diff --git a/components/lwip/weekend_test/net_suite_test.py b/components/lwip/weekend_test/net_suite_test.py
index 59e763b44..41d95c8d6 100644
--- a/components/lwip/weekend_test/net_suite_test.py
+++ b/components/lwip/weekend_test/net_suite_test.py
@@ -1,27 +1,13 @@
 import re
 import os
-import sys
 import socket
 from threading import Thread, Event
 import subprocess
 import time
 from shutil import copyfile
 
-try:
-    import IDF
-    from IDF.IDFDUT import ESP32DUT
-except ImportError:
-    # this is a test case write with tiny-test-fw.
-    # to run test cases outside tiny-test-fw,
-    # we need to set environment variable `TEST_FW_PATH`,
-    # then get and insert `TEST_FW_PATH` to sys path before import FW module
-    test_fw_path = os.getenv("TEST_FW_PATH")
-    if test_fw_path and test_fw_path not in sys.path:
-        sys.path.insert(0, test_fw_path)
-    import IDF
-
-import DUT
-import Utility
+from tiny_test_fw import Utility, DUT
+import ttfw_idf
 
 stop_sock_listener = Event()
 stop_io_listener = Event()
@@ -73,7 +59,7 @@ def sock_listener(dut1):
         sock = None
 
 
-@IDF.idf_example_test(env_tag="Example_WIFI")
+@ttfw_idf.idf_example_test(env_tag="Example_WIFI")
 def lwip_test_suite(env, extra_data):
     global stop_io_listener
     global stop_sock_listener
@@ -84,12 +70,12 @@ def lwip_test_suite(env, extra_data):
       3. Execute ttcn3 test suite
       4. Collect result from ttcn3
     """
-    dut1 = env.get_dut("net_suite", "examples/system/network_tests", dut_class=ESP32DUT)
+    dut1 = env.get_dut("net_suite", "examples/system/network_tests", dut_class=ttfw_idf.ESP32DUT)
     # check and log bin size
     binary_file = os.path.join(dut1.app.binary_path, "net_suite.bin")
     bin_size = os.path.getsize(binary_file)
-    IDF.log_performance("net_suite", "{}KB".format(bin_size // 1024))
-    IDF.check_performance("net_suite", bin_size // 1024)
+    ttfw_idf.log_performance("net_suite", "{}KB".format(bin_size // 1024))
+    ttfw_idf.check_performance("net_suite", bin_size // 1024)
     dut1.start_app()
     thread1 = Thread(target=sock_listener, args=(dut1, ))
     thread2 = Thread(target=io_listener, args=(dut1, ))
diff --git a/components/mqtt/weekend_test/mqtt_publish_test.py b/components/mqtt/weekend_test/mqtt_publish_test.py
index 55e04074c..32ae3389f 100644
--- a/components/mqtt/weekend_test/mqtt_publish_test.py
+++ b/components/mqtt/weekend_test/mqtt_publish_test.py
@@ -11,20 +11,8 @@ import time
 import string
 import random
 
-try:
-    import IDF
-    from IDF.IDFDUT import ESP32DUT
-except ImportError:
-    # this is a test case write with tiny-test-fw.
-    # to run test cases outside tiny-test-fw,
-    # we need to set environment variable `TEST_FW_PATH`,
-    # then get and insert `TEST_FW_PATH` to sys path before import FW module
-    test_fw_path = os.getenv("TEST_FW_PATH")
-    if test_fw_path and test_fw_path not in sys.path:
-        sys.path.insert(0, test_fw_path)
-    import IDF
-
-import DUT
+from tiny_test_fw import DUT
+import ttfw_idf
 
 
 event_client_connected = Event()
@@ -53,6 +41,8 @@ def mqtt_client_task(client):
 
 def get_host_port_from_dut(dut1, config_option):
     value = re.search(r'\:\/\/([^:]+)\:([0-9]+)', dut1.app.get_sdkconfig()[config_option])
+    if value is None:
+        return None, None
     return value.group(1), int(value.group(2))
 
 
@@ -124,7 +114,7 @@ def test_single_config(dut, transport, qos, repeat, published):
     event_stop_client.clear()
 
