml
+++ b/components/lwip/test_apps/.build-test-rules.yml
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 components/lwip/test_apps:
   disable_test:
     - if: IDF_TARGET != "esp32"
+    - if: CONFIG_NAME == "build_test_ppp"
       reason: running this test for one target only is enough to be sufficiently confident about no regression in lwip
diff --git a/components/lwip/test_apps/sdkconfig.ci.build_test_ppp b/components/lwip/test_apps/sdkconfig.ci.build_test_ppp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5a451183388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/lwip/test_apps/sdkconfig.ci.build_test_ppp
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+CONFIG_LWIP_PPP_SUPPORT=y
+CONFIG_LWIP_PPP_PAP_SUPPORT=y
+CONFIG_LWIP_PPP_CHAP_SUPPORT=y
+CONFIG_LWIP_PPP_VJ_HEADER_COMPRESSION=n
+CONFIG_LWIP_PPP_DEBUG_ON=y
+CONFIG_LWIP_USE_EXTERNAL_MBEDTLS=y
+CONFIG_UNITY_ENABLE_IDF_TEST_RUNNER=n
+CONFIG_UNITY_ENABLE_FIXTURE=y
+CONFIG_VFS_SUPPORT_TERMIOS=y