diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ae8d86f205..07933fd358 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ Changes
      by Jiayuan Chen in #1377. Fixes #1437.
    * Improve security of RSA key generation by including criteria from FIPS
      186-4. Contributed by Jethro Beekman. #1380
+   * Add platform setup and teardown calls in test suites.
 
 = mbed TLS 2.8.0 branch released 2018-03-16
 
diff --git a/tests/suites/helpers.function b/tests/suites/helpers.function
index eef41c79a6..f82694ada1 100644
--- a/tests/suites/helpers.function
+++ b/tests/suites/helpers.function
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ static struct
 }
 test_info;
 
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_C)
+mbedtls_platform_context platform_ctx;
+#endif
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 /* Helper flags for complex dependencies */
@@ -127,6 +130,21 @@ test_info;
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 /* Helper Functions */
+static int platform_setup()
+{
+    int ret = 0;
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_C)
+    ret = mbedtls_platform_setup( &platform_ctx );
+#endif /* MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_C */
+    return( ret );
+}
+
+static void platform_teardown()
+{
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_C)
+    mbedtls_platform_teardown( &platform_ctx );
+#endif /* MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_C */
+}
 
 #if defined(__unix__) || (defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__))
 static int redirect_output( FILE** out_stream, const char* path )
diff --git a/tests/suites/main_test.function b/tests/suites/main_test.function
index 042085f0ba..1390f9fbba 100644
--- a/tests/suites/main_test.function
+++ b/tests/suites/main_test.function
@@ -281,6 +281,18 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_MEMORY_BUFFER_ALLOC_C) && \
     !defined(TEST_SUITE_MEMORY_BUFFER_ALLOC)
     unsigned char alloc_buf[1000000];
+#endif 
+    /* Platform setup should be called in the beginning */
+    ret = platform_setup();
+    if( ret != 0 )
+    {
+        mbedtls_fprintf( stderr,
+                         "FATAL: Failed to initialize platform - error %d\n",
+                         ret );
+        return( -1 );
+    }
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_MEMORY_BUFFER_ALLOC_C) && \
+    !defined(TEST_SUITE_MEMORY_BUFFER_ALLOC)
     mbedtls_memory_buffer_alloc_init( alloc_buf, sizeof(alloc_buf) );
 #endif
 
@@ -293,6 +305,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
     if( pointer != NULL )
     {
         mbedtls_fprintf( stderr, "all-bits-zero is not a NULL pointer\n" );
+        platform_teardown();
         return( 1 );
     }
 
@@ -302,7 +315,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
     if( run_test_snprintf() != 0 )
     {
         mbedtls_fprintf( stderr, "the snprintf implementation is broken\n" );
-        return( 0 );
+        platform_teardown();
+        return( 1 );
     }
 
     while( arg_index < argc)
@@ -318,6 +332,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
                  strcmp(next_arg, "-h" ) == 0 )
         {
             mbedtls_fprintf( stdout, USAGE );
+            platform_teardown();
             mbedtls_exit( EXIT_SUCCESS );
         }
         else
@@ -357,6 +372,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
         {
             mbedtls_fprintf( stderr, "Failed to open test file: %s\n",
                              test_filename );
+            platform_teardown();
             return( 1 );
         }
 
@@ -366,6 +382,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
             {
                 mbedtls_fprintf( stderr,
                     "FATAL: Dep count larger than zero at start of loop\n" );
+                platform_teardown();
                 mbedtls_exit( MBEDTLS_EXIT_FAILURE );
             }
             unmet_dep_count = 0;
@@ -402,6 +419,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
                         if(  unmet_dependencies[ unmet_dep_count ] == NULL )
                         {
                             mbedtls_fprintf( stderr, "FATAL: Out of memory\n" );
+                            platform_teardown();
                             mbedtls_exit( MBEDTLS_EXIT_FAILURE );
                         }
                         unmet_dep_count++;
@@ -427,6 +445,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
                     stdout_fd = redirect_output( &stdout, "/dev/null" );
                     if( stdout_fd == -1 )
                     {
+                        platform_teardown();
                         /* Redirection has failed with no stdout so exit */
                         exit( 1 );
                     }
@@ -439,6 +458,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
                 if( !option_verbose && restore_output( &stdout, stdout_fd ) )
                 {
                         /* Redirection has failed with no stdout so exit */
+                        platform_teardown();
                         exit( 1 );
                 }
 #endif /* __unix__ || __APPLE__ __MACH__ */
@@ -490,6 +510,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
             {
                 mbedtls_fprintf( stderr, "FAILED: FATAL PARSE ERROR\n" );
                 fclose( file );
+                platform_teardown();
                 mbedtls_exit( 2 );
             }
             else
@@ -501,6 +522,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
             {
                 mbedtls_fprintf( stderr, "Should be empty %d\n",
                                  (int) strlen( buf ) );
+                platform_teardown();
                 return( 1 );
             }
         }
@@ -533,5 +555,6 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
         close_output( stdout );
 #endif /* __unix__ || __APPLE__ __MACH__ */
 
+    platform_teardown();
     return( total_errors != 0 );
 }