diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml b/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml
index 4708d7490b..1da167032a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: test_app
         run: |
           . ${IDF_PATH}/export.sh
-          idf.py clang-check --include-paths $GITHUB_WORKSPACE --exclude-paths $PWD --run-clang-tidy-py run-clang-tidy
+          idf.py clang-check --include-paths $GITHUB_WORKSPACE --exclude-paths $PWD --run-clang-tidy-py run-clang-tidy --run-clang-tidy-options "-checks=-clang-analyzer-security.insecureAPI.DeprecatedOrUnsafeBufferHandling"
           cp warnings.txt ../
       - name: Convert clang-tidy results into SARIF output
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-docs-component.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-docs-component.yml
index e0e0d2eaca..bd5e585882 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-docs-component.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-docs-component.yml
@@ -100,5 +100,6 @@ jobs:
             components/console_cmd_wifi;
             components/mbedtls_cxx;
             components/mosquitto;
+            components/sock_utils;
           namespace: "espressif"
           api_token: ${{ secrets.IDF_COMPONENT_API_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sockutls_build.yml b/.github/workflows/sockutls_build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1244c1e160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/sockutls_build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+name: "sock_utils: build-tests"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, labeled]
+
+jobs:
+  build_sock_utils:
+    if: contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'sock_utils') || github.event_name == 'push'
+    name: Socket helpers build
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        idf_ver: ["latest", "release-v5.3"]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    container: espressif/idf:${{ matrix.idf_ver }}
+    env:
+      TEST_DIR: components/sock_utils/examples/simple
+      TARGET_TEST_DIR: build_esp32_default
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout esp-protocols
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+      - name: Build with IDF-${{ matrix.idf_ver }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          . ${IDF_PATH}/export.sh
+          pip install idf-component-manager idf-build-apps --upgrade
+          python ci/build_apps.py ${TEST_DIR}
+          cd ${TEST_DIR}
+          ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/ci/clean_build_artifacts.sh `pwd`/${TARGET_TEST_DIR}
+          zip -qur artifacts.zip ${TARGET_TEST_DIR}
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: sock_utils_target_esp32_${{ matrix.idf_ver }}
+          path: ${{ env.TEST_DIR }}/artifacts.zip
+          if-no-files-found: error
+  host_test_sock_utils:
+    if: contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'sock_utils') || github.event_name == 'push'
+    name: Socket helpers host test
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        idf_ver: ["latest", "release-v5.3"]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    container: espressif/idf:${{ matrix.idf_ver }}
+    env:
+      TEST_DIR: components/sock_utils/test/host
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout esp-protocols
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+      - name: Build with IDF-${{ matrix.idf_ver }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          . ${IDF_PATH}/export.sh
+          pip install idf-component-manager idf-build-apps --upgrade
+          cd ${TEST_DIR}
+          idf.py build
+          ./build/sock_utils_host_test.elf
+
+  test_sock_utils:
+    # Skip running on forks since it won't have access to secrets
+    if: |
+      github.repository == 'espressif/esp-protocols' &&
+      ( contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'sock_utils') || github.event_name == 'push' )
+    name: Socket helpers target test
+    needs: build_sock_utils
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        idf_ver: ["latest", "release-v5.3"]
+    runs-on:
+      - self-hosted
+      - ESP32-ETHERNET-KIT
+    env:
+      TEST_DIR: components/sock_utils/examples/simple
+      TARGET_TEST_DIR: build_esp32_default
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: sock_utils_target_esp32_${{ matrix.idf_ver }}
+          path: ${{ env.TEST_DIR }}/ci/
+      - name: Run Test
+        working-directory: ${{ env.TEST_DIR }}
+        run: |
+          unzip ci/artifacts.zip -d ci
+          for dir in `ls -d ci/build_*`; do
+          rm -rf build sdkconfig.defaults
+          mv $dir build
+          python -m pytest --log-cli-level DEBUG --junit-xml=./results_esp32_${{ matrix.idf_ver }}_${dir#"ci/build_"}.xml --target=esp32
+          done
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 4ebe4fcc3e..2b7af80bff 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ repos:
   - repo: local
     hooks:
       - id: commit message scopes
-        name: "commit message must be scoped with: mdns, modem, websocket, asio, mqtt_cxx, console, common, eppp, tls_cxx, mosq"
-        entry: '\A(?!(feat|fix|ci|bump|test|docs|chore)\((mdns|modem|common|console|websocket|asio|mqtt_cxx|examples|eppp|tls_cxx|mosq)\)\:)'
+        name: "commit message must be scoped with: mdns, modem, websocket, asio, mqtt_cxx, console, common, eppp, tls_cxx, mosq, sockutls"
+        entry: '\A(?!(feat|fix|ci|bump|test|docs|chore)\((mdns|modem|common|console|websocket|asio|mqtt_cxx|examples|eppp|tls_cxx|mosq|sockutls)\)\:)'
         language: pygrep
         args: [--multiline]
         stages: [commit-msg]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 336359a3c3..3962546f0b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,3 +62,7 @@ Please refer to instructions in [ESP-IDF](https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf)
 
 * Brief introduction [README](components/mosquitto/README.md)
