diff --git a/doc/develop/test/ztest.rst b/doc/develop/test/ztest.rst
index c7d3d23911e..f9255ecad2a 100644
--- a/doc/develop/test/ztest.rst
+++ b/doc/develop/test/ztest.rst
@@ -340,6 +340,8 @@ it needs to report either a pass or fail.  For example:
 
    ZTEST_SUITE(common, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
+.. _ztest_unit_testing:
+
 Quick start - Unit testing
 **************************
 
diff --git a/tests/ztest/fail/README.rst b/tests/ztest/fail/README.rst
index 3ed70d5229a..ab5788ba821 100644
--- a/tests/ztest/fail/README.rst
+++ b/tests/ztest/fail/README.rst
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ Overview
 ********
 
 In order to test the actual framework's failure cases, this test suite has to do something unique.
-There's a subdirectory to this test called 'core'. This project builds a sample ``native_posix`` or
-``unit_testing`` binary which is expected to fail by calling one of the following:
+There's a subdirectory to this test called 'core'. This project builds a sample as a
+:ref:`native_sim <native_sim>` or `:ref:unit_testing <ztest_unit_testing>`
+binary which is expected to fail by calling one of the following:
 - ``ztest_test_fail()`` during either the ``after`` or ``teardown`` phase of the test suite
 - ``ztest_test_skip()`` during either the ``after`` or ``teardown`` phase of the test suite
 - ``ztest_test_pass()`` during either the ``after`` or ``teardown`` phase of the test suite
diff --git a/tests/ztest/fail/testcase.yaml b/tests/ztest/fail/testcase.yaml
index 5295847a0cb..2a0820fa85e 100644
--- a/tests/ztest/fail/testcase.yaml
+++ b/tests/ztest/fail/testcase.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ common:
   tags:
     - test_framework
   # test has dependencies on host libc
-  platform_allow: native_posix
+  platform_allow:
+    - native_posix
+    - native_sim
+    - native_sim_64
+  integration_platforms:
+    - native_sim
 tests:
   testing.fail.unit.assert_after:
     extra_configs: