diff --git a/.github/workflows/modem__build-host-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/modem__build-host-tests.yml
index a1c52011994..3bf5c4dcb1a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/modem__build-host-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/modem__build-host-tests.yml
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build and Test
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          apt-get update
           apt-get update && apt-get install -y gcc-8 g++-8 python3-pip
           apt-get install -y rsync
           update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-8 800 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-8
@@ -129,9 +128,9 @@ jobs:
           cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/${{ env.COMP_DIR }}
           gcov-8 `find . -name "esp_modem*gcda" -printf '%h\n' | head -n 1`/*
           gcovr --gcov-ignore-parse-errors -g -k -r . --html index.html  -x esp_modem_coverage.xml
-          mkdir docs_gcovr
-          cp $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/${{ env.COMP_DIR }}/index.html docs_gcovr
-          cp -rf docs_gcovr $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
+          mkdir docs_gcovr_modem
+          cp $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/${{ env.COMP_DIR }}/index.html docs_gcovr_modem
+          cp -rf docs_gcovr_modem $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
       - name: Code Coverage Summary Report
         uses: irongut/CodeCoverageSummary@v1.3.0
         with:
@@ -151,13 +150,13 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         if: always()
         with:
-          name: docs_gcovr
+          name: docs_gcovr_modem
           path: |
-            ${{ env.COMP_DIR }}/docs_gcovr
+            ${{ env.COMP_DIR }}/docs_gcovr_modem
           if-no-files-found: error
       - name: Deploy code coverage results
         if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
         uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v3
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          publish_dir: ./docs_gcovr
+          publish_dir: ./docs_gcovr_modem
diff --git a/.github/workflows/websocket__build-host-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/websocket__build-host-tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..16fc7fc7ea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/websocket__build-host-tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+name: "websocket: build/host-tests"
+
+on:
+  push:
+  #  branches:
+  #    - master
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, labeled]
+jobs:
+  host_test_websocket:
+    if: contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'websocket') || github.event_name == 'push'
+    name: Host Tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    permissions:
+        contents: write
+    container: espressif/idf:latest
+    env:
+      COMP_DIR: esp-protocols/components/esp_websocket_client
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout esp-protocols
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          path: esp-protocols
+      - name: Build and Test
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          . ${IDF_PATH}/export.sh
+          cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/${{ env.COMP_DIR }}/test/host_test
+          idf.py build
+          ./build/websocket-host.elf -r junit -o junit.xml
+      - name: Build with Coverage Enabled
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          . ${IDF_PATH}/export.sh
+          cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/${{ env.COMP_DIR }}/test/host_test
+          cat sdkconfig.ci.coverage >> sdkconfig.defaults
+          rm -rf build sdkconfig
+          idf.py fullclean
+          idf.py build
+          ./build/websocket-host.elf
+      - name: Run Coverage
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          apt-get update && apt-get install -y gcc-8 g++-8 python3-pip rsync
+          python -m pip install gcovr
+          cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/${{ env.COMP_DIR }}
+          gcov `find . -name "*gcda"`
+          gcovr --gcov-ignore-parse-errors -g -k -r . --html index.html -x websocket_coverage.xml
+          mkdir docs_gcovr_websocket
+          touch docs_gcovr_websocket/.nojekyll
+          cp $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/${{ env.COMP_DIR }}/index.html docs_gcovr_websocket
+          cp -rf docs_gcovr_websocket websocket_coverage.xml $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
+      - name: Code Coverage Summary Report
+        uses: irongut/CodeCoverageSummary@v1.3.0
+        with:
+          filename: esp-protocols/**/websocket_coverage.xml
+          badge: true
+          fail_below_min: false
+          format: markdown
+          hide_branch_rate: false
+          hide_complexity: false
+          indicators: true
+          output: both
+          thresholds: '60 80'
+      - name: Write to Job Summary
+        run: cat code-coverage-results.md >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        if: always()
+        with:
+          name: docs_gcovr_websocket
+          path: |
+            ${{ env.COMP_DIR }}/docs_gcovr_websocket
+          if-no-files-found: error
