diff --git a/backends/cadence/runtime/TARGETS b/backends/cadence/runtime/TARGETS
index 95a7bdc3694..4055f1922a1 100644
--- a/backends/cadence/runtime/TARGETS
+++ b/backends/cadence/runtime/TARGETS
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+load(":targets.bzl", "define_common_targets")
 load("@fbcode_macros//build_defs:python_library.bzl", "python_library")
 
 oncall("odai_jarvis")
@@ -22,3 +23,5 @@ python_library(
         "//executorch/exir:lib",
     ],
 )
+
+define_common_targets()
diff --git a/backends/cadence/runtime/et_pal.cpp b/backends/cadence/runtime/et_pal.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fdf058f05b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backends/cadence/runtime/et_pal.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+#if defined(XTENSA)
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/times.h>
+
+#include <xtensa/sim.h>
+
+#include <executorch/runtime/platform/platform.h>
+
+#define ET_LOG_OUTPUT_FILE stdout
+
+void et_pal_emit_log_message(
+    et_timestamp_t timestamp,
+    et_pal_log_level_t level,
+    const char* filename,
+    ET_UNUSED const char* function,
+    size_t line,
+    const char* message,
+    ET_UNUSED size_t length) {
+  // Not all platforms have ticks == nanoseconds, but this one does.
+  timestamp /= 1000; // To microseconds
+  int us = timestamp % 1000000;
+  timestamp /= 1000000; // To seconds
+  int sec = timestamp % 60;
+  timestamp /= 60; // To minutes
+  int min = timestamp % 60;
+  timestamp /= 60; // To hours
+  int hour = timestamp;
+
+  fprintf(
+      ET_LOG_OUTPUT_FILE,
+      "%c %02d:%02d:%02d.%06d executorch:%s:%d] %s\n",
+      static_cast<char>(level),
+      hour,
+      min,
+      sec,
+      us,
+      filename,
+      static_cast<int>(line),
+      message);
+  fflush(ET_LOG_OUTPUT_FILE);
+}
+
+et_timestamp_t et_pal_current_ticks(void) {
+  struct tms curr_time;
+  times(&curr_time);
+  return curr_time.tms_utime;
+}
+
+void et_pal_init(void) {
+  xt_iss_client_command("all", "enable");
+}
+
+#else
+
+#include <time.h>
+
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdlib>
+
+#include <executorch/runtime/platform/platform.h>
+
+#define ET_LOG_OUTPUT_FILE stderr
+
+#define NSEC_PER_USEC 1000UL
+#define USEC_IN_SEC 1000000UL
+#define NSEC_IN_USEC 1000UL
+#define NSEC_IN_SEC (NSEC_IN_USEC * USEC_IN_SEC)
+
+et_timestamp_t et_pal_current_ticks(void) {
+  struct timespec ts;
+  auto ret = clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts);
+  if (ret != 0) {
+    fprintf(ET_LOG_OUTPUT_FILE, "Could not get time\n");
+    fflush(ET_LOG_OUTPUT_FILE);
+    std::abort();
+  }
+
+  return ((ts.tv_sec * NSEC_IN_SEC) + (ts.tv_nsec));
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/backends/cadence/runtime/targets.bzl b/backends/cadence/runtime/targets.bzl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dabe42ad824
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backends/cadence/runtime/targets.bzl
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+load("@fbsource//xplat/executorch/build:runtime_wrapper.bzl", "runtime")
+
+def define_common_targets():
+    runtime.cxx_library(
+        name = "et_pal",
+        srcs = ["et_pal.cpp"],
+        link_whole = True,
+        visibility = [
+            "//executorch/backends/cadence/...",
+            "@EXECUTORCH_CLIENTS"
+        ],
+        exported_deps = [
+            "//executorch/runtime/platform:platform",
+        ],
+    )
diff --git a/kernels/test/targets.bzl b/kernels/test/targets.bzl
index 2dd019e1b3e..18fa646aec4 100644
--- a/kernels/test/targets.bzl
+++ b/kernels/test/targets.bzl
@@ -41,6 +41,29 @@ def define_common_targets():
 
     for aten_kernel in (True, False):
         aten_suffix = "_aten" if aten_kernel else ""
+        runtime.cxx_library(
+            name = "gtest_utils" + aten_suffix,
+            exported_headers=[
+                "TestUtil.h",
+            ],
+            visibility = [
+                "//executorch/kernels/...",
+                "@EXECUTORCH_CLIENTS",
+            ],
+            preprocessor_flags = ["-DUSE_ATEN_LIB"] if aten_kernel else [],
+            exported_deps = [
+                "//executorch/runtime/core:core",
+                "//executorch/runtime/kernel:kernel_includes",
+                "//executorch/test/utils:utils" + aten_suffix,
+                "//executorch/runtime/platform:pal_interface",
+            ],
+            fbcode_exported_deps = [
+                "//common/gtest:gtest",
+            ],
+            xplat_exported_deps = [
+                "//third-party/googletest:gtest_main",
+            ],
+        )
         runtime.cxx_library(
             name = "test_util" + aten_suffix,
             srcs = [
@@ -49,7 +72,6 @@ def define_common_targets():
             ],
             exported_headers = [
                 "BinaryLogicalOpTest.h",
-                "TestUtil.h",
                 "UnaryUfuncRealHBBF16ToFloatHBF16Test.h",
             ],
             visibility = [
@@ -59,6 +81,7 @@ def define_common_targets():
             preprocessor_flags = ["-DUSE_ATEN_LIB"] if aten_kernel else [],
             exported_deps = [
                 ":supported_features_header",
+                ":gtest_utils",
                 "//executorch/runtime/core/exec_aten:lib" + aten_suffix,
                 "//executorch/runtime/core/exec_aten/testing_util:tensor_util" + aten_suffix,
                 "//executorch/runtime/kernel:kernel_includes",