diff --git a/espflash/src/image_format/direct_boot.rs b/espflash/src/image_format/direct_boot.rs
index 46fd0ab4..1ba0eb81 100644
--- a/espflash/src/image_format/direct_boot.rs
+++ b/espflash/src/image_format/direct_boot.rs
@@ -57,3 +57,27 @@ impl<'a> ImageFormat<'a> for DirectBootFormat<'a> {
         Box::new(once(self.segment.borrow()))
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+pub mod tests {
+    use std::fs;
+
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::elf::ElfFirmwareImage;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_direct_boot_format() {
+        let input_bytes = fs::read("tests/resources/esp32c3_hal_blinky_db").unwrap();
+        let expected_bin = fs::read("tests/resources/esp32c3_hal_blinky_db.bin").unwrap();
+
+        let image = ElfFirmwareImage::try_from(input_bytes.as_slice()).unwrap();
+        let flash_image = DirectBootFormat::new(&image, 0).unwrap();
+
+        let segments = flash_image.flash_segments().collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        assert_eq!(segments.len(), 1);
+
+        let buf = segments[0].data.as_ref();
+        assert_eq!(expected_bin.len(), buf.len());
+        assert_eq!(expected_bin.as_slice(), buf);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/espflash/tests/README.md b/espflash/tests/README.md
index 8aab591b..410b1cc8 100644
--- a/espflash/tests/README.md
+++ b/espflash/tests/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,20 @@
 
 This document describes how the test files under `tests/resources` were generated, so that they can be re-generated in the future if needed.
 
+## Direct Boot
+
+```bash
+$ git clone https://github.com/esp-rs/esp-hal
+$ cd esp-hal/esp32c3-hal/
+$ cargo build --release --features=direct-boot --example=blinky
+```
+
+The ELF file is located at `target/riscv32imc-unknown-none-elf/examples/blinky`
+
+```bash
+$ espflash save-image --format=direct-boot --chip=esp32c3 esp32c3_hal_blinky_db.bin esp32c3_hal_blinky_db
+```
+
 ## IDF Bootloader
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/espflash/tests/resources/esp32c3_hal_blinky_db b/espflash/tests/resources/esp32c3_hal_blinky_db
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diff --git a/espflash/tests/resources/esp32c3_hal_blinky_db.bin b/espflash/tests/resources/esp32c3_hal_blinky_db.bin
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