diff --git a/.github/workflows/websocket__build-target-test.yml b/.github/workflows/websocket__build-target-test.yml
index b86c76a03d9..2a8b2c46d3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/websocket__build-target-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/websocket__build-target-test.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         idf_ver: ["release-v5.0", "release-v5.1", "latest"]
         idf_target: ["esp32"]
-        test: [ { app: example, path: "examples" }, { app: unit_test, path: "test" } ]
+        test: [ { app: example, path: "examples" }, { app: unit_test, path: "test/unit_test" } ]
     runs-on:
       - self-hosted
       - ESP32-ETHERNET-KIT
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_websocket_client/CMakeLists.txt
index ba53db6fa69..c528612956b 100644
--- a/components/esp_websocket_client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+idf_build_get_property(target IDF_TARGET)
+
 if(NOT CONFIG_WS_TRANSPORT AND NOT CMAKE_BUILD_EARLY_EXPANSION)
     message(STATUS "Websocket transport is disabled so the esp_websocket_client component will not be built")
     # note: the component is still included in the build so it can become visible again in config
@@ -6,7 +8,16 @@ if(NOT CONFIG_WS_TRANSPORT AND NOT CMAKE_BUILD_EARLY_EXPANSION)
     return()
 endif()
 
-idf_component_register(SRCS "esp_websocket_client.c"
+if(${IDF_TARGET} STREQUAL "linux")
+	idf_component_register(SRCS "esp_websocket_client.c"
+                    INCLUDE_DIRS "include"
+                    REQUIRES esp-tls tcp_transport http_parser esp_event protocol_examples_common nvs_flash esp_stubs
+                    PRIV_REQUIRES esp_timer)
+else()
+    idf_component_register(SRCS "esp_websocket_client.c"
                     INCLUDE_DIRS "include"
                     REQUIRES lwip esp-tls tcp_transport http_parser
                     PRIV_REQUIRES esp_timer esp_event)
+endif()
+
+target_compile_options(${COMPONENT_LIB} PRIVATE "-Wno-format")
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/esp_websocket_client.c b/components/esp_websocket_client/esp_websocket_client.c
index 46bf51d77e5..dac2db2b540 100644
--- a/components/esp_websocket_client/esp_websocket_client.c
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/esp_websocket_client.c
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@
 #include "esp_timer.h"
 #include "esp_tls_crypto.h"
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_LINUX)
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#define BIT0   0x00000001
+#define BIT1   0x00000002
+#endif
+
 static const char *TAG = "websocket_client";
 
 #define WEBSOCKET_TCP_DEFAULT_PORT      (80)
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/test/host_test/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_websocket_client/test/host_test/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3efbc723a8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/test/host_test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+
+
+set(COMPONENTS esp_websocket_client main)
+set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS
+   ../../..
+  "../../../../common_components/linux_compat/esp_timer"
+  "../../../../common_components/linux_compat"
+  "../../../../common_components/linux_compat/freertos")
+
+list(APPEND EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common)
+list(APPEND EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/protocols/linux_stubs/esp_stubs)
+include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
+
+project(websocket-host)
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/test/host_test/main/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_websocket_client/test/host_test/main/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..92fb51012d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/test/host_test/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+idf_component_register(SRCS "main.c"
+                    INCLUDE_DIRS
+                    "."
+                    REQUIRES esp_websocket_client)
+target_compile_options(${COMPONENT_LIB} PRIVATE "-Wno-format")
+target_compile_definitions(${COMPONENT_LIB} PRIVATE "-DCONFIG_IDF_TARGET_LINUX")
+
+if(CONFIG_GCOV_ENABLED)
+    target_compile_options(${COMPONENT_LIB} PUBLIC --coverage -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage)
+    target_link_options(${COMPONENT_LIB} PUBLIC  --coverage -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage)
+
+    idf_component_get_property(esp_websocket_client esp_websocket_client COMPONENT_LIB)
+
+    target_compile_options(${esp_websocket_client} PUBLIC --coverage -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage)
+    target_link_options(${esp_websocket_client} PUBLIC  --coverage -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage)
+endif()
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/test/host_test/main/Kconfig.projbuild b/components/esp_websocket_client/test/host_test/main/Kconfig.projbuild
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..34de810dee8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/test/host_test/main/Kconfig.projbuild
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+menu "Host-test config"
+
+    config GCOV_ENABLED
+        bool "Coverage analyzer"
+        default n
+        help
+            Enables coverage analyzing for host tests.