 * API documentation [api.md](components/mosquitto/api.md)
+
+### Socket helpers (sock-utils)
+
+* Brief introduction [README](components/sock_utils/README.md)
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/.cz.yaml b/components/sock_utils/.cz.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2260e5f9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/.cz.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+commitizen:
+  bump_message: 'bump(sockutls): $current_version -> $new_version'
+  pre_bump_hooks: python ../../ci/changelog.py sock_utils
+  tag_format: sock_utils-v$version
+  version: 0.1.0
+  version_files:
+  - idf_component.yml
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/CHANGELOG.md b/components/sock_utils/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b08131b51c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## [0.1.0](https://github.com/espressif/esp-protocols/commits/sock_utils-v0.1.0)
+
+### Features
+
+- Add initial support for socket helpers ([31f57ad0](https://github.com/espressif/esp-protocols/commit/31f57ad0))
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/CMakeLists.txt b/components/sock_utils/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f4e189835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+idf_component_register(SRCS "src/getnameinfo.c"
+                            "src/ifaddrs.c"
+                            "src/gai_strerror.c"
+                            "src/socketpair.c"
+                       INCLUDE_DIRS "include"
+                       PRIV_REQUIRES lwip esp_netif)
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/LICENSE b/components/sock_utils/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..261eeb9e9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
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diff --git a/components/sock_utils/README.md b/components/sock_utils/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6e95375ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Socket Utilities
+
+This component provides simplified implementations of common socket-related utilities using `lwIP` and `esp_netif`. It is especially useful for porting Linux-based libraries to ESP32 where performance and memory constraints are secondary considerations.
+
+
+## Supported Functions
+
+
+| API              | Description                                                 | Limitations                                                       |
+|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| `ifaddrs()`      | Retrieves interface addresses using `esp_netif`             | IPv4 addresses only                                               |
+| `socketpair()`   | Creates a pair of connected sockets using `lwIP` loopback stream sockets | IPv4 sockets only                                    |
+| `pipe()`         | Wraps `socketpair()` to provide unidirectional pipe-like functionality | Uses bidirectional sockets in place of true pipes  |
+| `getnameinfo()`  | Converts IP addresses to human-readable form using `lwIP`'s `inet_ntop()` | IPv4 only; supports `NI_NUMERICHOST` and `NI_NUMERICSERV` flags only |
+| `gai_strerror()` | Returns error code as a string                              | Simple numeric string representation only                         |
+
+**Note**: `socketpair()` and `pipe()` are built on top of `lwIP` TCP sockets, inheriting the same characteristics. For instance, the maximum transmit buffer size is based on the `TCP_SND_BUF` setting.
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/examples/simple/CMakeLists.txt b/components/sock_utils/examples/simple/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c450c72c18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/examples/simple/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# For more information about build system see
+# https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/api-guides/build-system.html
+# The following five lines of boilerplate have to be in your project's
+# CMakeLists in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+
+include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
+project(sock_utils_example)
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/examples/simple/README.md b/components/sock_utils/examples/simple/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4de95164fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/examples/simple/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Simple example
+
+This example demonstrates using socket helpers on ESP_PLATFORM
+
+The functionality of this example is meant to be very generic, so the application is compilable on linux without any IDF dependencies:
+```bash
+gcc main/app.c -lpthread
+```
+
+## Example output on ESP_PLATFORM
+
+```
+I (8073) esp_netif_handlers: example_netif_sta ip: 192.168.0.32, mask: 255.255.255.0, gw: 192.168.0.1
+I (8073) example_connect: Got IPv4 event: Interface "example_netif_sta" address: 192.168.0.32
+I (8073) example_common: Connected to example_netif_sta
+I (8083) example_common: - IPv4 address: 192.168.0.32,
+I (8093) example_common: - IPv6 address: fe80:0000:0000:0000:XXXX, type: ESP_IP6_ADDR_IS_LINK_LOCAL
+I (8103) sock_utils_example: Received signal: IP4
+I (8103) sock_utils_example: IPv4 address of interface "sta": 192.168.0.32
+I (8113) main_task: Returned from app_main()
+```
+
+## Example output on linux platform
+
+```
+I[sock_utils_example]: Received signal: IP4
+I[sock_utils_example]: IPv4 address of interface "lo": 127.0.0.1
+I[sock_utils_example]: IPv4 address of interface "en0": 192.168.0.28
+I[sock_utils_example]: IPv4 address of interface "docker0": 172.17.0.1
+```
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/examples/simple/main/CMakeLists.txt b/components/sock_utils/examples/simple/main/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1975c93631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/examples/simple/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+idf_component_register(SRCS "app.c"
+                    INCLUDE_DIRS ".")
