diff --git a/tools/test_build_system/kconfig_test_app/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/test_build_system/kconfig_test_app/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0c1c3af87e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test_build_system/kconfig_test_app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.22)
+
+# placeholder_before_include_project_cmake
+
+include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
+
+# placeholder_after_include_project_cmake
+
+project(kconfig_test_app)
diff --git a/tools/test_build_system/kconfig_test_app/README.md b/tools/test_build_system/kconfig_test_app/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bf647248934
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test_build_system/kconfig_test_app/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Information about this test app can be found [here](../README.md#application-under-test).
+
+This is a 1:1 copy of build_test_app, but with a malformed KConfig.projbuild file.
diff --git a/tools/test_build_system/kconfig_test_app/main/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/test_build_system/kconfig_test_app/main/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..084d3788c8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test_build_system/kconfig_test_app/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# placeholder_before_idf_component_register
+
+idf_component_register(SRCS "kconfig_test_app.c"
+                       # placeholder_inside_idf_component_register
+)
diff --git a/tools/test_build_system/build_test_app/main/KConfig.projbuild b/tools/test_build_system/kconfig_test_app/main/KConfig.projbuild
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/test_build_system/build_test_app/main/KConfig.projbuild
rename to tools/test_build_system/kconfig_test_app/main/KConfig.projbuild
diff --git a/tools/test_build_system/kconfig_test_app/main/kconfig_test_app.c b/tools/test_build_system/kconfig_test_app/main/kconfig_test_app.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..89169f848a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test_build_system/kconfig_test_app/main/kconfig_test_app.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+#include <stdio.h>
+// placeholder_before_main
+
+void app_main(void)
+{
+    // placeholder_inside_main
+}
diff --git a/tools/test_build_system/test_build.py b/tools/test_build_system/test_build.py
index ef6f0d1c798..ad63258e7ed 100644
--- a/tools/test_build_system/test_build.py
+++ b/tools/test_build_system/test_build.py
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ def test_build_cmake_executable_suffix(idf_py: IdfPyFunc, test_app_copy: Path) -
     assert 'Project build complete' in ret.stdout, 'Build with CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX set failed'
 
 
+@pytest.mark.test_app_copy('tools/test_build_system/kconfig_test_app')
 def test_build_with_misspelled_kconfig(idf_py: IdfPyFunc, test_app_copy: Path) -> None:
     logging.info('idf.py can build with misspelled Kconfig file')
     ret = idf_py('build')