diff --git a/lib/libc/Kconfig b/lib/libc/Kconfig
index 39c7d42c42b7c..d167d7221ac45 100644
--- a/lib/libc/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/libc/Kconfig
@@ -62,6 +62,16 @@ config NEWLIB_LIBC_MAX_MAPPED_REGION_SIZE
 	  memory used will be the minimum of this value and the amount of
 	  free physical memory at kernel boot.
 
+config NEWLIB_LIBC_MIN_REQUIRED_HEAP_SIZE
+	int "Newlib minimum required heap size"
+	default 2048 if NEWLIB_LIBC_NANO
+	default 8192 if !NEWLIB_LIBC_NANO
+	help
+	  Specifies the amount of memory space that must be available for the
+	  newlib heap. An assertion failure message will be displayed during
+	  initialization if the memory space available for the newlib heap is
+	  smaller than this value.
+
 config NEWLIB_LIBC_ALIGNED_HEAP_SIZE
 	int "Newlib aligned heap size"
 	depends on MPU_REQUIRES_POWER_OF_TWO_ALIGNMENT
diff --git a/lib/libc/newlib/libc-hooks.c b/lib/libc/newlib/libc-hooks.c
index c35619ff5fd2d..fdc8c5ead6ea4 100644
--- a/lib/libc/newlib/libc-hooks.c
+++ b/lib/libc/newlib/libc-hooks.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <arch/cpu.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/__assert.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <linker/linker-defs.h>
 #include <sys/util.h>
@@ -95,11 +96,11 @@
 	#endif /* CONFIG_XTENSA */
 #endif
 
-#ifdef USE_MALLOC_PREPARE
 static int malloc_prepare(const struct device *unused)
 {
 	ARG_UNUSED(unused);
 
+#ifdef USE_MALLOC_PREPARE
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 	max_heap_size = MIN(CONFIG_NEWLIB_LIBC_MAX_MAPPED_REGION_SIZE,
 			    k_mem_free_get());
@@ -111,16 +112,27 @@ static int malloc_prepare(const struct device *unused)
 
 	}
 #endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
+
 #ifdef Z_MALLOC_PARTITION_EXISTS
 	z_malloc_partition.start = (uintptr_t)HEAP_BASE;
 	z_malloc_partition.size = (size_t)MAX_HEAP_SIZE;
 	z_malloc_partition.attr = K_MEM_PARTITION_P_RW_U_RW;
 #endif /* Z_MALLOC_PARTITION_EXISTS */
+#endif /* USE_MALLOC_PREPARE */
+
+	/*
+	 * Validate that the memory space available for the newlib heap is
+	 * greater than the minimum required size.
+	 */
+	__ASSERT(MAX_HEAP_SIZE >= CONFIG_NEWLIB_LIBC_MIN_REQUIRED_HEAP_SIZE,
+		 "memory space available for newlib heap is less than the "
+		 "minimum required size specified by "
+		 "CONFIG_NEWLIB_LIBC_MIN_REQUIRED_HEAP_SIZE");
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
 SYS_INIT(malloc_prepare, APPLICATION, CONFIG_KERNEL_INIT_PRIORITY_DEFAULT);
-#endif /* USE_MALLOC_PREPARE */
 
 /* Current offset from HEAP_BASE of unused memory */
 LIBC_BSS static size_t heap_sz;
diff --git a/tests/lib/mem_alloc/prj_newlibnano.conf b/tests/lib/mem_alloc/prj_newlibnano.conf
index c7ee608b62722..74f3bd7d344bc 100644
--- a/tests/lib/mem_alloc/prj_newlibnano.conf
+++ b/tests/lib/mem_alloc/prj_newlibnano.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 CONFIG_ZTEST=y
 CONFIG_NEWLIB_LIBC=y
 CONFIG_NEWLIB_LIBC_NANO=y
-CONFIG_NEWLIB_LIBC_ALIGNED_HEAP_SIZE=512
+CONFIG_NEWLIB_LIBC_ALIGNED_HEAP_SIZE=2048
 CONFIG_TEST_USERSPACE=y
diff --git a/tests/net/socket/getaddrinfo/prj.conf b/tests/net/socket/getaddrinfo/prj.conf
index 40cbb9d90c36d..957244b34ad9d 100644
--- a/tests/net/socket/getaddrinfo/prj.conf
+++ b/tests/net/socket/getaddrinfo/prj.conf
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ CONFIG_ZTEST=y
 # User mode requirements
 CONFIG_TEST_USERSPACE=y
 CONFIG_HEAP_MEM_POOL_SIZE=128
-CONFIG_NEWLIB_LIBC_ALIGNED_HEAP_SIZE=256
+CONFIG_NEWLIB_LIBC_ALIGNED_HEAP_SIZE=2048
 
 # We do not need neighbor discovery etc for this test
 CONFIG_NET_IPV6_DAD=n