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/examples/simple/main/app.c b/components/sock_utils/examples/simple/main/app.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd21dcf08c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/examples/simple/main/app.c
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense OR CC0-1.0
+ */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <net/if.h>
+#include <ifaddrs.h>
+
+#ifdef ESP_PLATFORM
+#include "nvs_flash.h"
+#include "esp_event.h"
+#include "esp_netif.h"
+#include "esp_log.h"
+#include "protocol_examples_common.h"
+#else
+// Provides simplified support for building on linux (whithout official IDF linux target)
+// in order to check with the actual host functionality
+// use `gcc main/app.c -lpthread`
+#define SIMPLE_LOG( lev, tag, format, ... ) do { printf("%s[%s]: ", lev, tag); printf(format, ##__VA_ARGS__); printf("\n"); } while(0)
+#define ESP_LOGE(tag, format, ... ) SIMPLE_LOG("E", tag, format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define ESP_LOGI(tag, format, ... ) SIMPLE_LOG("I", tag, format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define ESP_ERROR_CHECK(action) action
+static void example_connect(void) { }
+#endif
+
+static const char *TAG = "sock_utils_example";
+
+static void *reader_thread(void *arg)
+{
+    int *pipe_fds = (int *)arg;
+    char buffer[64];
+    int len;
+    while ((len = read(pipe_fds[0], buffer, sizeof(buffer))) < 0) {
+        if (errno != EAGAIN) {
+            ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed reading from pipe: %d", errno);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        usleep(100000);
+    }
+    buffer[len] = '\0';
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Received signal: %s", buffer);
+    if (strcmp(buffer, "IP4") != 0) {
+        ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Unknown signal");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    struct ifaddrs *addresses, *addr;
+    if (getifaddrs(&addresses) == -1) {
+        ESP_LOGE(TAG, "getifaddrs() failed");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    addr = addresses;
+
+    while (addr) {
+        if (addr->ifa_addr && addr->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_INET) {   // look for IP4 addresses
+            struct sockaddr_in *sock_addr = (struct sockaddr_in *) addr->ifa_addr;
+            if ((addr->ifa_flags & IFF_UP) == 0) {
+                ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Network interface \"%s\" is down", addr->ifa_name);
+            } else {
+                if (getnameinfo((struct sockaddr *)sock_addr, sizeof(*sock_addr),
+                                buffer, sizeof(buffer), NULL, 0, NI_NUMERICHOST) != 0) {
+                    freeifaddrs(addresses);
+                    return NULL;
+                }
+                ESP_LOGI(TAG, "IPv4 address of interface \"%s\": %s", addr->ifa_name, buffer);
+            }
+        }
+        addr = addr->ifa_next;
+    }
+    freeifaddrs(addresses);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static void simple_pipe_example(void)
+{
+    int pipe_fds[2];
+    if (pipe(pipe_fds) == -1) {
+        ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to create pipe");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // creates reader thread to wait for a pipe signal
+    // and print out our IPv4 addresses
+    pthread_t reader;
+    pthread_create(&reader, NULL, reader_thread, pipe_fds);
+
+    /* 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());
+
+    // at this point we should have received an IP address -> send signal to the reader thread
+    const char signal[] = "IP4";
+    write(pipe_fds[1], signal, sizeof(signal));
+    pthread_join(reader, NULL);
+
+    // Close pipe file descriptors
+    close(pipe_fds[0]);
+    close(pipe_fds[1]);
+}
+
+#ifdef ESP_PLATFORM
+void app_main(void)
+{
+    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(nvs_flash_init());
+    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_netif_init());
+    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_event_loop_create_default());
+    simple_pipe_example();
+}
+#else
+int main(void)
+{
+    simple_pipe_example();
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/examples/simple/main/idf_component.yml b/components/sock_utils/examples/simple/main/idf_component.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..630a4ffee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/examples/simple/main/idf_component.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+dependencies:
+  idf:
+    version: ">=5.0"
+  sock_utils:
+    version: "*"
+    override_path: '../../../'
+  protocol_examples_common:
+    path: ${IDF_PATH}/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/examples/simple/pytest_sockutls.py b/components/sock_utils/examples/simple/pytest_sockutls.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08f267cd06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/examples/simple/pytest_sockutls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense OR CC0-1.0
+
+def test_sockutls(dut):
+    """
+    steps:
+      1. Start the example
+      2. Check the resultant IPv4 address from station netif
+    """
+    # Signal from the pipe simple implementation
+    dut.expect('Received signal: IP4')
+    # and the IPv4 address of the connected netif
+    dut.expect('IPv4 address of interface "en1"')
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/examples/simple/sdkconfig.ci b/components/sock_utils/examples/simple/sdkconfig.ci
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dcbc3a5a77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/examples/simple/sdkconfig.ci
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+CONFIG_EXAMPLE_CONNECT_WIFI=n
+CONFIG_EXAMPLE_CONNECT_ETHERNET=y
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/idf_component.yml b/components/sock_utils/idf_component.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c063f0955c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/idf_component.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+version: 0.1.0
+description: The component provides helper implementation of common system/socket utilities
+url: https://github.com/espressif/esp-protocols/tree/master/components/sock_utils
+dependencies:
+  idf:
+    version: '>=5.0'
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/include/gai_strerror.h b/components/sock_utils/include/gai_strerror.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad872b982f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/include/gai_strerror.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+#pragma once
+
+#include "lwip/sockets.h"
+#include "netdb_macros.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_LINUX
+// namespace with esp_ on linux to avoid duplication of symbols
+#define gai_strerror esp_gai_strerror
+#endif
+
+/**
+* @brief Returns a numeric string representing of `getaddrinfo()` error code.
