diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7a1cbb3fb8b8..666fefbe0cd2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ tvm_option(ROCM_PATH "The path to rocm" /opt/rocm)
 tvm_option(USE_HEXAGON "Build with Hexagon support" OFF)
 tvm_option(USE_HEXAGON_SDK "Path to the Hexagon SDK root (required for Hexagon support)" /path/to/sdk)
 tvm_option(USE_HEXAGON_RPC "Enable Hexagon RPC using minRPC implementation over Android." OFF)
+tvm_option(USE_HEXAGON_GTEST "Path to Hexagon specific gtest version for runtime cpp tests." /path/to/hexagon/gtest)
 tvm_option(USE_RPC "Build with RPC" ON)
 tvm_option(USE_THREADS "Build with thread support" ON)
 tvm_option(USE_LLVM "Build with LLVM, can be set to specific llvm-config path" OFF)
@@ -598,6 +599,15 @@ endif()
 target_link_libraries(tvm PRIVATE ${TVM_LINKER_LIBS} ${TVM_RUNTIME_LINKER_LIBS})
 target_link_libraries(tvm_runtime PRIVATE ${TVM_RUNTIME_LINKER_LIBS})
 
+if(BUILD_FOR_HEXAGON AND DEFINED USE_HEXAGON_GTEST AND EXISTS ${USE_HEXAGON_GTEST})
+  include(FetchContent)
+  FetchContent_Declare(googletest SOURCE_DIR "${USE_HEXAGON_GTEST}")
+  set(gtest_force_shared_crt ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+  FetchContent_MakeAvailable(googletest)
+  target_link_libraries(tvm_runtime PUBLIC gtest)
+  include_directories("${USE_HEXAGON_GTEST}/include")
+endif()
+
 # Set flags for clang
 include(cmake/modules/ClangFlags.cmake)
 set(CRC16_INCLUDE_PATH "3rdparty/libcrc/include")
@@ -634,7 +644,6 @@ if(GTEST_FOUND)
   tvm_file_glob(GLOB_RECURSE TEST_SRCS tests/cpp/*.cc)
   add_executable(cpptest ${TEST_SRCS})
   # include runtime files for unit testing
-  target_include_directories(cpptest PUBLIC "src/runtime")
   target_link_libraries(cpptest PRIVATE ${TVM_TEST_LIBRARY_NAME} GTest::GTest GTest::Main GTest::gmock pthread dl)
   set_target_properties(cpptest PROPERTIES EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL 1)
   set_target_properties(cpptest PROPERTIES EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD 1)
@@ -649,6 +658,9 @@ add_custom_target(runtime DEPENDS tvm_runtime)
 # Installation rules
 install(TARGETS tvm EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}Targets DESTINATION lib${LIB_SUFFIX})
 install(TARGETS tvm_runtime EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}Targets DESTINATION lib${LIB_SUFFIX})
+if(BUILD_FOR_HEXAGON AND DEFINED USE_HEXAGON_GTEST AND EXISTS ${USE_HEXAGON_GTEST})
+  install(TARGETS gtest EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}Targets DESTINATION lib${LIB_SUFFIX})
+endif()
 
 if (INSTALL_DEV)
   install(
diff --git a/apps/hexagon_api/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/hexagon_api/CMakeLists.txt
index 40f070513e3d..1f9e982970c3 100644
--- a/apps/hexagon_api/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/hexagon_api/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ include(ExternalProject)
 #   USE_HEXAGON_TOOLCHAIN (Path to Hexagon toolchain ending with "Tools")
 # Optional variable:
 #   USE_OUTPUT_BINARY_DIR (Path to copy the output binaries to)
+#   USE_HEXAGON_GTEST (Path to Hexagon specific gtest version)
 
 set(TVM_SOURCE_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../..")
 
@@ -23,6 +24,15 @@ else()
 endif()
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${HEXAGON_API_BINARY_DIR})
 
+if(DEFINED USE_HEXAGON_GTEST)
+  if(EXISTS ${USE_HEXAGON_GTEST})
+    message(STATUS "Found Hexagon gtest at ${USE_HEXAGON_GTEST}")
+  else()
+    message(WARNING "Could not find Hexagon gtest at ${USE_HEXAGON_GTEST}. Disabling Hexagon gtest support.")
+    unset(USE_HEXAGON_GTEST)
+  endif()
+endif()
+
 # Build X86 binaries:
 # - tvm_rpc_x86
 
