diff --git a/components/esp_event/test_apps/main/test_event.c b/components/esp_event/test_apps/main/test_event.c
index 1221bfab669c..3caef2a92123 100644
--- a/components/esp_event/test_apps/main/test_event.c
+++ b/components/esp_event/test_apps/main/test_event.c
@@ -1538,12 +1538,12 @@ static void performance_test(bool dedicated_task)
 #endif // CONFIG_ESP_EVENT_LOOP_PROFILING
 }
 
-TEST_CASE("performance test - dedicated task", "[event]")
+TEST_CASE("performance test - dedicated task", "[event][qemu-ignore]")
 {
     performance_test(true);
 }
 
-TEST_CASE("performance test - no dedicated task", "[event]")
+TEST_CASE("performance test - no dedicated task", "[event][qemu-ignore]")
 {
     performance_test(false);
 }
diff --git a/components/esp_event/test_apps/pytest_esp_event.py b/components/esp_event/test_apps/pytest_esp_event.py
index 207b00b68677..d90740792675 100644
--- a/components/esp_event/test_apps/pytest_esp_event.py
+++ b/components/esp_event/test_apps/pytest_esp_event.py
@@ -9,5 +9,16 @@
 @pytest.mark.esp32s2
 @pytest.mark.esp32c3
 @pytest.mark.generic
+@pytest.mark.nightly_run
 def test_esp_event(dut: Dut) -> None:
     dut.run_all_single_board_cases()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.esp32
+@pytest.mark.esp32c3
+@pytest.mark.host_test
+@pytest.mark.qemu
+def test_esp_event_qemu(dut: Dut) -> None:
+    for case in dut.test_menu:
+        if 'qemu-ignore' not in case.groups and not case.is_ignored and case.type == 'normal':
+            dut._run_normal_case(case)