diff --git a/tests/unix/extra_coverage.py.exp b/tests/unix/extra_coverage.py.exp
index 62debadcd0b26663bc40069d9448786ec30f163d..651a47819c30723c4cbe708e3ab65e4d80a02219 100644
--- a/tests/unix/extra_coverage.py.exp
+++ b/tests/unix/extra_coverage.py.exp
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+# mp_printf
+-123 +123  123
+-0123
+123
+1ABCDEF
+ab abc
+
+false true
+(null)
+t
 # vstr
 tests
 sts
diff --git a/unix/coverage.c b/unix/coverage.c
index 757ebf1a2e2d1ffd1c4d3c6d5f64330ea40bb782..eabd0097d723de420a6933e07e5adcefa7c5085d 100644
--- a/unix/coverage.c
+++ b/unix/coverage.c
@@ -8,6 +8,21 @@
 
 // function to run extra tests for things that can't be checked by scripts
 STATIC mp_obj_t extra_coverage(void) {
+    // mp_printf (used by ports that don't have a native printf)
+    {
+        printf("# mp_printf\n");
+        mp_printf(&mp_plat_print, "%"); // nothing after percent
+        mp_printf(&mp_plat_print, "%d %+d % d\n", -123, 123, 123); // sign
+        mp_printf(&mp_plat_print, "%05d\n", -123); // negative number with zero padding
+        mp_printf(&mp_plat_print, "%ld\n", 123); // long
+        mp_printf(&mp_plat_print, "%X\n", 0x1abcdef); // capital hex
+        mp_printf(&mp_plat_print, "%.2s %.3s\n", "abc", "abc"); // fixed string precision
+        mp_printf(&mp_plat_print, "%.*s\n", -1, "abc"); // negative string precision
+        mp_printf(&mp_plat_print, "%b %b\n", 0, 1); // bools
+        mp_printf(&mp_plat_print, "%s\n", NULL); // null string
+        mp_printf(&mp_plat_print, "%t\n"); // non-format char
+    }
+
     // vstr
     {
         printf("# vstr\n");