diff --git a/tools/unit-test-app/components/test_utils/Kconfig b/tools/unit-test-app/components/test_utils/Kconfig
index 0508f2a89f..eb5770cea7 100644
--- a/tools/unit-test-app/components/test_utils/Kconfig
+++ b/tools/unit-test-app/components/test_utils/Kconfig
@@ -24,4 +24,13 @@ menu "IDF unit test"
         int "Critical leak for UT which use LWIP component"
         default 4095
 
+    config UNITY_IGNORE_PERFORMANCE_TESTS
+        bool "Ignore performance test results"
+        default y if IDF_ENV_FPGA
+        default n
+        help
+            If set, performance tests that use TEST_PERFORMANCE_LESS_THAN and
+            TEST_PERFORMANCE_GREATER_THAN macros will log the performance value
+            but not fail the test if the threshold is not met.
+
 endmenu
diff --git a/tools/unit-test-app/components/test_utils/include/test_utils.h b/tools/unit-test-app/components/test_utils/include/test_utils.h
index 77281ac794..a1b61d3914 100644
--- a/tools/unit-test-app/components/test_utils/include/test_utils.h
+++ b/tools/unit-test-app/components/test_utils/include/test_utils.h
@@ -41,14 +41,20 @@ extern "C" {
 #define PERFORMANCE_CON(a, b) _PERFORMANCE_CON(a, b)
 #define _PERFORMANCE_CON(a, b) a##b
 
+#if !CONFIG_UNITY_IGNORE_PERFORMANCE_TESTS
+#define _TEST_PERFORMANCE_ASSERT TEST_ASSERT
+#else
+#define _TEST_PERFORMANCE_ASSERT(ARG) printf("Ignoring performance test [%s]\n", PERFORMANCE_STR(ARG))
+#endif
+
 #define TEST_PERFORMANCE_LESS_THAN(name, value_fmt, value)  do { \
     printf("[Performance][" PERFORMANCE_STR(name) "]: "value_fmt"\n", value); \
-    TEST_ASSERT(value < PERFORMANCE_CON(IDF_PERFORMANCE_MAX_, name)); \
+    _TEST_PERFORMANCE_ASSERT(value < PERFORMANCE_CON(IDF_PERFORMANCE_MAX_, name)); \
 } while(0)
 
 #define TEST_PERFORMANCE_GREATER_THAN(name, value_fmt, value)  do { \
     printf("[Performance][" PERFORMANCE_STR(name) "]: "value_fmt"\n", value); \
-    TEST_ASSERT(value > PERFORMANCE_CON(IDF_PERFORMANCE_MIN_, name)); \
+    _TEST_PERFORMANCE_ASSERT(value > PERFORMANCE_CON(IDF_PERFORMANCE_MIN_, name)); \
 } while(0)
 
 /* Macros to be used when performance is calculated using the cache compensated timer