+*
+* @param[in] ecode Error code returned by `getaddrinfo()`.
+*
+* @return A pointer to a string describing the error.
+*/
+const char *gai_strerror(int ecode);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/include/getnameinfo.h b/components/sock_utils/include/getnameinfo.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2749dc91cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/include/getnameinfo.h
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+#pragma once
+
+#include "lwip/sockets.h"
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_LINUX
+// namespace with esp_ on linux to avoid conflict of symbols
+#define getnameinfo esp_getnameinfo
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+* @brief Converts a socket address to a corresponding host and service name.
+*
+* @param[in]  addr    Pointer to the socket address structure.
+* @param[in]  addrlen Length of the socket address.
+* @param[out] host    Buffer to store the host name.
+* @param[in]  hostlen Length of the host buffer.
+* @param[out] serv    Buffer to store the service name.
+* @param[in]  servlen Length of the service buffer.
+* @param[in]  flags   Flags to modify the behavior of the function.
+*
+* @return
+*     - 0 on success.
+*     - Non-zero on failure, with `errno` set to indicate the error.
+*/
+int getnameinfo(const struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t addrlen,
+                char *host, socklen_t hostlen,
+                char *serv, socklen_t servlen, int flags);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/include/ifaddrs.h b/components/sock_utils/include/ifaddrs.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c6cd9e3bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/include/ifaddrs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+#pragma once
+
+#include "lwip/sockets.h"
+#include "netdb_macros.h"
+// include also other related headers to simplify porting of linux libs
+#include "getnameinfo.h"
+#include "socketpair.h"
+#include "gai_strerror.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_LINUX
+// namespace with esp_ on linux to avoid duplication of symbols
+#define getifaddrs esp_getifaddrs
+#define freeifaddrs esp_freeifaddrs
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @brief Simplified version of ifaddr struct
+ */
+struct ifaddrs {
+    struct ifaddrs  *ifa_next;    /* Next item in list */
+    char            *ifa_name;    /* Name of interface */
+    struct sockaddr *ifa_addr;    /* Address of interface */
+    unsigned int ifa_flags;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @brief Retrieves a list of network interfaces and their addresses.
+ *
+ * @param[out] ifap Pointer to a linked list of `struct ifaddrs`. On success, `*ifap` will be set
+ *                  to the head of the list.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *     - 0 on success.
+ *     - -1 on failure, with `errno` set to indicate the error.
+ */
+int getifaddrs(struct ifaddrs **ifap);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Frees the memory allocated by `getifaddrs()`.
+ *
+ * @param[in] ifa Pointer to the linked list of network interfaces to be freed.
+ */
+void freeifaddrs(struct ifaddrs *ifa);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/include/netdb_macros.h b/components/sock_utils/include/netdb_macros.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ec32b3df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/include/netdb_macros.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+#pragma once
+
+#ifndef NI_NUMERICHOST
+#define NI_NUMERICHOST  0x1
+#endif
+
+#ifndef IFF_UP
+#define IFF_UP          0x1
+#endif
+
+#ifndef IFF_LOOPBACK
+#define IFF_LOOPBACK    0x8
+#endif
+
+#ifndef NI_NUMERICSERV
+#define NI_NUMERICSERV  0x8
+#endif
+
+#ifndef NI_DGRAM
+#define NI_DGRAM        0x00000010
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EAI_BADFLAGS
+#define EAI_BADFLAGS    3
+#endif
+
+#ifndef AF_UNIX
+#define AF_UNIX         1
+#endif
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/include/poll.h b/components/sock_utils/include/poll.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cdd5b79dff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/include/poll.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+// This is a placeholder for poll API
+// Note: some libraries require `poll.h` in public include dirs
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/include/socketpair.h b/components/sock_utils/include/socketpair.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..996a18ed6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/include/socketpair.h
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+#pragma once
+
+#include "lwip/sockets.h"
+#include "netdb_macros.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_LINUX
+// namespace with esp_ on linux to avoid conflict of symbols
+#define socketpair esp_socketpair
+#define pipe esp_pipe
+#endif
+
+/**
+* @brief Creates a pair of connected sockets.