@@ -109,6 +119,9 @@ ExternalProject_Add(hexagon_tvm_runtime_rpc
     "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}"
     "-DUSE_ALTERNATIVE_LINKER=OFF"
     "-DUSE_CUSTOM_LOGGING=ON"
+    if(DEFINED USE_HEXAGON_GTEST)
+      "-DUSE_HEXAGON_GTEST=${USE_HEXAGON_GTEST}"
+    endif()
   INSTALL_COMMAND ""
   BUILD_ALWAYS ON
 )
diff --git a/cmake/modules/Hexagon.cmake b/cmake/modules/Hexagon.cmake
index 3b0ff7dfeae3..d45311a87fec 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/Hexagon.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/Hexagon.cmake
@@ -84,9 +84,6 @@ if(NOT USE_HEXAGON)
   if(BUILD_FOR_HOST)
     list(APPEND COMPILER_SRCS src/target/opt/build_hexagon_off.cc)
   endif()
-  list(APPEND RUNTIME_SRCS src/runtime/hexagon/hexagon_buffer.cc)
-  list(APPEND RUNTIME_SRCS src/runtime/hexagon/hexagon_common.cc)
-  list(APPEND RUNTIME_SRCS src/runtime/hexagon/hexagon_user_dma.cc)
   return()
 endif()
 
@@ -119,14 +116,23 @@ function(add_hexagon_wrapper_paths)
   link_directories("${HEXAGON_TOOLCHAIN}/lib/iss")
 endfunction()
 
-
-# Common sources for TVM runtime with Hexagon support
-file_glob_append(RUNTIME_HEXAGON_SRCS
-  "${TVMRT_SOURCE_DIR}/hexagon/*.cc"
-)
-
+if(BUILD_FOR_HEXAGON OR USE_HEXAGON_RPC)
+  # Common sources for TVM runtime with Hexagon support
+  file_glob_append(RUNTIME_HEXAGON_SRCS
+    "${TVMRT_SOURCE_DIR}/hexagon/*.cc"
+  )
+else()
+  file_glob_append(RUNTIME_HEXAGON_SRCS
+    "${TVMRT_SOURCE_DIR}/hexagon/hexagon_module.cc"
+  )
+endif()
 
 if(BUILD_FOR_HEXAGON)
+  if(DEFINED USE_HEXAGON_GTEST AND EXISTS ${USE_HEXAGON_GTEST})
+    file_glob_append(RUNTIME_HEXAGON_SRCS
+      "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/cpp-runtime/hexagon/*.cc"
+    )
+  endif()
   get_hexagon_sdk_property("${USE_HEXAGON_SDK}" "${USE_HEXAGON_ARCH}"
     SDK_INCLUDE   SDK_INCLUDE_DIRS
     QURT_INCLUDE  QURT_INCLUDE_DIRS
diff --git a/cmake/modules/LibInfo.cmake b/cmake/modules/LibInfo.cmake
index eefa7036a0ff..76ddbede8ac0 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/LibInfo.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/LibInfo.cmake
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ function(add_lib_info src_file)
     TVM_INFO_USE_HEXAGON="${USE_HEXAGON}"
     TVM_INFO_USE_HEXAGON_RPC="${USE_HEXAGON_RPC}"
     TVM_INFO_USE_HEXAGON_SDK="${USE_HEXAGON_SDK}"
+    TVM_INFO_USE_HEXAGON_GTEST="${USE_HEXAGON_GTEST}"
     TVM_INFO_USE_IOS_RPC="${USE_IOS_RPC}"
     TVM_INFO_USE_KHRONOS_SPIRV="${USE_KHRONOS_SPIRV}"
     TVM_INFO_USE_LIBBACKTRACE="${USE_LIBBACKTRACE}"
diff --git a/src/runtime/hexagon/hexagon_buffer.cc b/src/runtime/hexagon/hexagon_buffer.cc
index cfe2b528bb9f..909d37481147 100644
--- a/src/runtime/hexagon/hexagon_buffer.cc
+++ b/src/runtime/hexagon/hexagon_buffer.cc
@@ -52,26 +52,15 @@ struct Allocation {
 
 struct DDRAllocation : public Allocation {
   DDRAllocation(size_t nbytes, size_t alignment) : Allocation(nbytes, alignment) {
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    data_ = _aligned_malloc(nbytes, alignment);
-    CHECK(data_ != nullptr);
-#else
     int ret = posix_memalign(&data_, alignment, nbytes);
     CHECK_EQ(ret, 0);
-#endif
-  }
-  ~DDRAllocation() {
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    _aligned_free(data_);
-#else
-    free(data_);
-#endif
   }
+  ~DDRAllocation() { free(data_); }
 };
 
