diff --git a/IDE/SimplicityStudio/test_wolf.c b/IDE/SimplicityStudio/test_wolf.c
index 3c232e092f..e52266ac40 100644
--- a/IDE/SimplicityStudio/test_wolf.c
+++ b/IDE/SimplicityStudio/test_wolf.c
@@ -91,16 +91,72 @@ void wolf_bench(sl_cli_command_arg_t *arguments)
 #define TEST_DATA_SIZE    128
 #define TEST_KEYGEN_TRIES 100
 #define TEST_ECDSA_TRIES  100
+/* #define TEST_VERIFY_ONLY */
+/* #define TEST_PRIVATE_IMPORT */
 
 void wolf_ecc_test(sl_cli_command_arg_t *arguments)
 {
     int ret = 0, i, j;
     byte data[TEST_DATA_SIZE];
     word32 dataLen = (word32)sizeof(data);
-    byte sig[ECC_MAX_SIG_SIZE];
-    word32 sigLen;
     WC_RNG rng;
     ecc_key eccKey;
+    word32 inOutIdx;
+#ifdef TEST_PRIVATE_IMPORT
+    /* ./certs/ecc-client-key.der, ECC */
+    const unsigned char ecc_clikey_der_256[] = {
+            0x30, 0x77, 0x02, 0x01, 0x01, 0x04, 0x20, 0xF8, 0xCF, 0x92,
+            0x6B, 0xBD, 0x1E, 0x28, 0xF1, 0xA8, 0xAB, 0xA1, 0x23, 0x4F,
+            0x32, 0x74, 0x18, 0x88, 0x50, 0xAD, 0x7E, 0xC7, 0xEC, 0x92,
+            0xF8, 0x8F, 0x97, 0x4D, 0xAF, 0x56, 0x89, 0x65, 0xC7, 0xA0,
+            0x0A, 0x06, 0x08, 0x2A, 0x86, 0x48, 0xCE, 0x3D, 0x03, 0x01,
+            0x07, 0xA1, 0x44, 0x03, 0x42, 0x00, 0x04, 0x55, 0xBF, 0xF4,
+            0x0F, 0x44, 0x50, 0x9A, 0x3D, 0xCE, 0x9B, 0xB7, 0xF0, 0xC5,
+            0x4D, 0xF5, 0x70, 0x7B, 0xD4, 0xEC, 0x24, 0x8E, 0x19, 0x80,
+            0xEC, 0x5A, 0x4C, 0xA2, 0x24, 0x03, 0x62, 0x2C, 0x9B, 0xDA,
+            0xEF, 0xA2, 0x35, 0x12, 0x43, 0x84, 0x76, 0x16, 0xC6, 0x56,
+            0x95, 0x06, 0xCC, 0x01, 0xA9, 0xBD, 0xF6, 0x75, 0x1A, 0x42,
+            0xF7, 0xBD, 0xA9, 0xB2, 0x36, 0x22, 0x5F, 0xC7, 0x5D, 0x7F,
+            0xB4
+    };
+    const int sizeof_ecc_clikey_der_256 = sizeof(ecc_clikey_der_256);
+#endif
+#ifdef TEST_VERIFY_ONLY
+    /* ./certs/ecc-client-keyPub.der, ECC */
+    const unsigned char ecc_clikeypub_der_256[] = {
+        0x30, 0x59, 0x30, 0x13, 0x06, 0x07, 0x2A, 0x86, 0x48, 0xCE,
+        0x3D, 0x02, 0x01, 0x06, 0x08, 0x2A, 0x86, 0x48, 0xCE, 0x3D,
+        0x03, 0x01, 0x07, 0x03, 0x42, 0x00, 0x04, 0x55, 0xBF, 0xF4,
+        0x0F, 0x44, 0x50, 0x9A, 0x3D, 0xCE, 0x9B, 0xB7, 0xF0, 0xC5,
+        0x4D, 0xF5, 0x70, 0x7B, 0xD4, 0xEC, 0x24, 0x8E, 0x19, 0x80,
+        0xEC, 0x5A, 0x4C, 0xA2, 0x24, 0x03, 0x62, 0x2C, 0x9B, 0xDA,
+        0xEF, 0xA2, 0x35, 0x12, 0x43, 0x84, 0x76, 0x16, 0xC6, 0x56,
+        0x95, 0x06, 0xCC, 0x01, 0xA9, 0xBD, 0xF6, 0x75, 0x1A, 0x42,
+        0xF7, 0xBD, 0xA9, 0xB2, 0x36, 0x22, 0x5F, 0xC7, 0x5D, 0x7F,
+        0xB4
+    };
+    const int sizeof_ecc_clikeypub_der_256 = sizeof(ecc_clikeypub_der_256);
+
+    /* Signature for hash of 128-bytes data 0,1,2.... */
+    const byte sig[] = {
+        0x30, 0x45,
+            0x02, 0x20,
+                0x5e, 0x01, 0x3d, 0xfb, 0x18, 0x61, 0xe3, 0xe3,
+                0xa0, 0xff, 0x9b, 0x99, 0xb5, 0x2f, 0x89, 0xba,
+                0xb3, 0xbb, 0x62, 0x08, 0x9b, 0x94, 0x0e, 0x61,
+                0x9c, 0x00, 0x7b, 0x43, 0x9c, 0x28, 0xcb, 0xf6,
+            0x02, 0x21,
+                0x00,
+                0xb4, 0x72, 0x2f, 0x22, 0x92, 0xa2, 0x8d, 0x01,
+                0x6b, 0x01, 0x35, 0x5c, 0xcb, 0x34, 0xa2, 0x21,
+                0x32, 0xe2, 0xe6, 0x66, 0xd0, 0x9e, 0x3e, 0x8e,
+                0x84, 0x5d, 0xa4, 0x69, 0x54, 0x52, 0xfc, 0xef
+    };
+    word32 sigLen = (word32)sizeof(sig);
+#else
+    byte sig[ECC_MAX_SIG_SIZE];
+    word32 sigLen;
+#endif
 
