diff --git a/tests/include/test/memory.h b/tests/include/test/memory.h
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+++ b/tests/include/test/memory.h
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+/**
+ * \file memory.h
+ *
+ * \brief   Helper macros and functions related to testing memory management.
+ */
+
+/*
+ *  Copyright The Mbed TLS Contributors
+ *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#ifndef TEST_MEMORY_H
+#define TEST_MEMORY_H
+
+#include "mbedtls/build_info.h"
+#include "mbedtls/platform.h"
+
+#endif /* TEST_MEMORY_H */
diff --git a/tests/src/test_memory.c b/tests/src/test_memory.c
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+/**
+ * \file memory.c
+ *
+ * \brief   Helper functions related to testing memory management.
+ */
+
+/*
+ *  Copyright The Mbed TLS Contributors
+ *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#include <test/helpers.h>
+#include <test/macros.h>
+#include <test/memory.h>
+