+*
+* @param[in]  domain   Communication domain (e.g., AF_UNIX).
+* @param[in]  type     Socket type (e.g., SOCK_STREAM).
+* @param[in]  protocol Protocol to be used (usually 0).
+* @param[out] sv       Array of two integers to store the file descriptors of the created sockets.
+*
+* @return
+*     - 0 on success.
+*     - -1 on failure, with `errno` set to indicate the error.
+*/
+int socketpair(int domain, int type, int protocol, int sv[2]);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Creates a unidirectional data channel (pipe).
+ *
+ * @param[out] pipefd Array of two integers where the file descriptors for the read and write ends
+ *                    of the pipe will be stored.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *     - 0 on success.
+ *     - -1 on failure, with `errno` set to indicate the error.
+ */
+int pipe(int pipefd[2]);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/src/gai_strerror.c b/components/sock_utils/src/gai_strerror.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4060cf2f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/src/gai_strerror.c
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "gai_strerror.h"
+
+_Thread_local char gai_strerror_string[32];
+
+const char *gai_strerror(int ecode)
+{
+    if (snprintf(gai_strerror_string, sizeof(gai_strerror_string), "EAI error:%d", ecode) < 0) {
+        return "gai_strerror() failed";
+    }
+    return gai_strerror_string;
+}
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/src/getnameinfo.c b/components/sock_utils/src/getnameinfo.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b939c5313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/src/getnameinfo.c
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include "lwip/sockets.h"
+#include "lwip/netdb.h"
+#include "ifaddrs.h"
+#include "esp_check.h"
+
+int getnameinfo(const struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t addrlen,
+                char *host, socklen_t hostlen,
+                char *serv, socklen_t servlen, int flags)
+{
+    // Validate flags to ensure only allowed flags are passed.
+    if (flags & ~(NI_NUMERICHOST | NI_NUMERICSERV | NI_DGRAM)) {
+        return EAI_BADFLAGS;
+    }
+
+    const struct sockaddr_in *sinp = (const struct sockaddr_in *) addr;
+
+    switch (addr->sa_family) {
+    case AF_INET:
+        // Handle numeric host address
+        if (flags & NI_NUMERICHOST) {
+            if (host == NULL || hostlen == 0) {
+                return 0;
+            }
+            if (inet_ntop(AF_INET, &sinp->sin_addr, host, hostlen) == NULL) {
+                return EOVERFLOW;  // Error if address couldn't be converted
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Handle numeric service (port)
+        if (flags & NI_NUMERICSERV) {
+            // Print the port number, but for UDP services (if NI_DGRAM), we treat it the same way
+            int port = ntohs(sinp->sin_port);  // Convert port from network byte order
+            if (serv == NULL || servlen == 0) {
+                return 0;
+            }
+            if (snprintf(serv, servlen, "%d", port) < 0) {
+                return EOVERFLOW;  // Error if snprintf failed
+            }
+        }
+
+        break;
+
+    default:
+        return EAI_FAMILY;  // Unsupported address family
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/src/ifaddrs.c b/components/sock_utils/src/ifaddrs.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bbb37814e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/src/ifaddrs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include "esp_netif.h"
+#include "esp_check.h"
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "ifaddrs.h"
+
+static const char *TAG = "sockutls_getifaddr";
+
+
+static esp_err_t getifaddrs_unsafe(void *ctx)
+{
+    struct ifaddrs **ifap = ctx;
+    struct ifaddrs *ifaddr = NULL;
+    struct ifaddrs **next_addr = NULL;
+    struct sockaddr_in *addr_in = NULL;
+    esp_netif_t *netif = NULL;
+    char if_name[5];    // lwip netif name buffer (e.g. `st1`, 2 letters + number)
+    esp_netif_ip_info_t ip;
+    esp_err_t ret = ESP_OK;
+
+    while ((netif = esp_netif_next_unsafe(netif)) != NULL) {
+        ESP_GOTO_ON_FALSE((ifaddr = (struct ifaddrs *)calloc(1, sizeof(struct ifaddrs))),
+                          ESP_ERR_NO_MEM, err, TAG, "Failed to allocate ifaddr");
+        if (next_addr == NULL) {    // the first address -> attach the head
+            *ifap = ifaddr;
+        } else {