-#if defined(__hexagon__)
 struct VTCMAllocation : public Allocation {
   VTCMAllocation(size_t nbytes, size_t alignment) : Allocation(nbytes, alignment) {
+#if defined(__hexagon__)
     compute_res_attr_t res_info;
     HEXAGON_SAFE_CALL(HAP_compute_res_attr_init(&res_info));
 
@@ -94,20 +83,16 @@ struct VTCMAllocation : public Allocation {
       LOG(ERROR) << "ERROR: Unable to acquire requeisted resource.";
       return;
     }
-    // LOG(INFO) << "VTCMAllocation() - Context ID: " << context_id_ << ", VTCM ptr: " << data_;
+#endif
   }
   ~VTCMAllocation() {
-    // LOG(INFO) << "~VTCMAllocation() - Context ID: " << context_id_ << ", VTCM ptr: " << data_;
+#if defined(__hexagon__)
     HEXAGON_SAFE_CALL(HAP_compute_res_release(context_id_));
     data_ = nullptr;
+#endif
   }
   unsigned int context_id_{0};
 };
-#else
-struct VTCMAllocation : public DDRAllocation {
-  VTCMAllocation(size_t nbytes, size_t alignment) : DDRAllocation(nbytes, alignment) {}
-};
-#endif
 
 template <HexagonBuffer::StorageScope S>
 std::unique_ptr<Allocation> Allocator(size_t nbytes, size_t alignment);
diff --git a/src/runtime/hexagon/hexagon_user_dma.cc b/src/runtime/hexagon/hexagon_user_dma.cc
index 6e286ae8b3f4..9bf7a9f6c1d4 100644
--- a/src/runtime/hexagon/hexagon_user_dma.cc
+++ b/src/runtime/hexagon/hexagon_user_dma.cc
@@ -68,14 +68,10 @@ int hexagon_user_dma_1d_sync_helper(void* dst, void* src, uint32_t length) {
 
   void* dma_desc = nullptr;
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
-  dma_desc = _aligned_malloc(DMA_DESC_2D_SIZE, DMA_DESC_2D_SIZE);
-#else
   int ret = posix_memalign(&dma_desc, DMA_DESC_2D_SIZE, DMA_DESC_2D_SIZE);
   if (ret) {
     return DMA_FAILURE;
   }
-#endif
 
   if (!dma_desc) {
     return DMA_FAILURE;
@@ -98,20 +94,13 @@ int hexagon_user_dma_1d_sync_helper(void* dst, void* src, uint32_t length) {
   unsigned int status = dmwait() & DM0_STATUS_MASK;
   unsigned int done = dma_desc_get_done(dma_desc);
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
-  _aligned_free(dma_desc);
-#else
   free(dma_desc);
-#endif
 
   if (status == DM0_STATUS_IDLE && done == DESC_DONE_COMPLETE) {
     return DMA_SUCCESS;
   }
-  return DMA_FAILURE;
-#else
-  memcpy(dst, src, length);
-  return DMA_SUCCESS;
 #endif
+  return DMA_FAILURE;
 }
 
 int hexagon_user_dma_1d_sync(void* dst, void* src, uint32_t length) {
diff --git a/src/support/libinfo.cc b/src/support/libinfo.cc
index c6cf916ae8a2..e6f322885e3a 100644
--- a/src/support/libinfo.cc
+++ b/src/support/libinfo.cc
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@
 #define TVM_INFO_USE_HEXAGON_SDK "NOT-FOUND"
 #endif
 
+#ifndef TVM_INFO_USE_HEXAGON_GTEST
+#define TVM_INFO_USE_HEXAGON_GTEST "NOT-FOUND"
+#endif
+
 #ifndef TVM_INFO_USE_RPC
 #define TVM_INFO_USE_RPC "NOT-FOUND"
 #endif
@@ -267,6 +271,7 @@ TVM_DLL Map<String, String> GetLibInfo() {
       {"USE_HEXAGON", TVM_INFO_USE_HEXAGON},
       {"USE_HEXAGON_RPC", TVM_INFO_USE_HEXAGON_RPC},
       {"USE_HEXAGON_SDK", TVM_INFO_USE_HEXAGON_SDK},
+      {"USE_HEXAGON_GTEST", TVM_INFO_USE_HEXAGON_GTEST},
       {"USE_IOS_RPC", TVM_INFO_USE_IOS_RPC},
       {"USE_KHRONOS_SPIRV", TVM_INFO_USE_KHRONOS_SPIRV},
       {"USE_LIBBACKTRACE", TVM_INFO_USE_LIBBACKTRACE},
diff --git a/tests/cpp/runtime/hexagon_buffer.cc b/tests/cpp-runtime/hexagon/hexagon_buffer_tests.cc
similarity index 99%
rename from tests/cpp/runtime/hexagon_buffer.cc
rename to tests/cpp-runtime/hexagon/hexagon_buffer_tests.cc
index 715d9b1b695d..803e67785413 100644
--- a/tests/cpp/runtime/hexagon_buffer.cc
+++ b/tests/cpp-runtime/hexagon/hexagon_buffer_tests.cc
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@
  */
 