+
+    config WEBSOCKET_URI
+          string "Websocket endpoint URI"
+          default "ws://echo.websocket.events"
+          help
+              URL of websocket endpoint this example connects to and sends echo
+
+endmenu
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/test/host_test/main/main.c b/components/esp_websocket_client/test/host_test/main/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..df0f4a28afc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/test/host_test/main/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "esp_log.h"
+#include "nvs_flash.h"
+#include "protocol_examples_common.h"
+
+#include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
+#include "freertos/task.h"
+#include "freertos/semphr.h"
+#include "freertos/event_groups.h"
+
+#include "esp_system.h"
+#include "esp_websocket_client.h"
+#include "esp_event.h"
+#include "esp_log.h"
+#include "esp_netif.h"
+
+static const char *TAG = "websocket";
+
+static void log_error_if_nonzero(const char *message, int error_code)
+{
+    if (error_code != 0) {
+        ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Last error %s: 0x%x", message, error_code);
+    }
+}
+
+static void websocket_event_handler(void *handler_args, esp_event_base_t base, int32_t event_id, void *event_data)
+{
+    esp_websocket_event_data_t *data = (esp_websocket_event_data_t *)event_data;
+    switch (event_id) {
+    case WEBSOCKET_EVENT_CONNECTED:
+        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "WEBSOCKET_EVENT_CONNECTED");
+        break;
+    case WEBSOCKET_EVENT_DISCONNECTED:
+        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "WEBSOCKET_EVENT_DISCONNECTED");
+        log_error_if_nonzero("HTTP status code",  data->error_handle.esp_ws_handshake_status_code);
+        if (data->error_handle.error_type == WEBSOCKET_ERROR_TYPE_TCP_TRANSPORT) {
+            log_error_if_nonzero("reported from esp-tls", data->error_handle.esp_tls_last_esp_err);
+            log_error_if_nonzero("reported from tls stack", data->error_handle.esp_tls_stack_err);
+            log_error_if_nonzero("captured as transport's socket errno",  data->error_handle.esp_transport_sock_errno);
+        }
+        break;
+    case WEBSOCKET_EVENT_DATA:
+        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "WEBSOCKET_EVENT_DATA");
+        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Received opcode=%d", data->op_code);
+        if (data->op_code == 0x08 && data->data_len == 2) {
+            ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Received closed message with code=%d", 256 * data->data_ptr[0] + data->data_ptr[1]);
+        } else {
+            ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Received=%.*s", data->data_len, (char *)data->data_ptr);
+        }
+
+        // If received data contains json structure it succeed to parse
+        ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Total payload length=%d, data_len=%d, current payload offset=%d\r\n", data->payload_len, data->data_len, data->payload_offset);
+
+        break;
+    case WEBSOCKET_EVENT_ERROR:
+        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "WEBSOCKET_EVENT_ERROR");
+        log_error_if_nonzero("HTTP status code",  data->error_handle.esp_ws_handshake_status_code);
+        if (data->error_handle.error_type == WEBSOCKET_ERROR_TYPE_TCP_TRANSPORT) {
+            log_error_if_nonzero("reported from esp-tls", data->error_handle.esp_tls_last_esp_err);
+            log_error_if_nonzero("reported from tls stack", data->error_handle.esp_tls_stack_err);
+            log_error_if_nonzero("captured as transport's socket errno",  data->error_handle.esp_transport_sock_errno);
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+}
+
+
+static void websocket_app_start(void)
+{
+    esp_websocket_client_config_t websocket_cfg = {};
+
+    websocket_cfg.uri = CONFIG_WEBSOCKET_URI;
+
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Connecting to %s...", websocket_cfg.uri);
+
+    esp_websocket_client_handle_t client = esp_websocket_client_init(&websocket_cfg);
+    esp_websocket_register_events(client, WEBSOCKET_EVENT_ANY, websocket_event_handler, (void *)client);
+
+    esp_websocket_client_start(client);
+    char data[32];
+    int i = 0;
+    while (i < 1) {