+            *next_addr = ifaddr;    // attach next addr
+        }
+        ESP_GOTO_ON_ERROR(esp_netif_get_netif_impl_name(netif, if_name), err, TAG, "Failed to get netif name");
+        ESP_GOTO_ON_FALSE((ifaddr->ifa_name = strdup(if_name)),
+                          ESP_ERR_NO_MEM, err, TAG, "Failed to allocate if name");
+        ESP_GOTO_ON_FALSE((addr_in = (struct sockaddr_in *)calloc(1, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in))),
+                          ESP_ERR_NO_MEM, err, TAG, "Failed to allocate addr_in");
+        ifaddr->ifa_addr = (struct sockaddr *)addr_in;
+        ESP_GOTO_ON_ERROR(esp_netif_get_ip_info(netif, &ip), err, TAG, "Failed to get netif IP");
+        ESP_LOGD(TAG, "IPv4 address: " IPSTR, IP2STR(&ip.ip));
+        addr_in->sin_family = AF_INET;
+        addr_in->sin_addr.s_addr = ip.ip.addr;
+        ifaddr->ifa_flags = esp_netif_is_netif_up(netif) ? IFF_UP : 0;
+        next_addr = &ifaddr->ifa_next;
+    }
+    if (next_addr == NULL) {
+        *ifap = NULL;       // no addresses found
+    } else {
+        *next_addr = NULL;  // terminate the list
+    }
+    return ret;
+
+err:
+    if (next_addr) {
+        *next_addr = NULL;
+        freeifaddrs(*ifap);
+    } else {
+        freeifaddrs(ifaddr);
+    }
+    *ifap = NULL;
+    return ret;
+
+}
+
+int getifaddrs(struct ifaddrs **ifap)
+{
+    if (ifap == NULL) {
+        errno = EINVAL;
+        return -1; // Invalid argument
+    }
+
+    esp_err_t ret = esp_netif_tcpip_exec(getifaddrs_unsafe, ifap);
+    switch (ret) {
+    case ESP_OK:
+        return 0;
+    case ESP_ERR_NO_MEM:
+        errno = ENOMEM;
+        return -1;
+    case ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG:
+    case ESP_ERR_ESP_NETIF_INVALID_PARAMS:
+        errno = EINVAL;
+        return -1;
+    default:
+    case ESP_FAIL:
+        errno = EIO;    // Generic I/O Error
+        return  -1;
+    }
+}
+
+void freeifaddrs(struct ifaddrs *ifa)
+{
+    while (ifa != NULL) {
+        struct ifaddrs *next = ifa->ifa_next;
+        free(ifa->ifa_name);
+        free(ifa->ifa_addr);
+        free(ifa);
+        ifa = next;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/src/socketpair.c b/components/sock_utils/src/socketpair.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6573e50ef0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/src/socketpair.c
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include "lwip/sockets.h"
+#include "socketpair.h"
+#include "esp_check.h"
+
+#define INVALID_SOCKET (-1)
+
+static const char *TAG = "socket_helpers";
+
+int socketpair(int domain, int type, int protocol, int sv[2])
+{
+    if (protocol != 0 || type != SOCK_STREAM || domain != AF_UNIX) {
+        errno = ENOSYS; // not implemented
+        return -1;
+    }
+    struct sockaddr_storage ss;
+    struct sockaddr_in *sa = (struct sockaddr_in *)&ss;
+    socklen_t ss_len = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
+    int fd1 = INVALID_SOCKET;
+    int fd2 = INVALID_SOCKET;
+    int listenfd = INVALID_SOCKET;
+    int ret = 0; // Success
+
+    sa->sin_family = AF_INET;
+    sa->sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_LOOPBACK);
+    sa->sin_port = 0;
+    listenfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
+    ESP_GOTO_ON_FALSE(listenfd != INVALID_SOCKET, -1, err, TAG, "Cannot create listening socket");
+    ESP_GOTO_ON_FALSE(listen(listenfd, 1) == 0, -1, err, TAG, "Failed to listen");
+
+    memset(&ss, 0, sizeof(ss));
+    ss_len = sizeof(ss);
+    ESP_GOTO_ON_FALSE(getsockname(listenfd, (struct sockaddr *)&ss, &ss_len) >= 0, -1, err, TAG, "getsockname failed");
+
+    sa->sin_family = AF_INET;
+    sa->sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_LOOPBACK);
+
+    fd1 = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
+    ESP_GOTO_ON_FALSE(fd1 != INVALID_SOCKET, -1, err, TAG, "Cannot create read side socket");
+    ESP_GOTO_ON_FALSE(connect(fd1, (struct sockaddr *)&ss, ss_len) >= 0, -1, err, TAG, "Failed to connect fd1");
+    fd2 = accept(listenfd, NULL, 0);
+    ESP_GOTO_ON_FALSE(fd2 != INVALID_SOCKET, -1, err, TAG, "Failed to accept fd2");
+
+    close(listenfd);
+    sv[0] = fd1;
+    sv[1] = fd2;
+    return ret;
+
+err:
+    if (listenfd != INVALID_SOCKET) {
+        close(listenfd);
+    }
+    if (fd1 != INVALID_SOCKET) {
+        close(fd1);
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+int pipe(int pipefd[2])
+{