     memset(&rng, 0, sizeof(rng));
     memset(&eccKey, 0, sizeof(eccKey));
@@ -122,17 +178,28 @@ void wolf_ecc_test(sl_cli_command_arg_t *arguments)
     for (i=0; i<TEST_KEYGEN_TRIES; i++) {
         ret = wc_ecc_init_ex(&eccKey, NULL, 0);
         if (ret == 0) {
-#if (_SILICON_LABS_SECURITY_FEATURE == _SILICON_LABS_SECURITY_FEATURE_VAULT)
+            inOutIdx = 0;
+#ifdef TEST_VERIFY_ONLY
+            ret = wc_EccPublicKeyDecode(ecc_clikeypub_der_256, &inOutIdx,
+                &eccKey, sizeof_ecc_clikeypub_der_256);
+#else
+    #if (defined(_SILICON_LABS_SECURITY_FEATURE) && \
+        _SILICON_LABS_SECURITY_FEATURE == _SILICON_LABS_SECURITY_FEATURE_VAULT)
             /* Load ecc_key with vault's public key.
              * When only the public area of a key is loaded silabs_ecc.c
              * (silabs_ecc_sign_hash) will use the vault key to sign */
             ret = silabs_ecc_load_vault(&eccKey);
-#else
+    #elif defined(TEST_PRIVATE_IMPORT)
+            ret = wc_EccPrivateKeyDecode(ecc_clikey_der_256, &inOutIdx,
+                &eccKey, sizeof_ecc_clikey_der_256);
+    #else
             ret = wc_ecc_make_key(&rng, TEST_ECC_KEYSZ, &eccKey);
+    #endif
 #endif
         }
 
         for (j=0; j<TEST_ECDSA_TRIES; j++) {
+#ifndef TEST_VERIFY_ONLY
             if (ret == 0) {
                 /* generate signature using ecc key */
                 sigLen = (word32)sizeof(sig);
@@ -144,6 +211,7 @@ void wolf_ecc_test(sl_cli_command_arg_t *arguments)
                     &eccKey, (word32)sizeof(eccKey),
                     &rng);
             }
+#endif
             if (ret == 0) {
                 ret = wc_SignatureVerify(
                     WC_HASH_TYPE_SHA256, WC_SIGNATURE_TYPE_ECC,
diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/port/silabs/silabs_ecc.c b/wolfcrypt/src/port/silabs/silabs_ecc.c
index 42d806b89a..6dbb28589e 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/port/silabs/silabs_ecc.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/port/silabs/silabs_ecc.c
@@ -328,7 +328,8 @@ int silabs_ecc_export_public(ecc_key* key, sl_se_key_descriptor_t* seKey)
     key->key.type = seKey->type;
     key->key.size = key->dp->size;
     key->key.storage.method = SL_SE_KEY_STORAGE_EXTERNAL_PLAINTEXT;
-    key->key.flags = (SL_SE_KEY_FLAG_ASYMMETRIC_BUFFER_HAS_PUBLIC_KEY);
+    key->key.flags = (SL_SE_KEY_FLAG_ASYMMETRIC_BUFFER_HAS_PUBLIC_KEY |
+        SL_SE_KEY_FLAG_ASYMMETRIC_SIGNING_ONLY);
 
     sl_stat = sl_se_get_storage_size(&key->key,
         &key->key.storage.location.buffer.size);