diff --git a/tests/scripts/components-configuration.sh b/tests/scripts/components-configuration.sh
index c2e61ed..282c39e 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/components-configuration.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/components-configuration.sh
@@ -332,3 +332,16 @@
     rm -f user_config.h full_config.h
 }
 
+component_test_no_strings () {
+    msg "build: no strings" # ~10s
+    scripts/config.py full
+    # Disable options that activate a large amount of string constants.
+    scripts/config.py unset MBEDTLS_DEBUG_C
+    scripts/config.py unset MBEDTLS_ERROR_C
+    scripts/config.py set MBEDTLS_ERROR_STRERROR_DUMMY
+    scripts/config.py unset MBEDTLS_VERSION_FEATURES
+    make CFLAGS='-Werror -Os'
+
+    msg "test: no strings" # ~ 10s
+    make test
+}
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