+    if (socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, pipefd) == -1) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    // Close the unwanted ends to make it a unidirectional pipe
+    if (shutdown(pipefd[0], SHUT_WR) == -1 || shutdown(pipefd[1], SHUT_RD) == -1) {
+        close(pipefd[0]);
+        close(pipefd[1]);
+        return -1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/test/host/CMakeLists.txt b/components/sock_utils/test/host/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c0886a818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/test/host/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+
+set(COMPONENTS main)
+
+include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
+
+project(sock_utils_host_test)
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/test/host/main/CMakeLists.txt b/components/sock_utils/test/host/main/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1c9998ce5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/test/host/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+idf_component_register(SRCS "test_sock_utils.cpp"
+                        INCLUDE_DIRS "$ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools"
+                        WHOLE_ARCHIVE)
+
+target_compile_options(${COMPONENT_LIB} PUBLIC -fsanitize=address -fconcepts)
+target_link_options(${COMPONENT_LIB} PUBLIC -fsanitize=address)
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/test/host/main/idf_component.yml b/components/sock_utils/test/host/main/idf_component.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54750a85bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/test/host/main/idf_component.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+dependencies:
+  espressif/catch2: "^3.4.0"
+  sock_utils:
+    version: "*"
+    override_path: '../../../'
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/test/host/main/test_sock_utils.cpp b/components/sock_utils/test/host/main/test_sock_utils.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1d3facf6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/test/host/main/test_sock_utils.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+#include "ifaddrs.h"
+#include "esp_netif.h"
+#include "esp_event.h"
+#include "catch2/catch_test_macros.hpp"
+#include "catch2/catch_session.hpp"
+
+#define TEST_PORT_NUMBER 3333
+#define TEST_PORT_STRING "3333"
+
+static char buffer[64];
+
+static esp_err_t dummy_transmit(void *h, void *buffer, size_t len)
+{
+    return ESP_OK;
+}
+
+static esp_err_t dummy_transmit_wrap(void *h, void *buffer, size_t len, void *pbuf)
+{
+    return ESP_OK;
+}
+
+static esp_netif_t *create_test_netif(const char *if_key, uint8_t last_octet)
+{
+    esp_netif_inherent_config_t base_cfg = ESP_NETIF_INHERENT_DEFAULT_WIFI_STA();
+    esp_netif_ip_info_t ip = { };
+    ip.ip.addr = ESP_IP4TOADDR(1, 2, 3, last_octet);
+    base_cfg.ip_info = &ip;
+    base_cfg.if_key = if_key;
+    // create a dummy driver, so the netif could be started and set up
+    base_cfg.flags = ESP_NETIF_FLAG_AUTOUP;
+    esp_netif_driver_ifconfig_t driver_cfg = {};
+    driver_cfg.handle = (esp_netif_iodriver_handle)1;
+    driver_cfg.transmit = dummy_transmit;
+    driver_cfg.transmit_wrap = dummy_transmit_wrap;
+    esp_netif_config_t cfg = { .base = &base_cfg, .driver = &driver_cfg, .stack = ESP_NETIF_NETSTACK_DEFAULT_WIFI_STA };
+    esp_netif_t *netif = esp_netif_new(&cfg);
+    // need to start the netif to be considered in tests
+    esp_netif_action_start(netif, nullptr, 0, nullptr);
+    return netif;
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("esp_getnameinfo() for IPv4", "[sock_utils]")
+{
+    struct sockaddr_in sock_addr = {};
+    sock_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+    sock_addr.sin_port = htons(TEST_PORT_NUMBER); // sock_addr fields are in network byte order
+    REQUIRE(esp_getnameinfo((struct sockaddr *)&sock_addr, sizeof(sock_addr), buffer, sizeof(buffer), NULL, 0, NI_NUMERICHOST) == 0);
+    CHECK(strcmp("0.0.0.0", buffer) == 0);
+    CHECK(esp_getnameinfo((struct sockaddr *)&sock_addr, sizeof(sock_addr), NULL, 0, buffer, sizeof(buffer), NI_NUMERICSERV) == 0);
+    CHECK(strcmp(TEST_PORT_STRING, buffer) == 0);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("esp_getnameinfo() for IPv6", "[sock_utils]")
+{
+    struct sockaddr_in sock_addr = {};
+    sock_addr.sin_family = AF_INET6;
+    // IPv6 not supported for now
+    CHECK(esp_getnameinfo((struct sockaddr *)&sock_addr, sizeof(sock_addr), buffer, sizeof(buffer), NULL, 0, NI_NUMERICHOST) != 0);
