diff --git a/include/sbi/sbi_unit_test.h b/include/sbi/sbi_unit_test.h
index c63d900c..448c0486 100644
--- a/include/sbi/sbi_unit_test.h
+++ b/include/sbi/sbi_unit_test.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ struct sbiunit_test_case {
 
 struct sbiunit_test_suite {
 	const char *name;
+	void (*init)(void);
 	struct sbiunit_test_case *cases;
 };
 
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ struct sbiunit_test_suite {
 #define SBIUNIT_TEST_SUITE(suite_name, cases_arr)		\
 	struct sbiunit_test_suite suite_name = {		\
 		.name = #suite_name,				\
+		.init = NULL,					\
 		.cases = cases_arr				\
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/sbi/tests/sbi_unit_test.c b/lib/sbi/tests/sbi_unit_test.c
index 1987838c..c2a0be68 100644
--- a/lib/sbi/tests/sbi_unit_test.c
+++ b/lib/sbi/tests/sbi_unit_test.c
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ static void run_test_suite(struct sbiunit_test_suite *suite)
 
 	sbi_printf("## Running test suite: %s\n", suite->name);
 
+	if (suite->init)
+		suite->init();
+
 	s_case = suite->cases;
 	while (s_case->test_func) {
 		s_case->test_func(s_case);