+        if (esp_websocket_client_is_connected(client)) {
+            int len = sprintf(data, "hello %04d", i++);
+            ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Sending %s", data);
+            esp_websocket_client_send_text(client, data, len, portMAX_DELAY);
+        }
+        vTaskDelay(1000 / portTICK_PERIOD_MS);
+    }
+
+    esp_websocket_client_destroy(client);
+}
+
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "[APP] Startup..");
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "[APP] Free memory: %" PRIu32 " bytes", esp_get_free_heap_size());
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "[APP] IDF version: %s", esp_get_idf_version());
+    esp_log_level_set("*", ESP_LOG_INFO);
+    esp_log_level_set("websocket_client", ESP_LOG_DEBUG);
+    esp_log_level_set("transport_ws", ESP_LOG_DEBUG);
+    esp_log_level_set("trans_tcp", ESP_LOG_DEBUG);
+
+    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(nvs_flash_init());
+    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_netif_init());
+    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_event_loop_create_default());
+
+    /* This helper function configures Wi-Fi or Ethernet, as selected in menuconfig.
+     * Read "Establishing Wi-Fi or Ethernet Connection" section in
+     * examples/protocols/README.md for more information about this function.
+     */
+    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(example_connect());
+
+    websocket_app_start();
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/test/host_test/sdkconfig.ci.coverage b/components/esp_websocket_client/test/host_test/sdkconfig.ci.coverage
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3c490c09846
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/test/host_test/sdkconfig.ci.coverage
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CONFIG_GCOV_ENABLED=y
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/test/host_test/sdkconfig.defaults b/components/esp_websocket_client/test/host_test/sdkconfig.defaults
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4bf76df74f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/test/host_test/sdkconfig.defaults
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+CONFIG_IDF_TARGET="linux"
+CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_LINUX=y
+CONFIG_ESP_EVENT_POST_FROM_ISR=n
+CONFIG_ESP_EVENT_POST_FROM_IRAM_ISR=n
+CONFIG_GCOV_ENABLED=y
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/test/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_websocket_client/test/unit_test/CMakeLists.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from components/esp_websocket_client/test/CMakeLists.txt
rename to components/esp_websocket_client/test/unit_test/CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/test/main/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_websocket_client/test/unit_test/main/CMakeLists.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from components/esp_websocket_client/test/main/CMakeLists.txt
rename to components/esp_websocket_client/test/unit_test/main/CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/test/main/test_websocket_client.c b/components/esp_websocket_client/test/unit_test/main/test_websocket_client.c
similarity index 100%
rename from components/esp_websocket_client/test/main/test_websocket_client.c
rename to components/esp_websocket_client/test/unit_test/main/test_websocket_client.c
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/test/pytest_websocket.py b/components/esp_websocket_client/test/unit_test/pytest_websocket.py
similarity index 100%
rename from components/esp_websocket_client/test/pytest_websocket.py
rename to components/esp_websocket_client/test/unit_test/pytest_websocket.py
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/test/sdkconfig.ci b/components/esp_websocket_client/test/unit_test/sdkconfig.ci
similarity index 100%
rename from components/esp_websocket_client/test/sdkconfig.ci
rename to components/esp_websocket_client/test/unit_test/sdkconfig.ci
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/test/sdkconfig.defaults b/components/esp_websocket_client/test/unit_test/sdkconfig.defaults
similarity index 100%
rename from components/esp_websocket_client/test/sdkconfig.defaults
rename to components/esp_websocket_client/test/unit_test/sdkconfig.defaults