diff --git a/tests/kernel/common/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/kernel/common/CMakeLists.txt
index bcfe5e158e7..a2b11e73d88 100644
--- a/tests/kernel/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/kernel/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,11 +18,8 @@ target_sources(app PRIVATE
 	src/atomic.c
 	src/byteorder.c
 	src/clock.c
-	src/dlist.c
 	src/intmath.c
 	src/main.c
-	src/slist.c
-	src/sflist.c
 	src/timeout_order.c
 	src/multilib.c
   src/errno.c
diff --git a/tests/kernel/common/src/main.c b/tests/kernel/common/src/main.c
index b0c294e4994..aa66aa59db1 100644
--- a/tests/kernel/common/src/main.c
+++ b/tests/kernel/common/src/main.c
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ extern void test_sys_put_le64(void);
 extern void test_atomic(void);
 extern void test_intmath(void);
 extern void test_printk(void);
-extern void test_slist(void);
-extern void test_sflist(void);
-extern void test_dlist(void);
 extern void test_timeout_order(void);
 extern void test_clock_cycle(void);
 extern void test_clock_uptime(void);
@@ -122,9 +119,6 @@ void test_main(void)
 			 ztest_user_unit_test(test_atomic),
 			 ztest_unit_test(test_bitfield),
 			 ztest_unit_test(test_printk),
-			 ztest_unit_test(test_slist),
-			 ztest_unit_test(test_sflist),
-			 ztest_unit_test(test_dlist),
 			 ztest_unit_test(test_intmath),
 			 ztest_unit_test(test_timeout_order),
 			 ztest_1cpu_user_unit_test(test_clock_uptime),
diff --git a/tests/unit/list/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/unit/list/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..902723352c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/list/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+project(list)
+set(SOURCES
+  main.c
+  slist.c
+  dlist.c
+  sflist.c
+  )
+include($ENV{ZEPHYR_BASE}/subsys/testsuite/unittest.cmake)
diff --git a/tests/kernel/common/src/dlist.c b/tests/unit/list/dlist.c
similarity index 98%
rename from tests/kernel/common/src/dlist.c
rename to tests/unit/list/dlist.c
index 639b90fe73a..9bec411c44f 100644
--- a/tests/kernel/common/src/dlist.c
+++ b/tests/unit/list/dlist.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static inline bool verify_tail_head(sys_dlist_t *list,
 	return true;
 }
 /**
- * @addtogroup kernel_common_tests
+ * @addtogroup unit_tests
  * @{
  */
 
@@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ void test_dlist(void)
 {
 	sys_dlist_init(&test_list);
 
-	zassert_true((verify_emptyness(&test_list)), "test_list should be empty");
+	zassert_true((verify_emptyness(&test_list)),
+			"test_list should be empty");
 
 	/* Appending node 1 */
 	sys_dlist_append(&test_list, &test_node_1.node);
diff --git a/tests/unit/list/main.c b/tests/unit/list/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6c4a4d906a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/list/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+#include <ztest.h>
+
+extern void test_slist(void);
+extern void test_sflist(void);
+extern void test_dlist(void);
+
+void test_main(void)
+{
+	ztest_test_suite(dlist,
+			 ztest_unit_test(test_dlist),
+			 ztest_unit_test(test_slist),
+			 ztest_unit_test(test_sflist)
+			 );
+
+	ztest_run_test_suite(dlist);
+}
+
diff --git a/tests/kernel/common/src/sflist.c b/tests/unit/list/sflist.c
similarity index 99%
rename from tests/kernel/common/src/sflist.c
rename to tests/unit/list/sflist.c
index 245704f2a47..8ac3b783d7a 100644
--- a/tests/kernel/common/src/sflist.c
+++ b/tests/unit/list/sflist.c
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@ void test_sflist(void)
 {
 	sys_sflist_init(&test_list);
 
-	zassert_true((verify_emptyness(&test_list)), "test_list should be empty");
+	zassert_true((verify_emptyness(&test_list)),
+		      "test_list should be empty");
 
 	/* Appending node 1 */
 	sys_sflist_append(&test_list, &test_node_1.node);
diff --git a/tests/kernel/common/src/slist.c b/tests/unit/list/slist.c
similarity index 99%
rename from tests/kernel/common/src/slist.c
rename to tests/unit/list/slist.c
index 9e12895c7f3..2b30743775a 100644
--- a/tests/kernel/common/src/slist.c
+++ b/tests/unit/list/slist.c
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@ void test_slist(void)
 {
 	sys_slist_init(&test_list);
 
-	zassert_true((verify_emptyness(&test_list)), "test_list should be empty");
+	zassert_true((verify_emptyness(&test_list)),
+		      "test_list should be empty");
 
 	/* Appending node 1 */
 	sys_slist_append(&test_list, &test_node_1.node);
diff --git a/tests/unit/list/testcase.yaml b/tests/unit/list/testcase.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ec8943b21d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/list/testcase.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+tests:
+  utilities.lists:
+    tags: utils lists
+    type: unit