 
-@IDF.idf_example_test(env_tag="Example_WIFI")
+@ttfw_idf.idf_example_test(env_tag="Example_WIFI")
 def test_weekend_mqtt_publish(env, extra_data):
     # Using broker url dictionary for different transport
     global broker_host
@@ -138,13 +128,12 @@ def test_weekend_mqtt_publish(env, extra_data):
       3. Test evaluates python client received correct qos0 message
       4. Test ESP32 client received correct qos0 message
     """
-    dut1 = env.get_dut("mqtt_publish", "examples/protocols/mqtt/publish_test", dut_class=ESP32DUT)
+    dut1 = env.get_dut("mqtt_publish", "examples/protocols/mqtt/publish_test")
     # check and log bin size
     binary_file = os.path.join(dut1.app.binary_path, "mqtt_publish.bin")
     bin_size = os.path.getsize(binary_file)
-    IDF.log_performance("mqtt_publish_bin_size", "{}KB"
-                        .format(bin_size // 1024))
-    IDF.check_performance("mqtt_publish_size", bin_size // 1024)
+    ttfw_idf.log_performance("mqtt_publish_bin_size", "{}KB".format(bin_size // 1024))
+    ttfw_idf.check_performance("mqtt_publish_size", bin_size // 1024)
     # Look for host:port in sdkconfig
     try:
         # python client subscribes to the topic to which esp client publishes and vice versa
@@ -159,13 +148,16 @@ def test_weekend_mqtt_publish(env, extra_data):
         raise
     dut1.start_app()
     try:
-        ip_address = dut1.expect(re.compile(r" sta ip: ([^,]+),"), timeout=30)
+        ip_address = dut1.expect(re.compile(r" IPv4 address: ([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)"), timeout=30)
         print("Connected to AP with IP: {}".format(ip_address))
     except DUT.ExpectTimeout:
         print('ENV_TEST_FAILURE: Cannot connect to AP')
         raise
     for qos in [0, 1, 2]:
         for transport in ["tcp", "ssl", "ws", "wss"]:
+            if broker_host[transport] is None:
+                print('Skipping transport: {}...'.format(transport))
+                continue
             # simple test with empty message
             test_single_config(dut1, transport, qos, 0, 5)
             # decide on broker what level of test will pass (local broker works the best)
@@ -189,4 +181,4 @@ def test_weekend_mqtt_publish(env, extra_data):
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    test_weekend_mqtt_publish()
+    test_weekend_mqtt_publish(dut=ttfw_idf.ESP32QEMUDUT if sys.argv[1:] == ['qemu'] else ttfw_idf.ESP32DUT)
diff --git a/components/mqtt/weekend_test/test_weekend_mqtt_qemu.yml b/components/mqtt/weekend_test/test_weekend_mqtt_qemu.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4a72ecd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/mqtt/weekend_test/test_weekend_mqtt_qemu.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+CaseConfig:
+- name: test_weekend_mqtt_publish
+  overwrite:
+    dut:
+      class: ESP32QEMUDUT
+      package: ttfw_idf
+
diff --git a/examples/get-started/blink/example_test.py b/examples/get-started/blink/example_test.py
index b00b033fc..10815cf08 100644
--- a/examples/get-started/blink/example_test.py
+++ b/examples/get-started/blink/example_test.py
@@ -7,17 +7,8 @@ import re
 import os
 import hashlib
 
-try:
-    import IDF
-except ImportError:
-    # This environment variable is expected on the host machine
-    test_fw_path = os.getenv("TEST_FW_PATH")
-    if test_fw_path and test_fw_path not in sys.path:
-        sys.path.insert(0, test_fw_path)
-
-    import IDF
-from IDF.IDFDUT import ESP32DUT, ESP32QEMUDUT
-import Utility
+from tiny_test_fw import Utility
+import ttfw_idf
 
 
 def verify_elf_sha256_embedding(dut):
@@ -37,9 +28,9 @@ def verify_elf_sha256_embedding(dut):
         raise ValueError('ELF file SHA256 mismatch')
 
 
-@IDF.idf_example_test(env_tag="Example_QEMU")
+@ttfw_idf.idf_example_test(env_tag="Example_WIFI")
 def test_examples_blink(env, extra_data):
-    dut = env.get_dut("blink", "examples/get-started/blink", dut_class=ESP32QEMUDUT)
+    dut = env.get_dut("blink", "examples/get-started/blink", dut_class=ttfw_idf.ESP32DUT)
     binary_file = os.path.join(dut.app.binary_path, "blink.bin")
     bin_size = os.path.getsize(binary_file)
     ttfw_idf.log_performance("blink_bin_size", "{}KB".format(bin_size // 1024))
diff --git a/examples/protocols/mqtt/publish_test/sdkconfig.qemu b/examples/protocols/mqtt/publish_test/sdkconfig.qemu
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0d289d74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/protocols/mqtt/publish_test/sdkconfig.qemu
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32=y
+CONFIG_EXAMPLE_USE_OPENETH=y
+CONFIG_ETH_USE_OPENETH=y
+CONFIG_ETH_OPENETH_DMA_RX_BUFFER_NUM=4
+CONFIG_ETH_OPENETH_DMA_TX_BUFFER_NUM=1
+CONFIG_EXAMPLE_CONNECT_ETHERNET=y
+CONFIG_LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL_DEBUG=y
+CONFIG_ESPTOOLPY_FLASHMODE_DOUT=y
+CONFIG_MBEDTLS_ASYMMETRIC_CONTENT_LEN=y
+CONFIG_MBEDTLS_SSL_IN_CONTENT_LEN=16384
+CONFIG_MBEDTLS_SSL_OUT_CONTENT_LEN=16384
+CONFIG_EXAMPLE_BROKER_SSL_URI="mqtts://${EXAMPLE_MQTT_BROKER_SSL}"
+CONFIG_EXAMPLE_BROKER_TCP_URI="mqtt://${EXAMPLE_MQTT_BROKER_TCP}"
+CONFIG_EXAMPLE_BROKER_WS_URI="ws://${EXAMPLE_MQTT_BROKER_WS}/ws"
+CONFIG_EXAMPLE_BROKER_WSS_URI="wss://${EXAMPLE_MQTT_BROKER_WSS}/ws"
+CONFIG_EXAMPLE_BROKER_CERTIFICATE_OVERRIDE="${EXAMPLE_MQTT_BROKER_CERTIFICATE}"
+CONFIG_MBEDTLS_HARDWARE_AES=n
+CONFIG_MBEDTLS_HARDWARE_MPI=n
+CONFIG_MBEDTLS_HARDWARE_SHA=n
diff --git a/tools/ci/python_packages/ttfw_idf/requirements.txt b/tools/ci/python_packages/ttfw_idf/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..112ee0bc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ci/python_packages/ttfw_idf/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+-r ../tiny_test_fw/requirements.txt
+pexpect
+python-gitlab