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
-#include <hexagon/hexagon_buffer.h>
 #include <tvm/runtime/container/optional.h>
 
+#include "../src/runtime/hexagon/hexagon_buffer.h"
+
 using namespace tvm::runtime;
 using namespace tvm::runtime::hexagon;
 
diff --git a/tests/cpp-runtime/hexagon/run_all_tests.cc b/tests/cpp-runtime/hexagon/run_all_tests.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..166d89b63566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cpp-runtime/hexagon/run_all_tests.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include <tvm/runtime/packed_func.h>
+#include <tvm/runtime/registry.h>
+
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "../src/support/utils.h"
+
+namespace tvm {
+namespace runtime {
+namespace hexagon {
+
+TVM_REGISTER_GLOBAL("hexagon.run_all_tests").set_body([](TVMArgs args, TVMRetValue* rv) {
+  // gtest args are passed into this packed func as a singular string
+  // split gtest args using <space> delimiter and build argument vector
+  std::vector<std::string> parsed_args = tvm::support::Split(args[0], ' ');
+  std::vector<char*> argv;
+
+  // add executable name
+  argv.push_back(const_cast<char*>("hexagon_run_all_tests"));
+
+  // add parsed arguments
+  for (int i = 0; i < parsed_args.size(); ++i) {
+    argv.push_back(const_cast<char*>(parsed_args[i].data()));
+  }
+
+  // end of parsed arguments
+  argv.push_back(nullptr);
+
+  // set argument count
+  int argc = argv.size() - 1;
+
+  // initialize gtest with arguments and run
+  ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv.data());
+  *rv = RUN_ALL_TESTS();
+});
+
+}  // namespace hexagon
+}  // namespace runtime
+}  // namespace tvm
diff --git a/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/unit_tests.py b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/unit_tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d340cba5b150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/python/contrib/test_hexagon/unit_tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+import pytest
+import numpy as np
+from tvm.contrib.hexagon.build import HexagonLauncher
+from .conftest import requires_hexagon_toolchain
+
+
+@requires_hexagon_toolchain
+def test_cache_read_write_2d(hexagon_session):
+    # arguments to pass to gtest
+    # e.g.
+    # 1) to run all tests use:
+    # gtest_args = ""
+    # 2) to run all tests with "foo" in their name twice use:
+    # gtest_args = "--gtest_repeat=2 --gtest_filter=*foo*"
+    gtest_args = ""
+    try:
+        func = hexagon_session._rpc.get_function("hexagon.run_all_tests")
+        result = func(gtest_args)
+    except:
+        print(
+            "This test requires the USE_HEXAGON_GTEST cmake flag to be specified with a path to a Hexagon gtest version normally located at /path/to/hexagon/sdk/utils/googletest/gtest"
+        )
+        result = 1
+
+    np.testing.assert_equal(result, 0)
diff --git a/tests/scripts/task_build_hexagon_api.sh b/tests/scripts/task_build_hexagon_api.sh
index ae4d42126810..a3b501d9c554 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/task_build_hexagon_api.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/task_build_hexagon_api.sh
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ cmake -DANDROID_ABI=arm64-v8a \
     -DUSE_HEXAGON_ARCH=v68 \
     -DUSE_HEXAGON_SDK="${HEXAGON_SDK_PATH}" \
     -DUSE_HEXAGON_TOOLCHAIN="${HEXAGON_TOOLCHAIN}" \
-    -DUSE_OUTPUT_BINARY_DIR="${output_binary_directory}" ..
+    -DUSE_OUTPUT_BINARY_DIR="${output_binary_directory}" \
+    -DUSE_HEXAGON_GTEST="${HEXAGON_SDK_PATH}/utils/googletest/gtest" ..
 
 make -j$(nproc)