+}
+
+static void test_getifaddr(int expected_nr_of_addrs)
+{
+    struct ifaddrs *addresses, *addr;
+    int nr_of_addrs = 0;
+
+    CHECK(esp_getifaddrs(&addresses) != -1);
+    addr = addresses;
+
+    while (addr) {
+        ++nr_of_addrs;
+        if (addr->ifa_addr && addr->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_INET) {   // look for IP4 addresses
+            struct sockaddr_in *sock_addr = (struct sockaddr_in *) addr->ifa_addr;
+            if (esp_getnameinfo((struct sockaddr *)sock_addr, sizeof(*sock_addr),
+                                buffer, sizeof(buffer), NULL, 0, NI_NUMERICHOST) != 0) {
+                printf("esp_getnameinfo() failed\n");
+            } else {
+                printf("IPv4 address of interface \"%s\": %s\n", addr->ifa_name, buffer);
+                if (strcmp(addr->ifa_name, "st1") == 0) {
+                    CHECK(strcmp("1.2.3.1", buffer) == 0);
+                } else if (strcmp(addr->ifa_name, "st2") == 0) {
+                    CHECK(strcmp("1.2.3.2", buffer) == 0);
+                } else {
+                    FAIL("unexpected network interface");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        addr = addr->ifa_next;
+    }
+    // check that we got 1 address with exact content
+    CHECK(nr_of_addrs == expected_nr_of_addrs);
+    esp_freeifaddrs(addresses);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("esp_getifaddrs() with 0, 1, and 2 addresses", "[sock_utils]")
+{
+    test_getifaddr(0);
+    esp_netif_t *esp_netif = create_test_netif("station", 1);   // st1
+    REQUIRE(esp_netif != NULL);
+    test_getifaddr(1);
+    esp_netif_t *esp_netif2 = create_test_netif("station2", 2); // st2
+    REQUIRE(esp_netif2 != NULL);
+    test_getifaddr(2);
+    esp_netif_destroy(esp_netif);
+    esp_netif_destroy(esp_netif2);
+}
+
+static void test_pipe(int read_fd, int write_fd)
+{
+    CHECK(read_fd  >= 0);
+    CHECK(write_fd >= 0);
+    CHECK(write(write_fd, buffer, 1) > 0);
+    CHECK(write(write_fd, buffer, 1) > 0);
+    CHECK(read(read_fd, buffer, 1) == 1);
+    CHECK(read(read_fd, buffer, 1) == 1);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("socketpair()", "[sock_utils]")
+{
+    int fds[2];
+    CHECK(esp_socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, fds) == 0);
+    printf("socketpair created fds: %d, %d\n", fds[0], fds[1]);
+    // check both directions
+    test_pipe(fds[0], fds[1]);
+    test_pipe(fds[1], fds[0]);
+    close(fds[0]);
+    close(fds[1]);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("pipe()", "[sock_utils]")
+{
+    int fds[2];
+    CHECK(esp_pipe(fds) == 0);
+    printf("pipe created fds: %d, %d\n", fds[0], fds[1]);
+    // check only one direction
+    test_pipe(fds[0], fds[1]);
+    close(fds[0]);
+    close(fds[1]);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("gai_strerror()", "[sock_utils]")
+{
+    const char *str_error = esp_gai_strerror(EAI_BADFLAGS);
+    CHECK(str_error != NULL);
+}
+
+
+extern "C" void app_main(void)
+{
+    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_netif_init());
+    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_event_loop_create_default());
+
+    Catch::Session session;
+
+    int failures = session.run();
+    if (failures > 0) {
+        printf("TEST FAILED! number of failures=%d\n", failures);
+        exit(1);
+    } else {
+        printf("Test passed!\n");
+        exit(0);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/sock_utils/test/host/sdkconfig.defaults b/components/sock_utils/test/host/sdkconfig.defaults
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e71578ad1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sock_utils/test/host/sdkconfig.defaults
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# This file was generated using idf.py save-defconfig. It can be edited manually.
+# Espressif IoT Development Framework (ESP-IDF) 5.4.0 Project Minimal Configuration
+#
+CONFIG_IDF_TARGET="linux"
+CONFIG_COMPILER_CXX_EXCEPTIONS=y
+CONFIG_FREERTOS_HZ=1000
+CONFIG_LWIP_ENABLE=y
diff --git a/test_app/CMakeLists.txt b/test_app/CMakeLists.txt
index 3743c581f6..bda7a057a9 100644
--- a/test_app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test_app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS
     ../components/console_cmd_wifi
     ../components/console_simple_init
     ../components/mbedtls_cxx
+    ../components/sock_utils
     ../components/mdns)