diff --git a/deployments/psa-api-test/crypto/crypto.c b/deployments/psa-api-test/crypto/crypto.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+#include "../psa_api_test_common.h"
+#include "libpsa.h"
+#include "trace.h"
+
+psa_status_t test_setup(const char *service_name_crypto, const char *service_name_iat,
+			const char *service_name_ps, const char *service_name_its)
+{
+	psa_status_t psa_status = PSA_ERROR_GENERIC_ERROR;
+
+	if (!service_name_crypto)
+		service_name_crypto = "sn:trustedfirmware.org:crypto:0";
+
+	psa_status = libpsa_init_crypto_context(service_name_crypto);
+	if (psa_status) {
+		EMSG("libpsa_init_crypto_context failed: %d\n", psa_status);
+		return psa_status;
+	}
+
+	psa_status = psa_crypto_init();
+	if (psa_status) {
+		EMSG("psa_crypto_init failed: %d\n", psa_status);
+		return psa_status;
+	}
+
+	return PSA_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+void test_teardown(void)
+{
+	libpsa_deinit_crypto_context();
+}